Gözde Yaşar began performing as a soloist at an early age, appearing with the Bilkent Youth Symphony Orchestra in 2003. During her studies she performed regularly with the Bilkent Academic Symphony Orchestra and toured Turkey and Europe with the Anatolian Chamber Orchestra.
A Fulbright Scholarship in 2007 took her to the SUNY Purchase College Conservatory of Music in New York, where she won the 2008 Concerto Competition and performed Dvořák’s Cello Concerto in B minor with the Purchase Orchestra. She later pursued doctoral studies at the University of Maryland and took part in masterclasses and early music programmes, including the Baroque Performance Institute at Oberlin Conservatory.
She is a faculty member at the Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University (MSGSÜ) Istanbul State Conservatory and remains active as a chamber musician. She has given numerous premieres with the Turkish NGO Klasik Keyifler, is a member of İstanbul Baroque and the NK Ensemble, and also performs with the Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra.