Leyla Cemiloglu
Leyla Cemiloglu is a concert pianist based in London, with a particular interest in exploring intersectionality in the arts, through collaboration with living composers, championing minority composers and seeking inspiration from other art forms. Leyla enjoys combining these interests and presting them alongside her extensive knowledge of the mainstream classical repertoire, with the intention of finding a deeper eaning and relevance that speaks to current and future audiences, performing frequently across the UK as well as in Europe, Turkey and Northern Cyprus.
Leyla studed at the Yehudi Menuhin School for eight years, under the tutelage of Professor Ruth Nye MBE. She went on to study with Professor Joan Havill at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, for both her undergradute and postgraduate studies, supposrted by the Buildhall School, the AJA, the William Barry Trust and the Headley Trust. Leyla is grateful for the close guidance of legendary Turkish pianist Idil Biret, on whose invitation Leyla perormed Beehoven's Piano Concerto no. 3 in July 2024 in Bodrum, Turkey, as part of the festival held in her name. Ohter recent projects include a radio broadcast of music by Frank Zappa for BBC Total Immersion, with the Guildhall School of Music and Drama's Ubu Ensemble, a solo recital at the University of Surrey, and a fundraising concert in aid of earthquake relief in Turkey and Syria, for which Leyla founded the Evil Eye Ensemble.
When not at the piano, Leyla enjoys reading attending art exhibitions, and escaping to the seaside.
