Performances + Events
Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts Presents: Jonah Ellsworth, cello; Evren Ozel, piano
Williams Hall
Please reach out to FCPA with any questions regarding programming details at Foundation@ChinesePerformingArts.net.
Artist(s)
Jonah Ellsworth, cellist, https://www.jonahellsworth.com/life/
Jonah Ellsworth was appointed to the Boston Symphony Orchestra cello section in February 2023. He was praised highly by The Boston Globe, Clevelandclassical.com, and The Boston Musical Intelligencer, among many others.
Evren Ozel, pianist, https://www.evrenozel.com/
Evren Ozel is the Bronze Medalist of the 17th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition (2025), where he also received the special prize for the Best Performance of a Mozart Concerto. He is the recipient of a 2023 Avery Fisher Career Grant and a 2022 Salon de Virtuosi Career Grant. He is currently represented by Concert Artists Guild as an Ambassador Prize Winner of the 2021 Victor Elmaleh Competition. He received his Artistic Diploma from NEC studied with Wha Kyung Byun.
Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 5 No. 2
Britten: Cello Sonata in C Major, Op. 65
Rachmaninoff: Sonata in G Minor for Cello and Piano, Op. 19
