Nomad Ovunc

Turkish-born composer, producer, pianist, accordionist and percussionist Nomad Ovunc began his musical education at the Istanbul State Conservatory. He received a scholarship to Boston’s

prestigious Berklee College of Music where he majored in Contemporary Writing and Production.

Subsequently, Nomad has collaborated with folk and pop artists, designed sound for video, and composed symphonic pieces that have been performed by the Lancaster Symphony Orchestra and in Boston’s legendary Fenway Park. He opened his Nashville studio, Audio Authorities, in 2011.

He currently performs with his wife in the duo Mare Wakefield & Nomad. Former Kerrville Folk Festival NewFolk Finalists and Falcon Ridge Folk Festival Emerging Artists, the duo had an original song featured in a 2017 Lifetime TV Movie and has been called “Cozy brilliance” by the Louisville Observer and "Lovely" by the New York Times. They are currently touring in support of their latest record, No Remedy (2021), which Nomad produced.