PINAR BASALAK Viola
About Me
She was born in Izmir in 1981. In 1992, she entered Anadolu University State Conservatory Viola Department and studied with Prof. She started her studies with Koral Çalgan and lecturer Eftal Altun. In 1993, she transferred to Dokuz Eylül University State Conservatory and continued her studies with Prof. She continued it with Çetin Aydar. She worked with State Artist Ruşen Güneş in the summer courses of 1993/94 and the master class programs held in 1999/2000. The artist, who participated in the music festival held in Belford, France in 1999, graduated with honors in 2002. She started working as a performer in Eskişehir Metropolitan Municipality Symphony Orchestra in 2003.
In the same year, she played as a soloist in the orchestra. In 2004, she won the exam opened by the Mediterranean Youth Orchestra and served as the group conductor of this orchestra for 2 years. In 2005/2006, she worked with Prof. Raymond Glatard, Jean Sulem and Vitali Coel, who taught at the Conservatoire National Superieur. In 2005, she studied with Prof. Jean Sulem at the Tibor Varga course in Sion, Switzerland. Between 2005/2007, she continued her private studies with Prof. Raymond Glatard, who teaches at the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris.
In 2007, she won the International Orchestra Institute Attergau directed by Christopher Essenbach and participated in the Salzbourg Festival with this orchestra. In 2012, she took part in the Schleswig Holstein Music Festival with the Bilkent Symphony Orchestra and in 2017, she gave a concert with EBBSO Assistant Group Conductor members and Pianist Tayfun İlhan within the scope of Bilkent Chamber Music Days. The artist is still working as the viola group conductor in Eskişehir Metropolitan Municipality Symphony Orchestra.