Evren Ozel – November 15, 2020 – Scheduled to open at 2:45 – Performance begins at 3:00 -- accessible at any time for ten days
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Evren Ozel
https://www.chopin.org/evren-ozel
Evren Ozel started piano at age 3 in his hometown of Minneapolis. He has performed with the Cleveland Orchestra, Jacksonville Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, and Boston Pops and won first prize at the 2016 Boston Symphony Concerto Competition, second prize at the 2016 Thomas and Evon Cooper International Competition, and second prize as well as the Mozart and Chopin special prizes at the 2018 Dublin International Competition. He received the second prize at the 2020 U.S. National Chopin Competition, as well as Best Mazurka and Best Polonaise. An avid chamber musician, Ozel has performed with the Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players, and participated in Marlboro Music Festival and ChamberFest Cleveland. In the 2020-2021 season, he will appear with the U.S. Chopin Foundation in Miami and the Gilmore Rising Stars Series in Kalamazoo. He currently studies at New England Conservatory. Since 2014 he has been a student of Wha Kyung Byun.
Recorded in Fraser Performance Studio, WGBH, Boston.
Bach: Partita No. 5 in G Major, BWV 829
Mozart: Sonata No. 15 in F Major, K. 533
—intermission—
Chopin:
Sonata in B flat minor, Op. 35
Impromptu in F sharp Major, Op. 36
Polonaise-Fantaisie in A flat Major, Op. 61
Performance is free, but if you want to donate, please visit Paderewski Festival website:
https://paderewski-festival.org