Born in Erzincan, Savaş Aslan studied at Arif Sağ's music school and the folk music conservatory of Istanbul Technical University. A master of the saz, he has played with Cem Yıldız, Erdal Erzincan, Haluk Levent and many others. Since 2021 he has lived in Zurich, working as musician and music teacher. He played at the very first Psychedelic Music Explosion in April 2022.
With jazzhane
- 15.07.2023 jazzhane Festival 2023, Rote Fabrik Zurich
- 04.07.2024 jazzhane Festival 2024, Rote Fabrik Zurich
About
Born in Erzincan in 1976, Savaş Aslan attended Arif Sağ’s (a legendary Alevi musician and Saz player from Erzurum) music school as a teenager. He later attended the İstanbul Technical University, where he graduated from the Folk Music Conservatory.
Together with his friends at college, he co-founded the band « Güneşe Türkü», recorded a CD in 1997, and performed in Turkey and abroad. A master of the Saz, Savaş has played together with Anatolian folk and rock stars, such as Hüseyin Karakuş, Servet Kocakaya, Cem Yıldız, Müslüm Eke, Kutsal Evcimen, Agire Jiyan, Erdal Erzincan, Yavuz Bingöl, Grup Munzur, Grup Amed, Sevingül Bahadir, Türkü, or Haluk Levent.
He continued to perform as a soloist in the folk group, that was supported by the Turkish Ministry of Culture. In 2021, he had to leave Turkey and moved to Zurich, where he continues his profession and passion both as a musician and as a music teacher.
In April 2022, Savaş performed at the first Psychedelic Music Explosion at the renowned Jazz Club Moods together with Alican Tezer, Barış K., and Alp Olivier Yorulmaz, a true transformative jam performance that paved the way for all editions of the Psychedelic Music Explosion.