Leyla Pınar is a Turkish

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ist and

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. She is the founder and artistic director of the Istanbul Barok ensemble and the International Istanbul Baroque Music Festival, which she founded in 1994. Pınar also teaches in the Drama and Music Department of

Yıldız Technical University Yıldız Technical University ( Turkish: ''Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi'', often simply referred to as YTU or Yıldız) is a prominent public technical university dedicated to engineering and natural sciences, as well as social sciences recentl ...

Istanbul Istanbul is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's economic, cultural, and historical heart. With Demographics of Istanbul, a population over , it is home to 18% of the Demographics ...

"Istanbul Barok"

Istanbul Barok was founded by Leyla Pınar in 1975, initially as

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and

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trio. In 1995, she expanded the group to an international touring ensemble performing concerts, opera, and ballet featuring

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Recordings

*''Leyla Pinar: Clavecin''. Label: Pavane ADW 7225 *''Leyla Pinar: Yeni Bir Deyiş''. Label: Night And Day *''Leyla Pinar & İstanbul Barok: Osmanlı Barok Müziği (Ottoman Baroque Music)''. Label: Kalan

References

*Çobankent, Yeşim
İstanbul’un baroklukları
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'', 14 May 1999. Accessed 11 January 2008. (In Turkish) *Kargül, Erem, Interview with Leyla Pınar
''Turkishtime''
May–June 2003

on artenite.com. Accessed 11 January 2008. *Martin, Serge

(review of Istanbul Barok's performance of Campra's ''

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'', 26 April 1997. (Excerpts also reprinted o

. Accessed 11 January 2008. (In French) *Woolf, Jonathan
Recording Review: ''Leyla Pinar: Clavecin'', Pavane ADW 7225
MusicWeb International, May 2002. *Yüksel, Gülsen

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'', 8 June 2000. Accessed 11 January 2008. (In Turkish) Musicians from Istanbul Harpsichordists Baroque musicians Living people 21st-century organists Year of birth missing (living people) Women organists Women harpsichordists 21st-century Turkish women pianists 21st-century Turkish pianists {{Organist-stub