Ozan Karagöz

Born in Turkey, Ozan Karagöz studied violin, piano and singing in Izmir and composition, music theory and harpsichord in Istanbul. He studied mediaeval-renaissance singing with Kathleen Dineen and Dominique Vellard as well as ensemble direction with Crawford Young at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, where he also studied early music theory with Johannes Menke and Felix Diergarten. His master thesis was about compositional methods in mensural canons in the late fifteenth century, focusing on Pierre de la Rue and his contemporaries. Currently he is teaching (ad interim) “Historische Satzlehre” for mediaeval-renaissance music at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis.
As a singer he has performed in various concerts and festivals in Switzerland, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Belgium and The Netherlands with people and ensembles dedicated to early music performance. He is a founding member of ensemble Rumorum (dir. Grace Newcombe) and is the director of the vocal ensemble Troxalida.