Cem Duruoz
Guitarist Cem Duruöz has received many accolades from performers and critics alike. Grammy winner guitarist Sharon Isbin has said about Duruöz, “His excellent stage presence complements his virtuosic technique and musical, elegant artistry.”

Turkish born guitarist Cem Duruoz won the first prize in the Turkish National Guitar Competition at the age of seventeen. After receiving his Master’s degree at the San Francisco Conservatory he completed his graduate guitar studies at The Juilliard School. An enthusiastic educator, Duruöz has been teaching guitar performance at Wesleyan University. A multi-faceted musician, Cem Duruöz has collaborated with bandoneón master Raul Jaurena, gambist John Dornenburg, conductor Michel Tabachnik and soprano Camille Zamora. A frequent soloist, he has appeared under the batons of such conductors as Michel Tabachnik, Antonio Pirolli, and Erol Erdinç regularly performing Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez among others with the Turkish National Symphony Orchestra.

Mr. Duruöz has performed across four continents in countries such as Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Spain, France, Germany, Japan, Bosnia, Greece, Serbia, Poland, and Mexico, as well as throughout Turkey and the USA. His 2007-2008 season concerts include a concert and master-classes at the Semana International de Guitarra in Spain and the U.S. premiere of Anatolia Guitar Concerto at the Round Top Guitar Festival, featuring Turkish melodies and rhythms written for him by American composer David Hahn.
Mr. Duruöz has released three CDs to international critical acclaim: Pièces de Viole, featuring his arrangements of Marais’ French baroque gamba music, and Contemporary Music for Guitar, both released by Centaur Records. His most recent solo CD, Desde el Alma - Tango Classics was released last year under ADA-Müzik label and called, “A masterpiece,” by Argentine critics. The CD features a variety of tango styles such as the milonga and the waltz as well as some of the most famous tangos transcribed by him using the interpretations of the legendary Argentine Tango orchestras of the 20th century.