MIGF Composition Competition 2016 Call for Submissions
The 2016 Miami International GuitART Festival Composition Competition invites composers to submit new works written for solo guitar or two guitars or three guitars by December 15, 2015. The competition is open to composers of all nationalities in two age categories: Emerging Composers (between the ages of 18 and 30) and Young Composers (from the age of […]
2016 Miami International GuitART Festival Dates Announced
The 2016 Miami International GuitART Festival will be hosted by the Florida International University School of Music from February 24-28, 2016. The festival will include eleven concerts, five masterclasses, three lectures, and a composers panel, as well as a composition competition and a luthiers expo, which will be presenting hand-built guitars in the Frost Art Museum, located next […]
Blue Journey to be performed in St. Louis
Mesut’s composition Blue Journey (Mavi Yolculuk) for flute, cello, and guitar will be performed by the Chamber Project Saint Louis in two concerts at World Chess Hall of Fame on April 22, 2015 and at Chamber Project on Tap on May 7, 2015. The concerts are entitled “Vernacular” featuring also works by Robert Beaser, Zoltán Kodaly, Atanas Ourkouzounov, Astor Piazzola, and Franz Schubert.
“Mountain Mission” FIUMGO Spring 2015 Concerts
The FIU-Miami Guitar Orchestra, directed by Mesut Özgen, will present the final concerts of the season, as part of the FIU GuitArt Series, with an exciting program of music from Baroque to modern, as well as jazz and traditional music from the Andes in two concerts at the Wolfsonian-FIU in Miami Beach on Friday, April 10, 2015 at 7:00 pm and at the Wertheim Performing […]
Blue Journey: Chamber Music Concert on February 27, 2015
Mesut Özgen will be joined by an impressive group of musicians to perform his compositions for solo guitar and various combinations of voice, flute, violin, cello, guitar, and piano at the Wertheim Performing Arts Center Concert Hall in Miami, Florida on Friday, February 27, 2015.
Mesut Özgen Newsletter Archive
You can find a list of links to all Mesut Özgen Newsletters beginning with February 2015 issue in a new page under the News tab: Newsletter Archive. Below is the first newsletter issued in February 2015: 02/03/2015 – Mesut Ozgen – February 2015 Newsletter
Panther Alumni Week Visiting Speaker Carlos Rafael Rivera
The extraordinary FIU alumnus composer Carlos Rafael Rivera visited Mesut Özgen’s guitar class at FIU during the Panther Alumni Week on February 2, 2015, sharing his invaluable experiences as a professional musician with the guitar students. Rivera is a commissioned and award winning composer whose career has spanned several genres of the music industry. His soundtrack for […]
GetAcceptd to FIU School of Music
Now you can apply to FIU School of Music through a digital application tool called GetAcceptd !! The guitar program at FIU offers aspired students a wide range of opportunities to develop necessary skills on their way to become high-level professional musicians. Scholarships and financial aid are available. You can get more info about the FIU Guitar Program here. […]
“Carnavalito” FIU Miami Guitar Orchestra Fall 2014 Concerts
The FIU-Miami Guitar Orchestra, directed by Mesut Özgen, will present an eclectic program of music from Baroque to modern, as well as jazz and traditional musics from the Andes, and Colombia in two concert at the Wolfsonian-FIU in Miami Beach on Sunday, November 9, 2014 at 3:00 pm and at the Wertheim Performing Arts Center Concert Hall in Miami on Sunday, November 23, 2014 at […]
YouTube Channel Launches with Videos from the Plucked Baroque Concert
The official Mesut Özgen YouTube Channel launched with a video playlist from the first concert of FIU GuitArt Series 2014-15. The playlist includes four videos with the visiting artist, internationally renown harpsichordist, composer, and Baroque specialist Anthony Newman from the Plucked Baroque concert on October 3, 2014. Visit the channel periodically for the upcoming videos, which will be added regularly from the […]