Turkish-American composer and violinist Ali Can Puskulcu has been recently awarded a Charles Ives Scholarship Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and ASCAP/SEAMUS Commission Competition. His other accolades include Fromm Foundation Commission from Harvard University and a Copland House Residency Award. His debut album “Gibberish Shreds” was released by New Focus Recordings, and he also performed the “Gibberish Shreds Vol. 1,” from his album, at the MATA Festival in New York City. Ali’s chamber music piece “Wired” was premiered by wild-Up ensemble at Los Angeles Philharmonic’s Noon to Midnight series in Walt Disney Hall. He has also received the ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Award for his ensemble piece “Broken,” and as a chosen composer, he performed his solo violin piece “Point G” at Lincoln Center in New York City. Additional performances took place at Gaudeamus Muzikweek (Netherlands), Saint-Martin-Vésubie (France), Rutgers University, and the University of Southern California.