
Rakel Saranga
Artisitc Statement
Rakel Saranga currently a undergrad student at Berklee College of Music double majoring in Contemporary Writing and Production as well as Performance. She is a singer songwriter as well as an arranger that takes inspiration from all kinds of music like jazz, pop, latin, middle eastern, ethnic… She has a wide understanding of many music styles due to her eclectic upbringing and having lived in countries like Turkey, Germany, Israel and The US. She love the process of taking a musical ideas and developing them to the point that the arrangement has a sound of its own that is very different than the original but still carries the essence of it. Her appreciation and deep understanding of many music styles makes her the right fit for connecting with different artist all around world.


BASIC INFO
origin//
Istanbul, Turkey
years active//
2021-present
Spotify//
https://open.spotify.com/artist/04rsDQkD3sYK7plvUva0rq?si=833aQVWRTaSsbeJRZIhm8Q
link to sound cloud//
https://soundcloud.com/rakel_saranga
Compositions and Arrangements
WHirlwind
Composition for String Orchestra
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Composition for Orchestra
Bolero in C minor
Durme Durme
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Durme Durme is a traditional Sephardic Jewish lullaby, sung primarily throughout regions in Turkey. The objective of this project was to take monophonic, melody based middle eastern music, and introduce it to the world of granular synthesis and processing; connecting old melodies with an electronic sound, playing with the dynamics of old and new. The idea is to have percussion and singers live, whilst recordings of the voice are being synthesized within Ableton Lives Granular II, creating a mass of auditive textures that will eventually turn into what electronic musicians like to call, “wall of sound”.
Durme Durme, Ladino Lullaby
Arranged for Vocals, Electronics and Percussion
Arranger: Rakel Saranga
Electronics & Arranger: Cristina Aramayo
Percussion: Stefanos Athinaios
Vocals: Talya Ozsardas, Viktoria Stachova, Maria Delaporta, Mahya Hamedi
Eternal Echoes
Composition for Contemporary Dance
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Choreographer : Yadi Zhang
Composer: Rakel Saranga
Dancers: Brooke Zide, Demi Mutz\
Vocals and Special effects: Rakel Saranga
Piano: Julianna Zheng
You are the Bird
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Live Recording of the original song "You are The Bird"
Music and Lyrics: Rakel Saranga
Engineering, Mix and Master: Amir Mankovski
Guitar: Shahar Sirosky, Aki Oliviero
Bass: Roy Ziblersher
Drums: Tom Maor
Neither/Nor Composers Ensemble
The Grace Project- Free Improvisation
A Contemporary Classical Composition for Piri, Shakuhachi, Oboe, Tar, Harp, Bass and Vocals incorporating imporisation and ethnique turkish melodies
Free Impovisation and Compositions

Free Improv
Vocals- Rakel Saranga
Bass- Sofia Villareal
Drums- Cameron Fish









