The wind quintet WindSync embraces the classics and the growing contemporary repertoire with a fresh sensibility. Versatile and vibrant, the group plays “many idioms authoritatively, elegantly, with adroit technique, and with great fun” (All About the Arts). In the span of one performance, they can cover vast musical ground from revitalized standards to freshly inked works to folk and songbook, the common thread telling a compelling story about music history and our human selves.

Bronze Medalist at the 2025 Van Cliburn Competition, American pianist Evren Ozel has won numerous honors and awards; most recently Evren was awarded an Avery Fisher Career Grant in 2023. Other accolades include second prize and special prizes for Best Mazurka and Best Polonaise at the 2020 U.S. National Chopin Competition, first prize at the 2016 Boston Symphony Concerto Competition, second prize and the Mozart and Chopin special prizes at the 2018 Dublin International Piano Competition, second prize at the 2016 Thomas and Evon Cooper International Competition, and scholarships from the U.S Chopin Foundation and Young Arts Foundation.

WindSync with EVREN OZEL, piano

Maverick Concert Hall

The wind quintet WindSync embraces the classics and the growing contemporary repertoire with a fresh sensibility. Versatile and vibrant, the group plays “many idioms authoritatively, elegantly, with adroit technique, and with great fun” (All About the Arts). In the span of one performance, they can cover vast musical ground from revitalized standards to freshly inked works to folk and songbook, the common thread telling a compelling story about music history and our human selves.

WindSync

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Bethel United Methodist Church

Crowd-favorite woodwind quintet WindSync returns to the Grand Teton Music Festival for an evening of world-class chamber music. Featuring works by Mozart, Phillip Glass, Nadia Boulanger and more, the quintet imbues classic and modern works with their infectious energy and virtuosic musicianship.

Center for the Arts

WindSync embraces classics from across centuries of music writing, using their vibrant “fourth wall”-breaking approach to performance to make standard repertoire a fresh experience. Whether originally written for wind quintet instruments or specially arranged for them, WindSync combines familiar favorites and folk music songbooks and traditions with an actively growing body of freshly inked works, threading it all together to tell compelling stories about music history and human selves. On the heels of All Worlds, All Times, their debut album that “will make you want to get up and dance” (The WholeNote), the quintet hit number-one on the Billboard Classical chart with the works of Miguel Del Aguila, recorded in the famed Studio Two at Abbey Road.

Ravinia Festival

Meet the musicians of WindSync in an educational, family-friendly show that brings classical music to life with an unforgettable cast of characters. Complete with costumes and choreography, this engaging performance introduces the five wind instruments of the orchestra and concludes with an exciting retelling of Peter and the Wolf by Sergei Prokofiev. Peter, the wolf, and their friends the duck, the cat, and the little bird will make a live appearance! This FREE event is presented by Chamber Music Northwest, no RSVP required.

Noah Kay

Events

Past events

Jul 19, 2026

WindSync with EVREN OZEL, piano · Maverick Concerts

Jul 18, 2026

WindSync · Maverick Concerts

Future and recently performed repertoire

Oboe in Short Ride in a Fast Machine by Adams

Maverick Concerts

Oboe in Summer Music by Barber

Maverick Concerts

Oboe in Woodwind Quintet by Carter

Coastal Concerts

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