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T\u00fcrkiye’de halk taraf\u0131ndan pek ismi ve k\u0131ymeti bilinmese de d\u00fcnyan\u0131n \u00f6nde gelen sopranolar\u0131ndand\u0131r Leyla Gencer.<\/p>\n
Ay\u015fe Leyla Gencer, 10 Ekim 1928 tarihinde \u0130stanbul’da d\u00fcnyaya gelmi\u015ftir. Babas\u0131 Safranbolu’lu M\u00fcsl\u00fcman bir ailenin o\u011flu, annesi ise Polonyal\u0131 Katolik bir ailenin k\u0131z\u0131 olan Alexandra’d\u0131r. Annesi evlenince Atiye ismini alm\u0131\u015ft\u0131r. Sonradan ailesi 1934 y\u0131l\u0131nda Soyad\u0131 Kanunu ile \u00c7eyrekgil soyismini alm\u0131\u015flard\u0131r.
\nModac\u0131 Cemil \u0130pek\u00e7i de anne taraf\u0131ndan \u00c7eyrekgillerden olup akrabal\u0131k durumu s\u00f6zkonusudur. Ayn\u0131 zamanda, m\u00fczisyen \u0130lhami Gencer’in amcas\u0131n\u0131n e\u015fi olur.<\/p>\n
Leyla Gencer, Karak\u00f6y hanlar\u0131nda otururken, Lale sinemas\u0131 ve \u00c7ubuklu suyunun i\u015fletmecili\u011fini yapan babas\u0131n\u0131 \u00e7ok gen\u00e7 ya\u015fta kaybetti.<\/p>\n
\u0130stanbul \u0130talyan Lisesi’ni bitirmenin ard\u0131ndan, \u0130stanbul Devlet Konservatuvar\u0131’na girerek, \u015fan e\u011fitimi ald\u0131. \u00dcnl\u00fc orkestra \u015fefi Muhittin Sadak ve besteci Cemal Re\u015fit Rey’den e\u011fitim almaya ba\u015flad\u0131.\u00a01950 y\u0131l\u0131nda Ankara Devlet Opera ve Balesi Korosu’nda g\u00f6rev ald\u0131.<\/p>\n
Bir ka\u00e7 y\u0131l i\u00e7erisinde ismini d\u00fcnya \u00e7ap\u0131nda duyuran Gencer’in ba\u015far\u0131lar\u0131, Abd Ba\u015fkan\u0131, Yugoslavya’n\u0131n kurucusu, \u0130ran \u015fah\u0131, \u00dcrd\u00fcn Kral\u0131 gibi b\u00fcy\u00fck devlet adamlar\u0131na resitaller verecek kadar artm\u0131\u015ft\u0131.<\/p>\n
Sayesinde ilk defa 1953 y\u0131l\u0131nda, T\u00fcrkiye ile \u0130talya aras\u0131nda imzalanan K\u00fclt\u00fcr Anla\u015fmas\u0131 alan\u0131nda bir radyo konseri verebilmek i\u00e7in Roma’ya gitti.<\/p>\n
1950’li-60’l\u0131 y\u0131llarda opera d\u00fcnyas\u0131nda inan\u0131lmaz bir rekabet olmas\u0131na ra\u011fmen Leyla Gencer, pek \u00e7ok ola\u011fan\u00fcst\u00fc sese sahip sanat\u00e7\u0131y\u0131 geride b\u0131rakm\u0131\u015f, d\u00fcnya \u00e7ap\u0131nda “Mutlak Pri madonna” unvan\u0131n\u0131 alm\u0131\u015ft\u0131r.<\/p>\n
K\u00fclt\u00fcrel altyap\u0131s\u0131, k\u00fc\u00e7\u00fck ya\u015fta \u00f6\u011frendi\u011fi yabanc\u0131 diller, k\u0131l\u0131 k\u0131rk yaran ara\u015ft\u0131rmac\u0131 ruhu, kariyer basamaklar\u0131nda b\u00fcy\u00fck ad\u0131m olmu\u015ftur.
\n\u00d6zel ya\u015fam\u0131n\u0131 geri planda tutarak sadece yapt\u0131\u011f\u0131 i\u015flerle g\u00fcndeme gelmeyi tercih eden Gencer,\u00a0 sadece teknikten ibaret olmay\u0131 reddetmi\u015f, ruhunun t\u00fcm \u00e7\u0131plakl\u0131\u011f\u0131yla sahnede hakimiyetini kurmu\u015ftur. Benli\u011fini bu kadar ortaya koyabilme cesareti\u00a0 ise oynad\u0131\u011f\u0131 t\u00fcm karakterlere sonu gelmeyen bir derinlik katm\u0131\u015ft\u0131r.<\/p>\n
Leyla Gencer, 10 May\u0131s 2008 tarihinde Milano’daki evinde solunum yetmezli\u011fi sebebiyle 80 ya\u015f\u0131nda vefat etmi\u015ftir. Cenazesi, La Scala Operas\u0131’n\u0131n Santa Babila Kilisesi’nde oldu ve ard\u0131ndan vasiyeti gere\u011fi krematoryuma g\u00f6t\u00fcr\u00fclerek yak\u0131ld\u0131. K\u00fclleri ise \u0130stanbul’a getirilip Dolmabah\u00e7e a\u00e7\u0131klar\u0131ndan Bo\u011faz sular\u0131na serpildi.<\/p>\n