July 1, 2013 English Horn and Guitar Duo Concert with
Thomas Stacy, as part of the Hidden Valley Masters Festival Series, Carmel, CA .
May 24, 2013 "Sinfonia de Guitarra" Santa
Cruz Guitar Orchestra Spring Concert, directed
by Mesut Ozgen, Santa Cruz, CA.
May 11, 2013 "
Popular Baroque Revival" Ozgen plays a Bach double violin concerto in swing jazz style together with violinists Rob Diggins and Bob Stern as part of the
Santa Cruz Baroque Festival, University of California
Santa Cruz Music Center Recital Hall, Santa Cruz, CA.
April 27, 2013 "Ellis Island or Bust" Santa
Cruz Guitar Orchestra directed
by Mesut Ozgen featured in the New Music Works Concert directed by Phil Collins at Kuumbwa Jazz Center, Santa Cruz,, CA.
March 2, 2013 "Prophecy" Santa
Cruz Guitar Orchestra Winter Concert, directed
by Mesut Ozgen, Soquel, CA.
January 25, 2013 "Guitar
Fantasy" Mesut Ozgen and William Coulter, as
part of the UCSC
Friday Night Live Concert Series, University
of California Santa Cruz Music Center Recital Hall, Santa
Cruz, CA.
December 1, 2012 Santa
Cruz Guitar Orchestra Fall Concert, directed
by Mesut Ozgen, Soquel, CA.
September 21, 2012 Concert with Freddie Bryant,
Performing Arts Center at Oakton College, as part of the Music in Person Concert Series, Des Plaines, IL .
August 9, 2012 Solo Concert,
Lesher Center for the Arts, as part of the Sierra Guitar Concert Series, Walnut Creek, CA.
July 11-15, 2012 Adjudicator and Performer,
International Sierra Nevada Classical Guitar Festival & Competition, Olympic Valley, CA.
May 21, 2012 "Scenes from Guitar Island" Season FInale Concert of the Santa
Cruz Guitar Orchestra, directed
by Mesut Ozgen, University of California
Santa Cruz Music Center Recital Hall, Santa Cruz, CA.
April 9, 2012 Lecture-Demo
on Classical Turkish Music with
Cihat Askin, University
of California Santa Cruz Music Center, Santa Cruz, CA.
April 8, 2012 Aksak Duo violin-guitar concert, with
Cihat Askin, Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church, Soquel, CA.
April 7, 2012 Aksak Duo violin-guitar concert, with
Cihat Askin,
Sacramento State University, Sacramento, CA.
April 6, 2012 Aksak Duo violin-guitar concert, with
Cihat Askin, as part of the
Contemporary Music Festival: April in Santa Cruz, University of California
Santa Cruz Music Center Recital Hall, Santa Cruz, CA.
April 5, 2012 Aksak Duo violin-guitar concert, with
Cihat Askin,
Freight
& Salvage, Berkeley, CA.
Live Webcast at ConcertWindow.
March 30, 2012 Aksak Duo violin-guitar concert, with
Cihat Askin, Istanbul Technical University/MIAM, Istanbul, Turkey..
March 27, 2012 Aksak Duo violin-guitar concert, with
Cihat Askin, Mevlana Cultural Center, Konya, Turkey.
Concert Review: Konya'dan Anadolu Ezgileri Yankilandi (Anatolian Tunes cascade through Konya)
March 26, 2012 Aksak Duo violin-guitar concert, with
Cihat Askin, Eskisehir Anadolu University, Eskisehir, Turkey.
Concert Review: Keman ve gitarin muhtesem uyumu: Aksak Duo (Magnificent togetherness of violin and guitar)
March 25, 2012 Aksak Duo violin-guitar concert, with
Cihat Askin,
METU (ODTÜ) 13th Art Festival, Ankara, Turkey.
March 24, 2012 Aksak Duo violin-guitar concert, with
Cihat Askin, Kars Art Festival, Kars, Turkey.
March 4, 2012 Santa
Cruz Guitar Orchestra Winter Concert, directed
by Mesut Ozgen, Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church, Soquel, CA.
February 11, 2012 Santa
Cruz Guitar Orchestra performs at
Santa Cruz Baroque Festival, directed
by Mesut Ozgen, University of California
Santa Cruz Music Center Recital Hall, Santa Cruz, CA.
Concert Review: Baroque Festival goes exotic to open 39th season.
February 3, 2012 Santa
Cruz Guitar Orchestra Concert at
Davis Art Center, directed
by Mesut Ozgen, Davis, CA.
Concert Preview: Guitar magic featured at Davis Art Center series.
January 14, 2012 Solo Concert, as part of the
Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church concert series, Soquel, CA.
January 5, 2012 Solo Concert, as part of the
Del Mar Foundation Cultural Arts "First Thursdays" concert series, Del Mar,
CA.
November 29, 2011 Santa
Cruz Guitar Orchestra Fall Concert, directed
by Mesut Ozgen, Soquel, CA.
May 28, 2011 "Passion" concert with the
Cadenza Orchestra, conducted by Maya Barsacq, featuring Guitar Concerto No. 1 by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, First Congregational Church, Santa Cruz, CA.
May 17, 2011 "Dueling Strings" Spring Concert of the Santa Cruz Guitar Orchestra, directed by Mesut Ozgen, Kuumbwa Jazz Center, Santa Cruz, CA.
Concert Preview: Santa Cruz Sound Garden.
April 29, 2011 "
Ensemble Nova" concert, conducted by Nicole Paiement, as part of the Contemporary Music Festival: April in Santa Cruz, University of California
Santa Cruz Music Center Recital Hall, Santa Cruz, CA.
March 20, 2011 "Over
the Sea" concert with flute, cello, guitar, piano, and
marimba. Music by Takemitsu, Ravel, Debussy, Ozgen, Tanabe, Nielsen,
Dubois, and Castelnuovo-Tedesco, as part of the
Santa
Cruz Chamber Players, Aptos, CA.
March 19, 2011 "Over
the Sea" concert
with flute, cello, guitar, piano, and marimba. Music by Takemitsu,
Ravel, Debussy, Ozgen, Tanabe, Nielsen, Dubois, and Castelnuovo-Tedesco,
as part of the
Santa
Cruz Chamber Players, Aptos, CA.
February 20, 2011 Santa Cruz Guitar Orchestra
Winter Concert, directed by Mesut Ozgen, Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church, Soquel, CA.
November 22, 2010 "
Compositional
Synthesis in "Alla Turca" Style" lecture,
as part of the Graduate Colloquium, University of California
Santa Cruz Music Center, Santa Cruz, CA.
November 21, 2010 Santa
Cruz Guitar Orchestra Fall Concert, directed
by Mesut Ozgen, Soquel, CA.
October 23, 2010 "Anatolian
Fantasy" with the Ozgen Trio: Music from
Istanbul and the Ottoman Court concert. St. Mary's by-the-Sea
Episcopal Church, Pacific Grove, CA.
October 22, 2010 "Anatolian
Fantasy" with the Ozgen Trio: Music from
Istanbul and the Ottoman Court, concert with flute, kemençe,
and guitar. Music by Prince Dimitrie Cantemir (Kantemiroglu),
Mesut Ozgen, Yalçin Tura, and David Evan Jones, as
part of the UCSC
Friday Night Live Concert Series, University
of California Santa Cruz Music Center Recital Hall, Santa
Cruz, CA.
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