Born in 1964 in Istanbul, Uğur Işık graduated from Istanbul Technical University, State Conservatory of Classical Turkish Music in 1985. Upon passing the Graduated Strings Instrumentalist Examination administered by the State Radio, he started performing at the Radio of Istanbul as cellist. In 1992 he joined the group Bosphorus, who played Classical Turkish Music. Anadolu Feneri, Sarband, Sultan’s Minstrels and İncesaz are among the groups with whom he travelled many times around the globe and performed, contributing his cello as well as lute and bass kemençe.

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