Neşet Ruacan

Neşet Ruacan was born in Istanbul in 1948. He started playing guitar at the age of 10. After playing classical guitar, he switched to electric guitar in 60′s. His interest in jazz guitar soon took over his career and later on he studied jazz theory at leading schools in England and the USA. Ruacan has performed with major artists all around the world and made hundreds of recordings as a studio guitarist and jazz musician. Ruacan joined the TRT big band in 1985 and has been the principal conductor of the band since 1996.

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