OZGUR AYDIN

    Winner of the renowned ARD International Music Competition 1997 in Munich, the young Turkish pianist Ozgur Aydin is one of the most promising pianists of his generation. His individual, deeply musical interpretations have received enthusiastic critical and public acclaim.

    The Suddeutsche Zeitung declared "He offered an outstanding performance, allowing himself no unneccesary indulgence and giving each note, every phrase deep meaning". The Salzburger Nachrichten praised his Chopin interpretations in the Mozarteum Concert Hall as "Elegance and strength" at the Salzburg Festival. The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung quoted "...impressed with his sophisticated, versatile spectrum of technical and emotional statement".

    Ozgur Aydin made his major orchestral debut in September, 1997 with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in a performance of the Brahms D minor concerto with Michael Schonwand conducting. This performance immediately opened doors for him throughout the world of music. He has since performed in many prestigious concert venues including Auditorium du Louvre (Paris), Herkulessaal and Gasteig (Munich), Musikhalle (Hamburg), Queen Elisabeth Hall (London), L’Auditori (Barcelona), Suntory Hall and Opera City Recital Hall (Tokyo), Recital Hall (Osaka), 92nd Street Y (New York), Severance Hall (Cleveland), Kennedy Center (Washington).

    He has been invited to perform at important international Music Festivals including the Salzburg Festival, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, Rheingau Music Festival, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival and International Istanbul Music Festival. He has performed with numerous German Symphony Orchestras, with almost all Turkish Symphony Orchestras and with the BBC Concert Orchestra London.

    Mr. Aydin has won top prizes at The Maria Callas Grand Prix in Athens, the Esther Honens Calgary International Piano Competition in Canada and The Cleveland International Piano Competition in USA. He has been awarded The Nippon Music Award of Tokyo and The Wilhelm-Weichsler-Music-Prize of the Osnabruck City.

    He has recorded CDs for Videal (Berlin) in 1998, for Yapi Kredi (Istanbul) in 1999 and for Genuin Music Production (Detmold) in 2001 and 2004.

    Born in 1972 in Colorado / USA to turkish parents, Ozgur Aydin began his music studies at the Ankara Conservatory with Prof. Pekman. Afterwards he studied with Peter Katin at the Royal College of Music in London and with Karl-Heinz Kammerling at the Hanover Music Academy. Further enrichment came from such artists as Andras Schiff, Gyorgy Kurtag, Leon Fleisher, Tatiana Nikolaeva, Dmitri Bashkirov and Anatol Ugorski, whom he worked with at festivals and master courses. Mr. Aydin’s website is: www.ozguraydin.com


    Education

  • 1984-1991 State Conservatory in Ankara-Turkey with Prof. Pekman
  • 1991-1993 Royal College of Music in London with Peter Katin
  • 1993-1999 State Academy of Music in Hannover with Prof. Kammerling
  • Master courses with Tatiana Nikolaeva, Anatol Ugorski, Dmitri Bashkirov, and Leon Fleisher

    • Awards & Prizes

  • 1988 Prizewinner, National Piano Competition, Istanbul, Turkey
  • 1993 1. Prize, Chopin Competition at the Royal College of Music, London
  •          1.Prize, Concerto Competition at the Royal College of Music, London
  • 1994 "Förderpreis", International Summer Academy Mozarteum, Salzburg
  • 1995 Mozart Prize, International Bremen Piano Competition
  • 1995 Special Prize, Best Performance of Chopin Etudes, International Chopin Competition, Gottingen
  • 1997 Winner of the International Music Competition of the ARD, Munich

    •         with two additional prizes:
            Wilhelm-Wechsler Prize
            Nippon Music Award
  • 2000 Prizewinner, Esther Honens Calgary International Piano Competition, Canada
  • 2001 Prizewinner, The Cleveland International Piano Competition, USA

    •         and "Mozart Prize" for the best performance of a Mozart composition
  • 2002 Second Prize Winner in MARIA CALLAS GRAND PRIX

    • Scholarships

  • 1991-1993 British Council
  • 1993-1996 DAAD (German Government)
  • 1996-1999 Oscar und Vera Ritter Stiftung

    • Concerts

    Salzburg Festival, Rheingau Music Festival, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival, Chopin Festival Duszniki/Poland, Ankara Music Festival, Istanbul Music Festival

    Suntory Hall and Opera City Resital Hall in Tokyo, Recital Hall in Osaka,
    92nd Street Y in New York, Kennedy Center in Washington, Severance Hall in Cleveland,
    Auditorium du Louvre in Paris, Queen Elisabeth Hall in London, L'Auditori in Barcelona, Athens Symphony Hall,
    NDR Hall in Hannover, Musikhalle Hamburg, Herkulessaal and Gasteig in Munich

    Concerts tours in
    Austria, Belgium, England, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, USA, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey

    As soloist with
    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Erfurt Philharmonic Orchestra, Osnabrück Symphony Orchestra, Hof Symphony Orchestra, Thüringen Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra London, Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Bilkent Symphony Orchestra, Akbank Chamber Orchestra, Borusan Symphony Orchestra, Ankara, Istanbul, Izmir, Antalya, Adana State Symphony Orchestras.

    CDs

  • Solo Piano Works by Mozart, Schumann, Liszt (Videal, Berlin, 1998)
  • Romantic Selection, solo piano works by Chopin & Rachmaninov (Yapı Kredi, Istanbul, 1999)
  • Duo Works for viola and piano by Schubert, Brahms, Hindemith / with Naoko Shimizu, viola (Genuin, Detmold, 2001)
  • Solo Piano Works by Bach, Mozart, Chopin, Schumann, Bartok, Boulez (Live Recordings at the Cleveland International Piano Competition 2001)
  • Works for viola and piano by Schumann, Britten and Bunch (Genuin, Detmold, 2004)

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