Selva Erdener is Turkish operatic soprano singer with the Turkish State Opera and Ballet.[1] She studied at the Gazi University and attended conservatory at Hacettepe University in her hometown of Ankara. As a soloist with the Turkish State Opera she has performed in various works including Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice, Puccini's La Boheme, Faust by Charles Gounod, Donizetti's Don Pasquale, I Pagliacci by Ruggero Leoncavallo, several Mozart operas (including Die Zauberflöte, Don Giovanni, Le nozze di Figaro, Cosi fan tutte).[2]
Erdener performed the soprano vocals in "İnsan İnsan", a centuries old poem by the Alevi poet Muhyiddin Abdal that was set to music by the Turkish composer Fazıl Say.[3]