Murat Içlinalça has been one of the main singers and researchers of the Armenian traditional and sacred music in Istanbul and a long-time collaborator within Teatr ZAR, notably for the performance Armine, Sister. He was born in Istanbul. From the age of eight, he studied under Başmuganni Nışan Çalgıcıyan, who is regarded as the foremost authority in modal Armenian Church music, and learned the Hampartsum Notation, a system based on Armenian letters. Using this notation, he studied (meşk) the Şaragan, the most distinctive repertoire of the Armenian Church.

He graduated with high honors in 2010 from the Istanbul Technical University State Conservatory, specializing in Vocal Performance and Folk Music. In the same year, he began serving as assistant başmuganni at the Üç Horan Armenian Apostolic Church in Beyoğlu, Istanbul, and as başmuganni at the Saint Krikor Lusavoriç Church in Üsküdar.

Appearing as a soloist and performer in numerous concerts and festivals both in Turkey and abroad, Murat İçlinalça has worked since November 2011 for many years with the ZAR Theatre, affiliated with the Grotowski Institute in Poland. As a musician and soloist, he has performed across a wide geographical area, including Europe, the Americas, Britain, and the Balkans.