Utku Asuroglu is the recipient winner of the 40th Irino Prize, the “Outstanding Artist Award for Music” of the Austrian Ministry of Culture 2016, the Salvatore Martirano Composition Award 2021, the Composition Prize City of Graz 2014 (Austria), laureate of the International Gaudeamus Prize 2015 (Netherlands) and the Goethe Award 2016 (South Korea).

His works have been featured at festivals such as Darmstädter Ferienkurse, Donaueschinger Musiktage Next Generation, Gaudeamus Muziekweek, Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik, Schleswig Holstein, Manifeste, MATA Festival, Royaumont, ISCM World Music Days, International Tongyeong Music Festival, and Essen Europen Capital Culture. His works have been performed by leading orchestras, ensembles worldwide, including Orchestra Philharmonique de Radio France, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Ensemble Modern, Asko|Schönberg, Dal Niente, JACK Quartet, Mivos Quartet, Talea, LINEA, IEMA, Slagwerk Den Haag, Riot, Divertimento, and Signum Quartett.

Utku Asuroglu received his musical studies from the Rotterdam Conservatory, Kunst-Universität Graz, Hochschule für Musik Freiburg, IRCAM and recieved his doctorate from Stanford University in 2023. He has studied under Brian Ferneyhough, Jonathan Berger, Clemens Gadenstätter and Gérard Pesson. 

His works are published by Edition Gravis, Berlin.