Turkish guitarist/composer Sinan Bakir is noted as a virtuoso player and a masterful composer by the music critics and his peers. Sinan’s early musical experience started with mandolin lessons, followed by singing in the Ankara State Opera Children’s Choir. After attending a rock concert in his early teen years he was inspired to pick up his first guitar and started taking private lessons, spending most of his time practicing. Soon after he formed his first band and started playing gigs around the city while attending to college in his hometown Ankara. By the time he graduated from the Hacettepe University with a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering he was granted a scholarship from the Hartford Conservatory and moved to the United States. After graduating from the Conservatory with studies focused in jazz and pedagogy, Sinan continued to grow as a musician in Hartford, writing tunes, attending sessions, and playing regular gigs & festivals. His all original debut album "On My Way" (2009) with bassist Thomson Kneeland and drummer Mark Ferber, followed by a quartet recording titled “Tales and Stories”(2012) with pianist Warren Byrd. Both albums received great reviews from many respected music publications and featured in a variety of Radio and TV programs. While "Hartford Courant" chronicles guitarists first album "On My Way" as a fine showcase for his lyrical, fluent playing as well as his composing skills demonstrated in 11 originals, Jazziz magazine labels his sophomore album Tales and Stories as a "pleasure packed minor masterpiece". In the mean time the noted musician and educator is maintains a busy teaching schedule and continues to perform in diverse settings including solo recitals. In addition to his 2 albums as a leader Bakir performed and recorded consistently with the Ken Serio Trio, which he has been a member since 2016. Sinan also holds a Masters of Music degree in Jazz Studies from the Jackie McLean Institute of Jazz at the esteemed Hartt School of Music.

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