Fuat Saka Explained

Fuat Saka
Background:solo_singer
Birth Place:Trabzon, Turkey
Genre:Folk
Occupation:Singer, songwriter, arranger, multi-instrumentalist
Instrument:Guitar
Years Active:1980–present

Fuat Saka (born 1952) is a Turkish singer, songwriter, arranger, and guitarist (although he may be more precisely called a multi-instrumentalist).[1]

Biography

Saka received art training in Istanbul and later music training in France and (Germany). He had to leave Turkey in 1980, after the coup for political reasons. He lived in Europe up until 1998, travelling and collaborating with numerous musicians. Saka still divides most of his time between Istanbul, Hamburg, and Paris and tours several countries with his Fuat Saka International Group consisting of German, American, Georgian, and Azerbaijani musicians. He is of also Georgian descent by his mother.[2] He has performed with Greek musicians Nikos Papazoglou and Dionysis Savvopoulos since the mid-1980s.[3]

Discography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fuat Saka . 6 August 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120424165437/http://www.tagsup.com:80/tag/Fuat+Saka . 24 April 2012.
  2. News: Arşiv. Hürriyet. 4 August 2001. Sert Laz rock'çu romantik popçu oldu. Hürriyet Daily News . 23 September 2015.
  3. Web site: Savvopoulos and Papazoglou party. Sykka. Iota. 16 October 2002. Kathimerini. 30 August 2010.
  4. Date on the audiocasette on Artvizyon