Ozan Tunca

Ozan Tunca received degrees on cello performance from Hacettepe University State Conservatory (Bachelor Degree), Louisiana State University (Master’s Degree) and Florida State University (Doctorate Degree). Tunca’s cello professors were Doğan Cangal, Dennis Parker and Lubomir Georgiev. Ozan Tunca won the Hacettepe University Concerto Competition and performed Vivaldi’s Concerto for Two Cellos in G Minor and Dvorak’s Cello Concerto with the Conservatory Symphony Orchestra. His string quartet “alla Turca” was the recipient of the Eppes Foundation scholarship and won the Grand Prize in the NUMUS 2002 Chamber Music Competition in Canada. Tunca served as assistant principal cellist of the Baton Rouge Symphony and the principal cellist of the Antalya Chamber Orchestra and Louisiana Sinfonietta. He is currently teaching at Anadolu University State Conservatory