Bartu Elci-Ozsoy

Elci-Ozsoy started to play the violin at the age of 4, composing at 5 and conducting at 14. Piano pieces composed by Elci-Ozsoy when he was five were presented to the American President in 2010 at the Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship.{{Cite web |title=Acclaimed teenage Turkish musician to perform in Ankara |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture-and-art/acclaimed-teenage-turkish-musician-to-perform-in-ankara/948579 |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=www.aa.com.tr}}{{Cite web |last=AA |title=Mozart kulağı'na sahip genç müzisyen senfoni yazıyor |url=https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/egitim/mozart-kulagina-sahip-genc-muzisyen-senfoni-yaziyor-40625575 |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=www.hurriyet.com.tr |language=tr}}{{Citation |title=March for Development composed by Bartu when he was 5 years old |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9RsOI_aK10 |access-date=2023-05-07 |language=en}}

At ten, Elci-Ozsoy gave his first concert with an orchestra.{{Cite web |title=İZDSO'da sahne genç solistlerin |url=https://www.haberhurriyeti.com/haber/3364925/izdsoda-sahne-genc-solistlerin |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=Haber Hürriyeti |language=tr}} He was invited by the French government when he was 11 to study classical music in France and moved to Paris.{{Cite web |title='Mozart kulağı'na sahip genç müzisyen senfoni yazıyor |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/kultur-sanat/mozart-kulagina-sahip-genc-muzisyen-senfoni-yaziyor-/948293 |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=www.aa.com.tr}}{{Cite web |title=Bartu Özsoy 14 yaşında senfoni yazıyor |url=https://www.ntv.com.tr/sanat/bartu-ozsoy-14-yasinda-senfoni-yaziyor,BISIGBt7zEeEB2VxHbVuBw |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=www.ntv.com.tr |language=tr}}

He earned a diploma in orchestral conducting from the École Normale de Musique de Paris at 17 and a bachelor's degree in violin from the Paris Conservatoire where he studied with Alexis Galpérine. Elci-Ozsoy is also a graduate of the American Conservatory in Fontainebleau.Concours Étudiants: découvrez les lauréats du concours 2021. Crous Paris. Retrieved 2023-01-04. https://www.crous-paris.fr/actualite/concours-etudiants-decouvrez-laureats-concours-2021/{{Cite web|date=2020-08-23 |title=Artist for the Amazon Spotlight: Violinist, Composer & Conductor Bartu Elci-Ozsoy, 16, Inspires & Connects With The Power of Music |url=https://amazonaid.org/artist-for-the-amazon-spotlight-violinist-composer-conductor-bartu-elci-ozsoy-16-inspires-connects-with-the-power-of-music/ |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=Amazon Aid Foundation}}{{Cite web|date=15 January 2020|title=Le Mans : Rencontre avec Bartu Elçi-Özsoy, violoniste, chef et compositeur|publisher=Ventoux Opera |url=https://www.ventoux-opera.com/2020/01/15/paris-rencontre-avec-bartu-elci-ozsoy-violoniste-chef-et-compositeur/ |access-date=2023-05-07 |language=fr-FR}} At the age of 20, he received his master's degree with distinction from the class of Sarah Nemtanu, concertmaster of the Orchestre National de France.{{Cite web |title=Concert des Écoles d'Art Américaines de Fontainebleau |url=https://www.fondationdesetatsunis.org/concert-eaaf-2022/ |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=Fondation des Etats-Unis |language=en-US}} The same year, he also completed his four-year studies in conducting from the “perfectionnement” class of Julien Masmondet. His Master's thesis{{Cite web | url=https://www.fondationdesetatsunis.org/fr/restitution/| title=Restitution de Madeleine Pénitente : une œuvre de justice et d’humanité - Fondation des Etats-Unis| accessdate=2024-09-19}} at the Paris Conservatoire focused on raising awareness of environmental sustainability through collaboration between classical music and other forms of art. The Conservatoire loaned him the 1760 Giovanni Battista Guadagnini which belonged to Romanian-born violinist Raoul Georges Vidas (1901–1978). As a tribute to its owner, Elci-Ozsoy called it “ex-Vidas” Guadagnini{{Cite web | url=https://www.thestrad.com/news/20-year-old-bartu-elci-ozsoy-loaned-the-1760-ex-vidas-guadagnini-violin/17502.article| title=20-year-old Bartu Elci-Ozsoy loaned the 1760 ‘ex-Vidas’ Guadagnini violin| accessdate=2024-09-19}} and said "As I embark on this new chapter with the 'ex-Vidas' Guadagnini, I am reminded of the power of music to connect, inspire and transcend. It is an honor to be a part of this story, to contribute to the legacy of this magnificent instrument, and to share it with audiences around the world."

In 2024, he was selected by Académie Jaroussky{{Cite web | url=https://academiejaroussky.org/evenement/masterclass-publique-de-nemanja-radulovic-5/| title=Masterclass publique de Nemanja Radulovic - Académie Musicale Philippe Jaroussky| accessdate=2024-09-19}} to study with Nemanja Radulović and perform at the La Seine Musicale.{{Cite web | url=https://www.laseinemusicale.com/spectacles-concerts/concert-de-lancement-de-saison-promotion-lili-et-nadia-boulanger-academie-musicale-philippe-jaroussky/| title=Concert de lancement de saison - Promotion Lili et Nadia Boulanger - Académie Musicale Philippe Jaroussky| accessdate=2024-09-19}}

At the age of 14, Elci-Ozsoy wrote his first symphony. The "avant-première" of the first symphony took place on 17 May 2019 in Le Mans, conducted by the composer.{{Cite web |title=Le Mans. Un jeune prodige en concert |url=https://lemans.maville.com/sortir/infos_-le-mans.-un-jeune-prodige-en-concert_14-3721946_actu.Htm |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=lemans.maville.com |language=fr}}[http://montesquieu.lemans.free.fr/leslettre2/li64.pdf "Les Lettres de L'Ile"], Montesquieu. Retrieved 2023-01-04.

Elci-Ozsoy appeared as a conductor, violinist, and composer and premiered his Symphony No.1 on 26 May 2019 at the same concert in Théâtre des Variétés.{{Cite web |title=Bartu Elci-Ozsoy à Paris [FINI] |url=https://www.theatredesvarietes.fr/spectacles/bartu-elci-ozsoy-a-paris/ |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=Théâtre des Variétés |language=fr-FR}} He donated the profit of the concert for the restoration of Notre-Dame Cathedral after the fire.{{Cite web |title=Notre-Dame : " Soyez chaleureusement remerciés " |url=https://dioceseparis.fr/notre-dame-soyez-chaleureusement.html |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=dioceseparis.fr |language=fr}} At this concert, he also conducted Mozart's Symphony No. 29 with the Sinfonietta de Paris Symphony Orchestra and played Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto conducted by Dominique Fanal. The concert was also attended by the former Prime Minister of France Bernard Cazeneuve. After the concert, Jean-Claude Casadesus began to teach and mentor Elci-Ozsoy.

Elci-Ozsoy played at several concerts and conducted the youth orchestra Petites Mains Symphoniques in August 2019, at the 5th Festival des Étoiles Symphoniques.{{Cite web |title=Les Étoiles Symphoniques à la Manufacture Bohin : un petit air de nostalgie |url=https://actu.fr/normandie/saint-sulpice-sur-risle_61456/les-etoiles-symphoniques-manufacture-bohin-petit-air-nostalgie_26646860.html |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=actu.fr |language=fr}}

In 2021, Elci-Ozsoy performed at the Centenary Festival of the American Fontainebleau Schools of Art and played at several concerts including one with Martha Argerich.[https://www.chateaudefontainebleau.fr/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/www.chateaudefontainebleau.fr-cpfestival.pdf Festival de Fontainebleau]. chateaudefontainebleau.fr. Retrieved 2023-01-06.

Elci-Ozsoy was invited as a guest conductor and soloist at the 18th Festival de Musique in Rochefort in May 2022.{{Cite web |title=Programmation du festival Musiques au Pays de P. Loti |url=https://www.festival-mppl.com/programmation-du-festival |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=festival-mppl |language=fr}} Elci-Ozsoy's performance of Ravel's Tzigane was featured at the Young Artists Showcase of the WQXR hosted by Midge Woolsey on 15 February 2023 dedicated to the Fontainebleau Conservatory's 2021 Centennial Celebration.{{cite web |date=March 1, 2022 |title=Fontainebleau Conservatory Marks 100 Years With a Celebration |url=https://www.wqxr.org/story/fontainebleau-conservatory-centennial-celebration/?tab=summary |website=WQXR}}

In 2023, he was commissioned to compose and play for a theatrical show with the actor Emmanuel Houzé for the inauguration of Musée Bourdelle{{cite web |title=Lectures en musique autour d'Apollon au combat I – 18/19 mars |url=https://www.bourdelle.paris.fr/fr/activites/lectures-en-musique-autour-dapollon-au-combat-i-18-19-mars |website=Musée Bourdelle}}{{cite web |title=Lectures en musique autour d'Apollon au combat d'Antoine Bourdelle |url=https://www.paris.fr/evenements/lectures-en-musique-autour-d-apollon-au-combat-d-antoine-bourdelle-33470 |website=Paris.fr}} and invited to play at the events organized by Laurence Cohen to pay tribute to Sarah Bernhardt for the centenary of her death.{{cite web |date=2023-01-16 |title=Théâtre, expo, bal et dîners d'époque pour le centenaire de la disparition de Sarah Bernhardt |url=https://www.france24.com/fr/info-en-continu/20230116-théâtre-expo-bal-et-dîners-d-époque-pour-le-centenaire-de-la-disparition-de-sarah-bernhardt?ref=wa |website=France24}}{{cite web |title=Hommage à Sarah Bernhardt: Sarah dans tous ses états |url=https://www.theatredelaville-paris.com/en/spectacles/projets-passerelles/rencontres/hommage-a-sarah-bernhardt-sarah-dans-tous-ses-etats |website=Theatre de la Ville Paris}}{{cite web |title=Hommage à Sarah Bernhardt (1923–2023) |url=https://mairie17.paris.fr/pages/hommage-a-sarah-bernhard-1923-2023-23297 |website=Mairie du 17ème arrondissement de Paris}} His recent notable performances included concerts at the Festival Les Arcs, a gala concert for the Triomphe de l'Art competition at the Musical Instrument Museum, Brussels, where he won the Grand Prix,{{Cite web | url=https://theviolinchannel.com/belgiums-international-music-competition-triomphe-de-lart-announces-2024-winners/| title=Belgium’s International Music Competition Triomphe de l’Art Announces 2024 Winners| date= 2024-03-08| accessdate=2024-09-19}} a concert at the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs by the French National Commission for UNESCO in tribute to Sarah Bernhardt; two chamber music concerts in Rome at the Theatre of Marcellus; concerts in Paris with the Ellipsos saxophone quartet and with the composer Kryštof Mařatka; chamber music concerts in Vienna.{{Cite web | url=https://academiejaroussky.org/en/membre/bartu-elci-ozsoy/| title=Bartu ELCI-OZSOY - Académie Musicale Philippe Jaroussky| accessdate=2024-09-19}}

He made his US debut in November 2023 with several concerts and events in New York, Chicago and Washington, which also included a performance at the UN headquarters sponsored by the Permanent Mission of France to the United Nations and a concert organized by the American Art Schools in Fontainebleau.

In September 2024, he was invited to perform at the 80th Anniversary of the Le Monde in Paris where he also premiered his compositions.

Elci-Ozsoy implemented solidarity projects with the outbreak of COVID-19 in collaboration with other artists.{{Cite web |title=Témoignages-4 {{!}} CNSMDP – Médiathèque et archives |url=https://mediatheque.cnsmdp.fr/memoire-confinement-4 |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=mediatheque.cnsmdp.fr}}{{Cite web |title=Témoignages-4 {{!}} CNSMDP – Médiathèque et archives |url=https://mediatheque.cnsmdp.fr/memoire-confinement-4 |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=mediatheque.cnsmdp.fr}}

In August 2020, Elci-Ozsoy led a project in which he composed and performed a piece for six violins on four themes (The River, Rainforest, Destruction, and Regrowth) to raise awareness of the challenges facing the Amazon Rainforest in collaboration with Emil Lidé a Swedish LEGO artist.{{Cite web |date=2020-09-13 |title=Amazon: Complete |url=https://fullplatebuilds.com/2020/09/13/amazon-complete/ |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=Full Plate Builds |language=en}} Elci-Ozsoy then became an Artist for the Amazon of the Amazon Aid Foundation.{{Cite web |title=Bartu Elci-Ozsoy |url=https://amazonaid.org/project/bartu-elci-ozsoy/ |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=Amazon Aid Foundation |language=en-US}}

In April 2023, he collaborated with the Jeunes Talents Association in Paris to organize a benefit concert to raise and donate funds to UNICEF for helping children affected from the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria.{{cite web |title=Concert de soutien avec l'UNICEF aux enfants victimes des tremblements de terre en Turquie et en Syrie |url=https://www.jeunes-talents.org/concerts/concert-de-soutien-avec-lunicef-aux-enfants-victimes-des-tremblements-de-terre-en-turquie-et-en-syrie/ |website=Jeunes Talents}}{{cite web |title=RecitHall Event |url=https://www.recithall.com/events/525 |website=RecitHall}} The concert was organized under the patronage of the French president, Emmanuel Macron.{{Cite web |date=2023-04-11 |title=France's Jeunes Talents Hosts UNICEF Benefit Concert in Support of Turkey and Syria |url=https://theviolinchannel.com/frances-jeunes-talents-hosts-unicef-benefit-concert-in-support-of-turkey-and-syria/ |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=World's Leading Classical Music Platform |language=en-US}} An interview and performance by Elci-Ozsoy after the concert were featured on the award-winning 'Soul Music,' produced by Maggie Ayre on BBC Radio 4, on November 11, 2023.

Combining his two missions with the European Climate Pact and UNICEF, he gave benefit concerts{{Cite web | url=https://sr.ambafrance.org/Melodies-for-Our-Children-A-Benefit-Concert-Paramaribo-19-April-2024| title=Melodies for Our Children: A Benefit Concert| accessdate=2024-09-19}}{{Cite web | url=https://sr.ambafrance.org/Melodies-pour-nos-enfants-un-concert-de-bienfaisance-Paramaribo-le-19-April| title=Melodies pour nos enfants: un concert de bienfaisance| accessdate=2024-09-19}} and participated in other community engagement events in Suriname under the patronage of the French Ambassador of Suriname and Guyana in April 2024. All proceeds of the concert were donated to UNICEF to support their response to children in Suriname's interior impacted by the consequences of climate change.

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