Evren Ozel

USA, Piano
2022, 2024 Scholar


Master of Music, New England Conservatory, Boston, USA
Scholarship Holder, U.S. Chopin Foundation and Young Arts Foundation
Quarter-finalist, International Chopin Competition, Warsaw 2021
Winner 2023 Avery Fisher Career Grant
Second Prize, Cleveland International Piano Competition 2024
Bronze Medal, Van Cliburn Competition 2025

Writing in 2022

“To work on masterpieces by Beethoven, Schubert and Schumann with as amazing an artist as Imogen Cooper in such beautiful surroundings was nothing short of extraordinary. I brought some of Schubert’s Moments Musicaux that were new pieces for me, and somehow in the open masterclass Imogen knew exactly the right words of advice to get me to improve my performance right away, drastically! I also played Beethoven’s op 111 sonata for her, which I had been working on for around a year, and she had so much to offer in terms of ideas and advice. The community of the Trust was so welcoming when I arrived from the USA that I immediately felt right at home.”

Writing in 2024

"It was a most inspiring week to enjoy the company of everyone from the Trust at Eygalières and to look deeply through the pieces I brought to play for Imogen. Imogen worked with me on Beethoven’s Moonlight and Op. 109 Sonatas, the Fantasiestücke, Op. 12 of Robert Schumann, and Ravel’s Gaspard de la nuit.  From an artistic and pianistic standpoint, it was incredibly refreshing and helpful, and I hope to keep her advice with me going forward.  Thank you very much to ICMT for a wonderful week." 

 Contact details: evrenozel.com

Future Performances

  • Celebrate the premiere of The Wild Iris, a‍ compelling new chamber work by composer Ivette Herryman Rodriguez, inspired by a poem by the late Louise Glück, winner of the Nobel Prize.Also featured: Brahms Piano Trio in B major, Op. 8

    With Alan Snow, violin; Anthony Ross, cello; Kathryn Nettleman, bass; Marni Hougham, English horn; Erich Rieppel, percussion; and narrator Stephen Yoakam. Violinist Susie Park and Anthony Ross.

  • Wed 10 Jun – Wednesday, June 10, 2026, Kulas Hall, Cleveland Institute of Music, 7:30PM

    Weedie Braimah
    Djembe Solo
    Steve Reich
    Piano Phase
    Yang Baozhi
    Ambush on All Sides
    Miguel del Águila
    Clocks: I. Shelves Full of Clocks
    Matthew Hindson
    Rush for Piano Trio
    Johannes Brahms
    String Sextet in G major, Op. 36

    Fri 12 Jun – Finding Resonance: Friday, June 12, 2026, Harkness Chapel, University Circle, 7:30PM

    Programme
    Jörg Widmann
    180 beats per minute
    George Enescu
    Violin Sonata No. 3, Op. 25
    Anton Arensky
    Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 32

  • Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center – Summer Evenings
    Programme
    Mozart: Piano Trio in E major, K. 542
    Ravel: Sonata for Violin and Piano
    Gershwin (arr. Heifetz): Three Preludes for Violin and Piano
    Dvořák: Piano Quintet in A major, Op. 5 Wu Han, piano; Stella Chen, violin; Danbi Um, violin; Matthew Lipman, viola; Sterling Elliott, cello

  • Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

    Programme
    Mozart: Piano Trio in E major, K. 542
    Ravel: Sonata for Violin and Piano
    Gershwin (arr. Heifetz): Three Preludes for Violin and Piano
    Dvořák: Piano Quintet in A major, Op. 5 Wu Han, piano; Stella Chen, violin; Danbi Um, violin; Matthew Lipman, viola; Sterling Elliott, cello

  • Maverick Chamber Music Festival Woodstock, NY
    Programme:
    Philip Glass: Étude No. 17 (from Études for Piano)
    Samuel Barber: Summer Music, Op. 31
    Elliott Carter: Woodwind Quintet
    John Adams (arr. Preben Antonsen): Short Ride in a Fast Machine
    George Gershwin (arr. Reinhard Gutschy): Rhapsody in Blue WindSync: Garrett Hudson (flute), Noah Kay (oboe), Graeme Steele Johnson (clarinet), Kara LaMoure (bassoon), Anni Hochhalter (horn)

  • Mannes Summer Piano Festival

    Programme to be confirmed

  • Further Information

    Programme
    Gustav Mahler Piano Quartet in A minor
    Dmitry Shostakovich Piano Trio no. 2 in E minor, op. 67
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Violin Sonata no. 32 in B-flat major, K. 454
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto no. 13 in C major, K. 415 (1783)

  • Rush Hour Concerts (Classical Music Chicago) – 'Folk Songs and Dances'
    Gabriela Lena Frank: Folk Songs for Piano Trio
    Antonín Dvořák: Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor, Op. 90 'Dumky'
    With The Oak Trio: Joshua Brown, violin; Leland Ko, cello
    Livestreamed.

  • Music in the Vineyards Napa, CA Wed 12 Aug – Come to the Cabaret!
    Erik Satie (1866-1925): Je te veux for Piano Solo
    Evren Ozel, piano

    George Gershwin (1898-1937): Lullaby for String Quartet
    George Gershwin (1898-1937): Variations on I Got Rhythm arr. M. Naughtin
    Jason Issokson, Daria T. Adams, violin
    Rebecca Young, viola
    Bion Tsang, cello

    Kurt Weill (1900-1950): Suite from The Threepenny Opera for Violin and Piano
    Susie Park, violin
    Evren Ozel, piano

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791): Quintet for Piano and Winds in E-flat major, K. 452
    Evren Ozel, piano
    Brooks Fisher, oboe
    Julian Bliss, clarinet
    Joshua Elmore, bassoon
    James Ferree, horn

    Further Information

  • Programme
    Angélica Negrón (b. 1981):The Violinist for solo Violin and Electronics
    Owen Dalby, violin

    Aaron Copland (1900-1990): Sonata for Clarinet and Piano
    Julian Bliss, clarinet
    Evren Ozel, piano

    Gabriela Lena Frank (b. 1972):Leyendas: An Andean Walkabout
    Sunmi Chang, Daria T. Adams, violin
    Masumi Rostad, viola
    Anne Richardson, cello

    Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971): Suite from The Soldier’s Tale for Violin, Clarinet and Piano
    Jason Issokson, violin
    Julian Bliss, clarinet
    Evren Ozel, piano

  • Programme to be confirmed

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