Leyan Senay is an independent drummer, drum instructor. Leyan was born in Belgium. Since her childhood years, she's been living in Turkey. She began her professional music life in 2016 by opening her music studio. Her first instrument was piano and she graduated from the high school of fine arts.

At the university, she studied English Language and Literature but her only passion was drumming. She made lots of projects with famous Turkish musicians like Murat Boz, Nil Karaibrahimgil, Borusan Phillarmonic Orchestra, Berkay, Iskender Paydas and so on. She played in lots of live concerts and in variable albums. She’s also a drum instructor in music schools. She became the first Turkish Ambassador & Organizator of the famous drum contest 'Hit Like A Girl' since 3 years! Her one of the biggest aim is to inspire and encourage women to play drums in Turkey. She received an award from one of the biggest university of Turkey, Yeditepe University, as being one of the most inspirational woman of the year, at 8 March Womens’ Day! She’s touring different cities of Turkey by giving drum workshops. She attended Benelux Drum Festival, Herfstfest and she made performances in Belgium and Netherlands. She represented Turkish culture and Turkish traditional rhythms to the whole world. Then she became Ted X 2022 speaker! She made collaborations with Apple Music and Drumeo plus with lots of local brands. Also her passion for 'blue' color reflected in her hair to her drumset & drumsticks.

I have been playing Mapex for three years and I find its sound unique! Especially the tones of the toms gives exactly what I want and I've never, ever been able to catch that sound with another drumset before. I admire my Saturn IV Mapex drumset and I can say it is my favorite companion in my drumming adventure!