The Lalezar Ensemble is a musical ensemble which performs Ottoman classical music.
It is based in Istanbul, and is "spearheading" the revival of Ottoman music.
[1] Female vocalist Selma Sagbas stands in for the male castrati who were traditional from the 16th-19th centuries while the kanun, a Turkish board zither, is also featured.
[2] They released a four volume series on the Traditional Crossroads label: In collaboration with Lalezar, Armenian-American musician Harold Hagopian spent three years to mix, annotate, and package the four volume series, causing the ensemble to increase their repertoire of pieces by Armenian composers.
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