The 2018 Miami International GuitART Festival hosted by the Florida International University School of Music begins with the Opening Concert A LO CUBANO on Monday, February 19, 2018. Read more
The 2018 Miami International GuitART Festival will be hosted by the Florida International University School of Music from February 19-25, 2017. The Concert Artist Performance and Composition Competitions with $10,000 prizes are now open for registration! Read more
The FIU Miami Guitar Orchestra, directed by Mesut Özgen, will present the fall concert, as part of the FIU GuitArt Series, with an exciting program of music from Renaissance to modern, as well as jazz and traditional music from Peru at the Wertheim Performing Arts Center Concert Hall in Miami on Tuesday, November 14, 2018 at 7:30 pm. Read more
Mesut will be giving concerts in Santa Cruz, California and Lahontan, France. Read more
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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