For Turkish harpist and composer Şirin Pancaroğlu, discovering the variety of musical identities of the harp is a central endeavor. Trained as a classical harpist at Geneva Conservatory and Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, she is equally active in the realm of Turkish traditional music, improvisation, electronic music, tango and semi-staged performances as she is in mainstream harp repertoire. With concerts in over twenty countries and twelve recordings to her credit, she has been sharing her musical roots with audiences, connecting them to worldly ideas. Her work on unearthing the historical Turco-Ottoman harp, the çeng, led her to become closely acquainted with traditional Turkish music. First transcribing and arranging from the traditional Turkish music repertoire, she later started composing music for harp with ties to the tradition and beyond. For more info: www.sirinpancaroglu.com.tr