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Sarpay Özçağatay

Sarpay “SharpEye” Özçağatay is a private instructor at Berklee College of Music as well as an author, performer, clinician, and recording artist. His self-produced debut album of original compositions, Unexpectable, was released in 2013. It was well received by leading jazz critics and broadcasters in blogs, jazz radio, newspapers, and flute magazines. Özçağatay is an artist at Japanese flute company Miyazawa Flutes and is also endorsed by Applied Microphone and the Ton Kooiman thumb rest company. One of the British flute makers, TJ made alto flute for Özçağatay and engraving the "SharpEye" on it. As an educator, in addition to his workshops and extensive online presence, Özçağatay is a former jazz chair of the National Flute Association and is a judge at their competitions. He published five flute method books for jazz and classical players entitled UNLOCK. The UNLOCK series was recognized quickly by many professional jazz and classical flutists and musicians around the world, and is sold over 40 countries. Özçağatay's extensive online presence is followed by flute students and professionals worldwide. His unique flute playing skills holds both jazz and classical degrees together from Hacettepe University State Conservatory (BA), majoring in Classical Flute Performance, and Berklee College of Music, majoring in Jazz Flute Performance.

Özçağatay has performed countless concerts at prestigious jazz and world music venues, and at music festivals with Grammy Award–winning artists and internationally acclaimed musicians from all over the world. As a recording artist, he has performed on many albums as both a leader and a sideman, as well as being a voting member of the Recording Academy.

Awards

2014 - National Flute Association "Jazz Solist" competition winning award 2011-2012 Billboard Magazine Scholarship Award Given Through Berklee College of Music 2011 Berklee College of Music Performance Division Award

Gear

Miyazawa Flutes Applied Microphone Technology Ton Kooiman Thumb Rest


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Album Review

Sarpay Ozcagatay: Unexpectable

Read "Unexpectable" reviewed by Edward Blanco


Born in Ankara, Turkey, Sarpay Ozcagatay is a flautist and EWI player who feels that the flute does not have the respect in the jazz world that it should. Accordingly, Ozcagatay is on a mission to change the perception of the flute as an accompanying instrument and believes the flute is as much a lead instrument as the jazz saxophone or trumpet. His first album as leader, Unexpectable (perhaps a reference to the correct spelling of “unacceptable"), is an unexpectedly ...

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Take Five With...

Take Five With Sarpay Ozcagatay

Read "Take Five With Sarpay Ozcagatay" reviewed by Sarpay Özçağatay


Meet Sarpay Özçağatay:Sarpay Özçağatay born in Ankara, Turkey, is a talented flutist, EWI player, composer, performer, and bandleader. Sarpay has performed with many jazz musicians and legends such as Ron Carter, Kevin Eubanks, David Fiuczynski. Terri Lyne Carrington, Eric Gould, Greg Osby, Steve Turre, and many more. He studied classical flute performance at Hacettepe University State Conservatory in 2002. After his studies at the conservatory he became more interested in jazz. He attended jazz ...

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The newest member of the distinguished jazz flutists ! – Edward Blanco (All About Jazz)

“Unexpectable” is an exciting album for close listening, or for a great sound at your party ! – Barbara Siesel (The Flute View)

Fascinating New York ! – Sabah Newspaper (Major Turkish Newspaper)

The Turkish “Pan” of Jazz ! – Star Newspaper (Major Turkish Newspaper)

Primary Instrument

Flute

Location

Boston

Credentials/Background

Berklee College of Music National Flute Association Jazz Empowers Private Instructor For Lessons message to below [email protected] SharpEyeMusic.com

Clinic/Workshop Information

www.sharpeyemusic.com

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Music

Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Unexpectable

Self Produced
2016

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Louis De Mieulle -...

Dalang Records
2015

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Farnell Newton -...

Unknown label
2015

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Royal Flush

Unknown label
2014

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