Zeynep Ucbasaran, pianist, was born in Turkey, began music studies at age four at the Istanbul Conservatory, and has her Concert Artist Diploma from the Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest. After advanced studies at the Hochschule für Musik, Freiburg, Germany, she obtained her MA and DMA Degrees in Piano Performance from USC. Her honors include the American Liszt Society Award, and she was a prize-winner in the 1996 and 2000 Los Angeles Liszt Competitions. She has concertized in many countries, and has recorded for Eroica Records and Naxos International to critical acclaim; her discography includes the music of Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, Mozart, Scarlatti and Schubert, as well as twentieth-century composers such as Bernstein, Muczynski, and Saygun, and she has recently completed her project of recording the complete set of Mozart’s Variations for Piano. Her performance of works that Liszt played in Istanbul in 1847 was broadcast by the European Broadcasting Union to all of Europe in 2011; a compilation of these selections was released in 2013 under the title, Liszt in Istanbul. Dr. Ucbasaran has given master classes and lecture-recitals throughout the U.S. and in Brazil, Spain, Sweden, and Turkey, has toured with pianist Sergio Gallo, violinist Cihat Askin, and performed with the Trio Troy and the Smyrna Woodwind Quintet. Further information can be found on her website: www.zupiano.com.