Masis Aram Gözbek

Masis Aram Gözbek
Birth name	Masis Aram Gözbek
Born	(1987-011-05) 5 November 1987
Origin	İstanbul, Turkey
Occupation(s)	Conductor & artistic director, musician, composer; conducting Boğaziçi Jazz Choir, Boğazici Youth Choir and Sainte-Pulchérie French High School Choir in Turkey
Instruments	Piano
Years active	2004–present
Website	Masis Aram Gözbek Official Facebook Musician Page

Masis Aram Gözbek (born 1987, in Istanbul) conductor & artistic director, musician, composer.

Biography

Born in 1987. He has won several international awards including a 'World Championship' and given numerous performances both in Turkey and abroad with Boğaziçi Jazz Choir.^[1]^[2]

In 2013, he won Yıldız Technical University 'Rectorship Award' and 'The Most Successful Young Person' award at the Turkey finals of 19. TOYP (Ten Outstanding Young Persons). The following year, he won the 'Young Conductor Special Award' in the 35th International May Choir Competition 'Prof. Georgi Dimitrov' in Varna.^[3]^[4]

He carries on his orchestral conducting studies with Antonio Pirolli and is working with Sertab Erener, Nil Karaibrahimgil, Yasemin Mori, Ali Kocatepe and is the founder and the artistic director of Boğaziçi Jazz Choir, Boğaziçi Youth Choir and Sainte-Pulchérie French High School Choir in Turkey.^[1]^[2]

Awards

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The first prize – International Istanbul Jazz Festival, Young Jazz Evaluation Concert.
'Silver Diploma' both in jazz and pop categories – 8th Vokal Total, held in Graz, Austria in 2008.
Three golden diploms from the 6th WOWorld Choir Games held in China, between 15–26 July 2010
Boğaziçi jazz Choir – World Choir Championships in Graz, Austria between 10–17 July 2011 – 'World Champion' in Contemporary Music and Folklore categories and also got the 'second prize' in Mixed Choirs category. They also competed in the 'Grand Prix of Choral Music' and won two other gold medals, collecting a total of 5 gold medals.
Boğaziçi Jazz Choir – Ranked as 1st in 'Folklore' and 13th in 'World Rankings' by INTERKULTUR.
Boğaziçi Jazz Choir – 3 gold medals in the 7th World Choir Games in the US.
Boğaziçi Jazz Choir – 1 gold medal in the Cantemus International Choir Festival in Hungary.
Boğaziçi Jazz Choir – May 2014, they won the 'first prize' in the Mixed Choirs category and also Masis Aram Gözbek won the 'Young Conductor Special Award' at the '35th International May Choir Competition' which was held in Bulgaria and is a member of the European Grand Prix.
Boğaziçi Jazz Choir – recently in October 2014 attended to the most prestigious choir festival in the world, Polyfollia in France with a special invitation, being one of the 11 invited ensembles and also the first and only group representing Turkey.

Apart from these, with Boğaziçi Jazz Choir;

2012 – Vocal Ensemble of the Year – Donizetti Classical Music Awards
2012 – The Ensemble of the Year (plebiscite) – Donizetti Classical Music Awards
2012 – Achievement of the Year – ROTABEST 2012
2012 – The Best Choir of the Year – Uludağ University 8th Media Awards
2012 – The Best Choir of the Year – Şişli Rotary Club
2012 – The Best Choir of the Year – Darüşşafaka Media Awards
2013 – Modern Folk Music Award – Troya Folklore Association
2014 – The Most Authentic Musical Group – Halk TV
2014 – 'Beyaz Kelebekler' Music Honor Award – Kabataş Alumni Association
2014 – Jury's Special Award – 19. Turkey Choir Festival
2014 – Intonation, Homogeneity and Choral Sound Award – 19. Turkey Choir Festival

References

1 2 3 "Masis Aram Gozbek". Facebook.
1 2 3 "Masis Aram Gözbek ile Röportaj – Sayı 3". Step Dergisi.
1 2 "Boğaziçi Caz Korosu ödülle döndü!". milliyet.com.tr.
1 2 "Boğaziçi'ne ödül". www.haberturk.com. 21 May 2014.
↑ "Sainte Pulchérie fransız lisesi". sp.k12.tr.

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