Biography

Gregor Kulla is a composer, performance artist, writer, and critic born in Põlva, Estonia. They majored in composition at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theater (cum laude), and in oboe and composition at the Heino Eller Music School. They studied sustainable art creation at the EU School of Participation 2021 in Novi Sad, Serbia, and have trained with several prestigious composers, including Chaya Czernowin (US/Israel), Federico Favali (Italy), Slavomir Horinka (Czech Republic), amongst others. Kulla received the honorary title of Tartu Noor Kultuurikandja in 2020 and, in 2021, became a laureate of the cultural newspaper Sirp. They are a recipient of the annual prize of the literary magazine Värske Rõhk, the Esimese Sammu literary award, Erkki-Sven Tüür Foundation scholarship and in 2024 they received the Betti Alver literary prize. Since 2021 they have been the creative producer and artistic director assistant of the international contemporary music festival Afekt and in 2023 they taught in the University of Tartu Viljandi Culture Academy. Gregor Kulla hosts the IDA radio show “(new) music w/ kulla”.

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