Naz Köksal is a 8 years old student who lives in Istanbul Turkey. She was born in Nicosia, Cyprus and her mother is a Cypriot, her dad is Turkish. She started to play piano only a year ago (November, 2023) with her private piano lesson teacher Simla Özbudak. For Naz, piano is not just a hobby, she’s defining herself as a a piano enthusiast. While Naz is currently pursuing her academic education at her school, she is eagerly learning piano as well. She has participated her very first piano competition named “4.th National Golden Note Piano Competition” in april and win the prize of Promising Pianist in category A (6-7 years old) and has 2nd. Prize of the International Alkanova Piano competition. She also has participated 9th International Pera Piano Festival in Istanbul and performed 3 pieces in International Mozart Academy Piano Festival in Izmir. Naz last year got “distinction” grade 1 degree in Associated Board of Royal School of Music (UK). Currently She’s pursuing her practices her Abrsm Grade 3 and working on new piano pieces to participate other national / international piano festivals and competitions.
Watch Naz Köksal perform Sonatina No:1 in C Major, Op.36 by M. Clementi, El Zapateado by Dennis Alexander, and The Wild Horseman by R. Schumann on the piano for the 2025 Classical Music Competition as part of the Charleston International Music Competition.