Anthony Newman
Mesut Özgen and Anthony Newman after performing at the Plucked Baroque Concert in Miami, October, 2014.
FIU Alumni
Mesut Özgen and the distinguished FIU alumni Federico Musgrove, Karen Schoenhals, and Federico Bonacossa at the Panther Alumni Week Event, Miami, FL February 2014.
Eliot Fisk
Mesut Özgen with Eliot Fisk in Monterey, July 2013.
Hidden Valley Masters Festival
Mesut Özgen with Thomas Stacy (right) and Eric Sedgwick after the English Horn, guitar, piano concert at the Hidden Valley Masters Festival in Carmel, California, July 2013.
Hidden Valley Masters Festival
Mesut Özgen and Thomas Stacy at the Hidden Valley Masters Festival in Carmel, California, July 2013.
Sinfonia de Guitarra
Mesut Özgen with Debbie Morton after the Sinfonia de Guitarra Concert in Santa Cruz, California, May 2013.
Farewell Party
Mesut Özgen and Marc Teicholz in Santa Cruz, California, August 2013.
Farewell Party
Mesut Özgen with luthier Ed Claxton in Santa Cruz, California, August 2013.
Farewell Party
Mesut Özgen with luthier and flamenco singer Charles "Carlitos de Santa Cruz" Sutton in Santa Cruz, California, August 2013.
Farewell Party
Mesut Özgen with guitarristas Sean Hayward and Weston Mossman in Santa Cruz, California, August 2013.
Farewell Party
Mesut Özgen with luthier and acoustic researcher Rick Turner in Santa Cruz, California, August 2013.
Farewell Party
Mesut Özgen with singer/songwriter Jayme Kelly Curtis and Rick “Ukulele Dick” McKee in Santa Cruz, California, August 2013.
Farewell Party
Mesut Özgen with pianist Susan Bruckner in Santa Cruz, California, August 2013.
Farewell Party
with Merry and Robert Strizich, Mesut Özgen, and Charles Sutton in Santa Cruz, California, August 2013.
Farewell Party
Mesut Özgen with luthier Gil Carnal in Santa Cruz, California, August 2013.
Farewell Party
Mesut Özgen with guitarists Nathania Isnandar and Chris Mallett in Santa Cruz, California, August 2013.
Farewell Party
Mesut Özgen with flutist Kathleen Purcell in Santa Cruz, California, August 2013.
Istanbul Express Ensemble
After the premiere performance of Istanbul Express: Susan Bruckner, piano; Mesut Özgen, composer; Lars Johannesson, flute; Alissa Roedig, piccolo; Amy Brodo, cello; Sheila Willey, soprano, March 2013.
Kenny Hill
Mesut Özgen and Kenny Hill with the new Hill guitar custom-made for Mesut, December 2012.
Kenny Hill
Mesut Özgen and Kenny Hill with the new Hill guitar custom-made for Mesut, December 2012.
United Friends
with Bill Coulter, Ben Verdery, Mesut Özgen, and Kenny Hill in Capitola, California, November 2012.
Ben Verdery
Ben Verdery and Mesut Özgen in Capitola, California, November 2012.
Verdery and Coulter
Bill Coulter, Mesut Özgen, and Ben Verdery in Santa Cruz, November 2012.
Sierra Nevada Guitar Festival
Scott Cmiel, Rene Izquierdo, Matanya Ophee, Mesut Özgen, and Gil Carnal at the Sierra Nevada Guitar Festival, July 2012.
Sierra Nevada Guitar Festival
Mesut Özgen and Celso Machado at the Sierra Nevada Guitar Festival, July 2012.
Sierra Nevada Guitar Festival
Mesut Özgen, Connie Sheu and Matanya Ophee, adjudicating at the Sierra Nevada Guitar Festival, July 2012.
Freddie Bryant
Mesut Özgen with Freddie Bryant after the Chicago Concert, September 2012.
Neva Özgen
Mesut Özgen with kemençe virtuoso Neva Özgen and Redwoods at the University of California, Santa Cruz, October 2010.
San Jose Chamber Orchestra
Mesut Özgen with conductor Barbara Day Turner, violinist Cynthia Baehr-Williams, and harpist Jennifer Cass after performing with the San Jose Chamber Orchestra in San Francisco, California, December 2009.
Murat Aydemir
Mesut Özgen with oud virtuoso Murat Aydemir after the Smithsonian Concert, Washington D.C., June 2009.
Lux Musica at Smithsonian
Mesut Özgen with Murat Aydemir, Lars Johannesson, Amy Brodo, Linda Burman-Hall, and Ates Temeltas after the Smithsonian Concert, Washington D.C., June 2009.
Tom Clippert
Mesut Özgen and Tom Clippert in Chicago, May 2008.
Z.o.o Guitar Duo
Mesut Özgen with Peter Constant and Marion Schaap of Z.o.o Guitar Duo at the Vasili's Restaurant in Santa Cruz, March 2008.
Z.o.o Guitar Duo
Mesut Özgen with Peter Constant and Marion Schaap of Z.o.o Guitar Duo at the Vasili's Restaurant in Santa Cruz, March 2008.
Z.o.o Guitar Duo
Peter Constant and Marion Schaap of Z.o.o Guitar Duo and Mesut Özgen in the Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park, March 2008.
Anthony Newman
Mesut Özgen with maestro Anthony Newman in Santa Cruz Wharf, California, April 2007.
SC Baroque Festival
Linda Burman-Hall , Mesut Özgen, and Anthony Newman in Santa Cruz, California, April 2007.
Edgerton and Östersjö
Mesut Özgen with composer Michael Edward Edgerton and Swedish guitar virtuoso Stefan Östersjö in Santa Cruz, April 2006.
Yale Extravaganza
Mesut Özgen, Andrew Leonard, and Eric Despard at Yale Extravaganza, March 2006.
Yale Extravaganza
Ben Verdery, Andrew Leonard, Dominic Frasca, Lars Frandsen, and Mesut Özgen at the Yale Extravaganza, March 2006.
Carlos Barbosa-Lima
Mesut Özgen and Carlos Barbosa-Lima, after judging for the San Francisco Concerto Competition, March 2005.
Led Kaapana
Mesut Özgen and Hawaiian slack key guitar virtuoso Led Kaapana, Santa Cruz, CA 2004.
Bilge Özgen
Bilge Özgen (Mesut Özgen's father) composing in Istanbul, Turkey 2003 (In the photo on the wall is Mesut's grandfather Sabri Özgen).
Roland Dyens
Mesut Özgen and Roland Dyens, composer/guitarist, at "Yale Guitar Extravaganza" in New Haven, Connecticut 2003.
Frank Koonce
Mesut Özgen and Frank Koonce, celebrating after a concert at Arizona State University in Tempe, AZ 2002.
Seymour Bernstein
Yale Guitar Department "Speed and Fear" founding members Andrew Leonard and Brian Duford knighting Seymour Bernstein, pianist/composer, in New York, NY 1993.
Seymour Bernstein
Mesut Özgen and Seymour Bernstein, after a masterclass at Bernstein's house in New York, 1992.
Yale School of Music
Ben Verdery and Mesut Özgen at Yale graduation ceremony in New Haven, Connecticut 1993.
