Evren Ozan was six years old when he discovered the native flute on a cross-country road trip. At the first stop, the Grand Canyon, Evren went straight to the native instruments counter and picked out a cedar flute. He paid for it with all of his trip allowance and has been playing native flutes ever since.
Evren has been described as a "Native American flute prodigy" and "an old soul returned to the People." An eleven year old homeschooler of Anglo, Osage and Turkish descent, he currently studies flute and percussion with both traditional and non-traditional teachers. He has been carefully mentored for the past four years by native instrument maker and musician, Guillermo Martinez, with whom he often performs. He also studies silver flute and takes several hours of drum lessons each week in rock and world rhythms.
Evren has an active peformance schedule and has performed as powwows, schools, festivals, galleries, nature and community centers, radio programs, scholarship drives, charitable and environmental fund raisers, the Southwest Museum, the Laguna Art Museum, the Getty Museum and the LA Wholelife Expo.
Evren's first album, "Images of Winter," was recorded when he was seven and released in the summer of 2001. In October, Evren was a featured performer at the 2001 Native American Music Awards in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he received the "Rising Star" award and was described as the "future of Native American music."
At eight, Evren was the youngest participant in the International Native American Flute Association's Inaugural Convention, where he performed in an advanced master class led by R. Carlos Nakai, Peter Phippen and Gary Stroutsos. When he was nine, he composed and recorded the Native American flute music for Randy Roberts' independent film, "Respect," winner of the "Best Short Subject" at the National Festival of the West, Western Film Festival. Evren's second album, "As Things Could Be," also recorded when he was nine, was released in the spring of 2003 and features a broad range of styles and arrangements.
At eleven, Evren continues with his full musical study and performance schedule. He has accompanied the California Choreographers and Dance Festival at various venues and his music is heard on Aloha Film's surf movie, NIHI. His most recent recording project was with Peter Kater, a winter solstice album entitled "X-mas Ecstasy," released in late fall, 2003, on Silver Wave Records. In the summer of 2003, Evren opened for the R. Carlos Nakai Jazz Quartet at the Ogden, Utah Native American Music Festival, and performed at the second International Native American Flute Association's conference in Taos, New Mexico. His second album, "As Things Could Be," went into national distribution in September, 2003.
Originally from Massachusetts, Evren lives in southern California and is active in the regional flute circle. His other interests include tree house building, radio controlled model plane flying, skateboarding and spending time with his pets, especially Belle, his black Lab. 
