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Ozan Coskun

BIOGRAPHY

Ozan Coşkun, born in Ankara in 1993, is a guitarist and composer with an established music career. His professional guitar journey began with Prof. Ahmet Kanneci and Prof. Soner Uluocak. In 2013, he started his education at Hacettepe State Conservatory in Ankara, where he studied with Prof. Ahmet Kanneci, a student of José Tomás, one of the leading pioneers of modern guitar technique, and Dr. Soner Uluocak.
 

He graduated with high honor certificate and was accepted to the Detmold University of Music, where he studied under Thomas Kirchhoff. During his education, he participated in numerous solo recitals and chamber music projects.

In 2020, he was awarded first prize at the Euro Strings Composition Contest for his piece "Two Phantasmas." Additionally, he was invited to join the jury of the Euro Strings Composition Contest 2021, which consisted of leading figures in the classical guitar and composition world, such as Stephen Goss and Sergio Assad.

The world premiere of Ozan Coşkun's solo guitar composition "Two Phantasmas" took place on Thursday, October 1, 2020, at 8:00 PM, performed by Dávid Fellegi at the Musikverein in Vienna. This hall is renowned for hosting performances by legendary musicians such as Beethoven, Rachmaninoff, Mendelssohn, and Liszt.

During his studies, Ozan received numerous awards and accolades in performance competitions. He was awarded financial support for two different projects through the North Rhine-Westphalia Cultural Scholarship in Germany.

Later, he won the prize for the best modern work interpretation at the "Alumni Verein" performance competition organized by the Detmold HfM and was honored with the "Jungkust" Art Support Award, organized by Volksbank, on October 29, 2023.

Continuing his artistic work and studies in Detmold, Ozan participates in various ensemble and solo concert events across Germany. Through the production of recordings of his own compositions and the music he performs, he makes significant contributions to his field.

As a composer for film music, Coşkun has so far produced scores for a documentary film, a short film, and a feature film, with his works being featured in film music festivals. Additionally, he has worked as a musician and arranger on various artists' albums and compositions, directing the production of these arrangements.

As a composer-guitarist, Ozan has composed music for 2 films, 1 documentary, and 2 theater productions to date. He was a finalist for Best Film Score at the short film competition in Buenos Aires with the music for the short film "Çember."

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In addition to his guitar performance education, Ozan worked on transcription, composition techniques, modal, and microtonal music with professors such as Can Aksel Akin, Önder Özkoç, Argun Defne, and Stephen Goss during his undergraduate and graduate studies.

Throughout his education, he had the opportunity to work with renowned musicians like Pepe Romero, Jorge Caballero, Goran Krivokapić, Pavel Steidl, Göran Soellscher, Thomas Kirchhoff, Hans Werner Huppertz, Dale Kavanagh, Joaquin Clerch, Olaf Gonnissen-Cornelis, Vural Kahraman, Erkan Mehmet Karagülle, and Eren Sualp.

He is currently pursuing a second master's degree in chamber music at Detmold University of Music, studying with Juan Carlos Arancibia Navarro, and works as a lecturer at the Johannes Brahms Music Academy.

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