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
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"Mozart & Tchaikovsky"
With The Jacksonville Symphony, cond. Courtney Lewis
Programme:
Guillaume Connesson: Maslenitsa
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat major, K. 482 (Evren Ozel, soloist)
Tchaikovsky: Selections from Swan Lake Suite -
"American Voices" — Season Opening MasterWorks
Waterbury Symphony Orchestra
Programme:
Chris Brubeck: Can(n)ons of Freedom
Gabriela Lena Frank: Elegía Andina
Gershwin: An American in Paris
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 (Evren Ozel, soloist) -
"Cinematic Splendor"
With The Erie Philharmonic, cond. Daniel Meyer
Programme
Khachaturian: Music from Spartacus
Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor (Evren Ozel, soloist)
Smetana: Selections from Má vlast -
Classically Alive
Manitou Springs / Boulder, COProgramme to be confirmed
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"Where Words End"
Evren Ozel, piano & Joshua Brown, violin (Kaufman Music Center & Concert Artists Guild)
Programme
Brahms: Scherzo in C minor, WoO 2
Ysaÿe: Sonata, Op. 27 No. 3 "Ballade"
Debussy: Preludes (selections)
Chausson: Poème, Op. 25
Schumann: Kreisleriana (movement II) and Intermezzo, WoO 22
Fauré: Violin Sonata No. 1, Op. 13 -
With The OAK Trio (Nathaniel Amaral, violin), Leland Ko (cello)
Shriver Hall Concert Series, Baltimore debutProgramme
Haydn: Piano Trio in A major, Hob. XV/18
Gabriela Lena Frank: Four Folk Songs for Piano Trio
Paul Schoenfield: Café Music
Dvořák: Piano Trio No. 4 "Dumky", Op. 90 -
Cedarhurst Classical Music Series — Season Opener
Ravel, Bach, Ginastera, and Schumann -
With The OAK Trio (Nathaniel Amaral, violin)
Binghamton Philharmonic Chamber Series
Haydn: Piano Trio in A major, Hob. XV/18
Gabriela Lena Frank: Folk Songs for Piano Trio
Paul Schoenfield: Café Music
Dvořák: Piano Trio No. 4 "Dumky", Op. 90 -
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center — Gershwin's An American in Paris, with pianists Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Alessio Bax, Anne-Marie McDermott, and Wu Han
Mozart, Sonata in C major for Piano, Four Hands, K. 521
Chopin- Rondo in C major for Two Pianos, Op. 73
Witold Lutosławski - Variations on a Theme by Paganini for Two Pianos
Alexandre Tansman- Le Train de nuit for Two PianosGeorge Gershwin - An American in Paris for Two Pianos -
CMS on Tour — Gershwin's An American in Paris
ProgrammeWolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata in C major for Piano, Four Hands, K. 521
Frédéric Chopin: Rondo in C major for Two Pianos, Op. 73
Witold Lutosławski: Variations on a Theme by Paganini for Two Pianos
Alexandre Tansman:Le Train de nuit for Two Pianos
George Gershwin: An American in Paris for Two Pianos
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"Evren Ozel and Friends"
With Marcin Arendt, violin, and Kimberly Patterson, cello(Concerts International, Memphis, Season 54)
Fazil Say: Violin Sonata No. 1
Bach: Partita (BWV 828, Partita No. 4)
Piazzolla: Le Grand Tango for Cello and Piano
Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales
Schoenfield: Café Music -
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
With Paul Neubauer, Paul Watkins, Danbi Um, David FinckelBrahms: Sonata No. 2 in F major for Cello and Piano, Op. 99
Arensky: Quartet No. 2 in A minor for Violin, Viola, and Two Cellos, Op. 35
Fauré; Quartet No. 2 in G minor for Piano, Violin, Viola, and Cello, Op. 45 -
Inside Chamber Music Lecture — Brahms's Sonata No. 2 for Cello and Piano, Op. 99
Brahms: Sonata No. 2 in F major for Cello and Piano, Op. 99 (lecture format) -
New York Youth Symphony — Symphony Orchestra 2026/27 Season Opener
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37 (Evren Ozel, soloist)
Zemlinsky: Die Seejungfrau (The Mermaid) -
"Willis Conducts Pictures at an Exhibition" — Hartford Symphony Orchestra (concerto debut)Programme
Clyne, Abstractions
Ravel, Piano Concerto in G
Mussorgsky/Ravel, Pictures at an Exhibition
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Programme to be confirmed
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Melbourne Chamber Music Society Solo Recital
Programme
Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales
Bach: Partita in D major
Ginastera: Danzas Argentinas
Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9 -
Howland Chamber Music Circle — Piano Festival
Programme
Debussy: Preludes, Book I
William Grant Still: "Summerland" from Three Visions for Piano
Schumann: Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6 -
With The North Carolina Symphony, cond. Carlos Miguel Prieto
Mozart: Symphony No. 35 "Haffner"
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major, K. 503 (Evren Ozel, soloist)
Mozart: Symphony No. 39 -
With the North Carolina Symphony, cond. Carlos Miguel Prieto (Chapel Hill)
Mozart: Symphony No. 35 "Haffner"
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major, K. 503 (Evren Ozel, soloist)
Mozart: Symphony No. 39 -
Programme to be confirmed - Solo Piano Recital
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Capital Region Classical — Solo Recital
Programme:
Debussy: Preludes, Book I
William Grant Still: "Summerland" from Three Visions for Piano
Schumann: Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6 -
Friends of Music at Emanuel Chamber Music Series
Manchester, CTProgramme to be confirmed
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Programme
Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109
Sonata No. 31 in A-flat Major, Op. 110
Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111 -
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center — "Mozart and the Piano"
Mozart: Fantasia in C minor for Piano, K. 475
Quartet in G minor for Piano, Violin, Viola, and Cello, K. 478
Sonata for Violin and Piano in E-flat major, K. 481
Concerto No. 14 in E-flat major for Piano and String Quintet, K. 449 (arr. Lachner) -
Washington Performing Arts — Hayes Piano Series
ProgrammeLudwig van Beethoven – Sonata No. 30 in E Major, op. 109
György Kurtág – Selections from “Játékok” (Games)
Ludwig van Beethoven – Sonata No. 31 in A-flat Major, op. 110
György Kurtág – Selections from “Játékok” (Games)
Ludwig van Beethoven – Sonata No. 32 in C Minor, op. 111