caption associated_acts years_active notable_instruments birth_place label landscape background birth_date instrument genre image article_title name occupation
erkan april 2007 , giving a workshop in rotterdam oğur holding a '' kopuz '' lute in telvin 1982 -- present fretless kopuz '' lute classical guitar , fretless electric guitar , '' elazığ , turkey feuer und eis , kalan yes non_vocal_instrumentalist 17 april 1954 fretless cümbüş , yaylı tanbur , tambur , violin , kemenche guitar , erhu , bouzouki , bendir , tubular bell , , oğur sazı kopuz , bağlama , oud , turkish folk erkan ogur rotterdam2007.jpg erkan oğur
 erkan oğur composer , score composer , musician
erkan oğur

erkan oğur -lrb- pronounced -rrb- , or erkan ogur in the west -lrb- born april 17 , 1954 -rrb- is a turkish musician .
a pioneer of fretless guitars , he invented the first fretless classical guitar in 1976 .
a composer , he has influenced many musicians with his compositions combining the sounds of turkish folk music and classical music with the ancient traditional music .
he has played many concerts all over the world .
he is regarded as a master of the `` kopuz '' and `` bağlama '' lutes .
