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ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE
For his Detroit debut, pianist Evren Ozel performs a wide-ranging program, from Chopin and Debussy to Scriabin and Kirchner, culminating with Beethoven’s sublime last Piano Sonata, Op. 111.
PROGRAM
Kirchner: Interlude II
Schumann: Kreisleriana, Op. 16
Debussy: Preludes, Book II, excerpts
La puerta del vino
Les fées sont d'exquises danseuses
Bruyères
General Lavine - eccentric
La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune
Ondine
Beethoven: Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111
“….Ozel attended to every contour of the music with care, crafting a longform melodic idea that flowed effortlessly from phrase to phrase and movement to movement. It was a privilege to witness.”
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Evren Ozel, piano
American pianist Evren Ozel has won numerous honors and awards, including scholarships from the U.S Chopin Foundation and Young Arts Foundation, 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 Mozart and Chopin special prizes at the 2018 Dublin International Piano Competition. Most recently, he received second prize and special prizes for Best Mazurka and Best Polonaise at the 2020 U.S. National Chopin Competition.
Ozel has performed with the Cleveland Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra, RTE National Symphony and Boston Pops, among others. An avid chamber musician, Ozel was selected by Mitsuko Uchida to participate in the prestigious Marlboro Music Festival. There he performed with Jonathan Biss, Alice Neary, Marcy Rosen and Joseph Lin, among others. In 2019, he participated in ChamberFest Cleveland, featured in their Rising Star program, performing alongside artists such as Franklin Cohen, Peter Wiley and Hsin-Yun Huang