ÖZGÜR AYDIN

    Winner of the famous International Music Competition of the ARD in Munich in 1997.
    This event was an important accent in his career and paved the way for the international concert halls.

    Özgür Aydin was born in Boulder, Colorado / USA in 1972

    Education

  • 1984-1991 State Conservatory in Ankara-Turkey with Prof. Pekman
  • 1991-1993 Royal College of Music in London with Peter Katin
  • 1993-2001 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 the 2. prize (1. Prize was not given)
        and two additional prizes:
            Wilhelm-Wechsler Prize
             Nippon Music Award
  • 2000, Prizewinner, Esther Honens Calgary International Piano Competition, Canada

    • 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, International Istanbul Music Festival, Suntort Hall in Tokyo, Recital Hall in Osaka, 92nd Street Y in New York, Kennedy Center in Washington, Auditorium du Louvre in Paris, NDR Hall in Hannover, Herkulessaal and Gasteig in Munich,
    Concert tours in Japan, South Korea, Belgium, Italy, Spain and Switzerland
    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, almost all Turkish Symphony Orchestras.

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