中華表演藝術基金會 Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts

Concert 14

Friday, August 21, 2026, 7:30 pm
at
NEC's Williams Hall

Evren Ozl, piano

An All Debussy Program
Claude Debussy (1862 –1918)

Préludes, Book I
1. Danseuses de Delphes (The Dancers of Delphi)
2. Voiles (Sails / Veils)
3. Le vent dans la plaine (The Wind on the Plain)
4. Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l'air du soir
(Sounds and Fragrances Swirl Through the Evening Air)
5. Les collines d'Anacapri (The Hills of Anacapri)
6. Des pas sur la neige (Footsteps in the Snow)
7. Ce qu'a vu le vent d'ouest (What the West Wind Saw)
8. La fille aux cheveux de lin (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair)
9. La sérénade interrompue (The Interrupted Serenade)
10. La cathédrale engloutie (The Sunken Cathedral)
11. La danse de Puck (Puck's Dance)
12. Minstrels

(38–42 min)

~ Intermission ~

Préludes, Book II
1. Brouillards (Mists)
2. Feuilles mortes (Dead Leaves)
3. La Puerta del Vino (The Wine Gate)
4. Les fées sont d'exquises danseuses (The Fairies Are Exquisite Dancers)
5. Bruyères (Heather)
6. "General Lavine" – eccentric
7. La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune (The Terrace of Moonlit Audiences)
8. Ondine
9. Hommage à S. Pickwick Esq. P.P.M.P.C.
10. Canope
11. Les tierces alternées (Alternating Thirds)
12. Feux d'artifice (Fireworks)

(40–45 min)

Admission Free, suggested donation $10 at door.
Children under 6 not admitted.

中華表演藝術基金會
Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts
Lincoln, Massachusetts

American pianist Evren Ozel has been described as “an absolute wow” (Third Coast Review) and “an artist capable of lifting everyone to another level” (LaScena Musicale), praised for his blend of technical mastery and compelling artistry. He is the Bronze Medalist of the 17th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition (2025), where he also received the special prize for the Best Performance of a Mozart Concerto.

Ozel has performed extensively throughout the United States and internationally, and is the recipient of a 2023 Avery Fisher Career Grant and a 2022 Salon de Virtuosi Career Grant. He is currently represented by Concert Artists Guild as an Ambassador Prize Winner of their 2021 Competition.

Since making his orchestral debut with the Minnesota Orchestra at age 11, Ozel has appeared as soloist with the Cleveland Orchestra, Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, and Florida Orchestra, performing under conductors such as Marin Alsop, Carlos Miguel Prieto, Christian Reif, Ruth Reinhardt, and Hugh Wolff. His debut album—Mozart concertos recorded with the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra and conductor Howard Griffiths—was released in 2025 on Alpha Classics.

Highlights of Ozel’s 2026-27 season include recitals at Washington Performing Arts, Capital Region Classical, and Cliburn Concerts, as well as concerto debuts with the Grand Rapids Symphony, North Carolina Symphony, Hartford Symphony, and Alabama Symphony. A laureate of both the Cleveland International Piano Competition and the Dublin International Piano Competition, Ozel has given recitals internationally at Salle Cortot (Paris), Brandenburgische Sommerkonzerte (Berlin), and Vilnius Piano Festival.

A committed chamber musician, Ozel collaborates with artists including David Finckel and Wu Han, Stella Chen, Paul Huang, Geneva Lewis, Kim Kashkashian, and Marcy Rosen. He spent four summers at the Marlboro Music Festival, and is currently a 2024–27 Bowers Program Artist with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, with upcoming appearances at Alice Tully Hall.

Raised in Minneapolis, Ozel studied with Cindy Malmin and later with Paul Wirth for seven years, while also drawing early musical guidance from Sarah Miller and conductor Courtney Lewis. He currently resides in Boston and holds Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Artist Diploma degrees from the New England Conservatory, where he studied with Wha Kyung Byun for eleven years. Among his other important mentors are Jonathan Biss, Imogen Cooper, Richard Goode, András Schiff, and Mitsuko Uchida.

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