Bartu Elci-Ozsoy

Bartu Elci-Ozsoy is a violinist, conductor, and composer. He made his triple debut in Paris at the age of 15 by conducting his 1st Symphony and playing the Violin Concerto of Mendelssohn on 26 May 2019 with the Orchestre Sinfonietta at the Théâtre des Variétés. He also conducted the 29th Symphony of Mozart at the same concert.

Early life and education
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.

At ten, Elci-Ozsoy gave his first concert with an orchestra. He was invited by the French government when he was 11 to study classical music in France and moved to Paris.

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. He was accepted to the Master's program in the class of Sarah Nemtanu, concertmaster of the Orchestre National de France.

Career
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.

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. He donated the profit of the concert for the restoration of Notre-Dame Cathedral after the fire. 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.

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.

Elci-Ozsoy was invited as a guest conductor and soloist at the 18th Festival de Musique in Rochefort in May 2022. 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.

In 2023, he was commissioned to compose and play for a theatrical show with the actor Emmanuel Houzé for the inauguration of Musée Bourdelle and invited to play at the events organized by Laurence Cohen to pay tribute to Sarah Bernhardt for the centenary of her death.

Social work
Elci-Ozsoy implemented solidarity projects with the outbreak of COVID-19 in collaboration with other artists.

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. Elci-Ozsoy then became an Artist for the Amazon of the Amazon Aid Foundation.

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. The concert was organized under the patronage of the French president, Emmanuel Macron.