EVREN OZEL
piano
Multi-award-winning pianist Evren Ozel recently won the Bronze Medal and Mozart Concerto Prize at the 2025 Cliburn Competition, Second Prize and the Baroque Prize at the 2024 Cleveland International Piano Competition, and was awarded an Avery Fisher Career Grant in 2023. Recent & forthcoming concerto appearances include performances with the Cleveland Orchestra, Fort Worth Symphony, Jacksonville Symphony, and The Orchestra NOW. His debut album of Mozart concertos Nos. 9 & 12 with the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra & Howard Griffiths was selected as a "Concerto Choice" by the BBC Music Magazine. Highlights of his 2025–26 season include solo recitals for Portland Piano International, the Chopin Society of Minnesota, and Chamber Music Detroit. He has previously appeared with the Harvard Musical Association, La Jolla Music Society, Cal Performances, and The Gilmore.
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As part of the CAG on Tour program, OAK Trio is a new ensemble comprising prize-winning soloists pianist Evren Ozel, violinist Nathan Amaral, and cellist Leland Ko, all alums of the New England Conservatory.
Program - Common Spirit
Every culture has its songs and dances, its way of capturing and affirming the spirit of its people. This program seeks to explore this — this spirit which we all might have in common. Here's a link to their program.