Cem Duruöz

“Flawless classical technique, depth of color, long flowing lines…” wrote American Record Guide Music in Concert, one of the many accolades that guitarist Cem Duruöz has received from performers and critics alike.

Mr. Duruöz has performed in four continents in countries such as Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Japan, France, Greece, Bosnia, Spain, the UK, Serbia, Kosovo, Poland, Mexico, throughout Turkey and the USA. His recent concert appearances include a return performance at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in New York in a program titled Guitar in Turkey, his UK premiere performance at the Purcell Room in London, his Concierto de Aranjuez performances with the Turkish National Symphony Orchestra, a French Baroque Concert at the prestigious Istanbul Festival, recitals at the Guitarras del Mundo Festival in Argentina, Baščaršijske Noći Festival in Bosnia-Herzegovina as well as the World Premiere performance of the Concerto Anatolia by David Hahn in Texas. With recent endorsements by Alhambra Guitars and D’Addario strings he will return to Carnegie Hall twice during the 2010-2011 season.

Turkish born guitarist Cem Duruöz (or “Gem” as pronounced in his native tongue) won the first prize in the Turkish National Guitar Competition at the age of seventeen and completed his graduate studies at The Juilliard School with Sharon Isbin. As an enthusiastic educator, he has been teaching guitar performance at Wesleyan University in the USA.