The 2017 Miami International GuitART Festival hosted by the Florida International University School of Music begins with the Opening Concert of Celso Cano & Mesut Özgen on Monday, February 20, 2017. Read more
Founder and Artistic Director of the Miami International GuitART Festival, guitarist/composer Mesut Özgen was recognized as one of the 2016 Knight Arts Challenge award winners. Matt Haggman, Miami Program Director for Community and National Initiatives with Knight Foundation and Victoria Rogers, Vice President/Arts for Knight Foundation, presented the award to Özgen at the Knight Foundation's 9th annual celebration at the New World Center in Miami Beach on November 28, 2016.
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Considered one of the finest Turkish pianists of her generation, Hande Dalkılıç teams up with guitarist/composer Mesut Özgen for the Orient Express and present music from Istanbul to London along the train route of the famous Orient Express.
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The 2017 Miami International GuitART Festival will be hosted by the Florida International University School of Music from February 20-26, 2017. Read more
Mesut's composition Blue Journey (Mavi Yolculuk) for flute, cello, and guitar will be performed by the New Music Works at University of California, Santa Cruz on April 16, 2016 Read more
Mesut Özgen will be joined by guitarist Celso Cano and soprano Rebecca Benitez to perform his compositions, as well as works by Agustin Barrios and Robert Beaser in Miami Beach, as part of the Arts at St. John's Concert Season "Places We Call Home", on Saturday, April 2, 2016. Read more