Bushra El Turk
Bushra El Turk
Born in London, Bushra El-Turk has written over 60 works for the concert hall, the stage, TV and live art performance. Her work has been presented by leading ensembles and organisations including the London Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Proms, Royal Opera House and London Sinfonietta, and at festivals such as Aldeburgh, Aix-en-Provence and Wiener Festwochen.
Biography
Bushra’s operas include Silk Moth, Woman at Point Zero (Ivor Novello Award for Best Stage Work Composition, 2024, Music Theatre Now Prize 2023) and OUM – A Son’s Quest for His Mother for Dutch National Opera.
Projects this year include a new opera work for Lucerne Theatre (Lucerne Festival, 2026), a cello concerto for SWR Schwetzingen Festival (May 2026), a stage adaptation of Ka for Wayne McGregor’s Quantum Souls at the Royal Ballet (April/May 2026) , BBC Proms performance with the BBC Philharmonic (August 2026), commission for the European Concert Hall Organisation touring major venues across Europe (from September 2026) and a large-scale opera for Deutsche Oper Am Rhein in Düsseldorf, Germany to open the new season 2027/28.
She runs cross-genre ensemble, Ensemble Zar.