Pinar Celik Warsi was born in Istanbul, began playing the piano at Istanbul Anatolian Fine Arts High school and in 1994 she was accepted to Istanbul University State Conservatory where she studied with Professor Meral Yapali.
Pinar obtained her BMus with honours in 2000 and continued her Postgraduate Diploma in Advance Performance studies at Royal Northern College of Music with Renna Kellaway in the UK. During her studies she has played solo and chamber music concerts in prestigious Hall such as Ataturk Cultural Centre, Austrian Cultural Centre, International Piano Series in Istanbul to mention a few. She also performed with Istanbul University State Conservatoire Orchestra as a soloist. From 2001 to 2006 she taught piano and worked as an accompanist at the Istanbul University State Conservatory while continuing her performances in Turkey and abroad.
After moving to the England in 2006, she continued her studies at the Royal Academy of Music with Tatiana Sarkissova and obtained her Postgraduate Diploma in Piano Performance in 2008.
In 2024 she has World Premiered formidable Turkish composer, Yalcin Tura’s Piano Concerto with the London Chamber Orchestra at the Royal College of Music in London to celebrate the 100th year of Turkish Republic in the U.K. She has collaborated with many musicians, among some Rusen Gunes, Hakan Sensoy, Ramiz Melik Aslanov, Alexandar Somov and Eva Bogoevska.
The highlight of her many solo and chamber music recitals in Turkey and
abroad include the Istanbul International Music Festival, the International Interfest Bitola Music Festival.
Pinar has played in Istanbul’s important venues such as Cemal Resid Rey Concert Hall, Is Sanat Concert Hall, Ataturk Cultural Centre, Austrian Cultural Centre, Steinway Haus in Dusseldorf. She played with Istanbul and Adana State Symphony Orchestras and Istanbul Chamber Orchestra. As well as in Turkey, Pinar has performed in Germany, Spain, Macedonia, Italy and in the U.K.
She has participated in master classes with Professor Sergei Dorensky, Irina Zaritskaya, Huseyin Sermet, Barry Synder, Andrei Diev, Leontina Margulis, Diana Ketler and Dianne Andersson.
She has participated in international competitions. She won the 2nd prize in the 3rd Interfest Bitola International Piano Competition and the 3rd prize in the 7th Shabhyt-Inspiration International Chamber Music Competition in Astana.
Pinar lives in London. She continues to perform and collaborate with many musicians, teaches piano privately and at the Rachmaninof Music Academy.