Evren Ozel, piano

Since making his debut with the Minnesota Orchestra at age 11, the dynamic young pianist Evren Ozel’s star has been steadily on the rise. Ozel is a member of the Bowers Program at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, where he is performing, touring, and teaching alongside its esteemed veteran artists. His artfully crafted Berkeley debut program features an evocative and poetic collection of works by Debussy, Bartók, Robert Schumann, and Ravel, plus Beethoven’s famous Moonlight Sonata. “A marvelous musician…one with disarming confidence in his interpretations and a gift for smooth and engaging mood shifts” (The Star Tribune).