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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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 -
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 -
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