Toronto Debut

In association with Electric Eclectics Festival

Saadet Türköz is a Zurich-based singer, composer and performance artist, born in Istanbul. A renowned musician known for her unique vocal style that blends traditional Central Asian music with contemporary influences, she has gained international acclaim for her mesmerizing performances and collaborations with musicians from around the world.

Saadet's first recordings were influenced by the folk music of her homeland, East Turkestan. Later, her repertoire broadened to include improvised music and modern interpretations of Turkish and Kazakh music. In her work she combines past and future, traditional and contemporary, dream and reality. Over the years, she has developed her own style of singing, which is both expressive, physical, archaic and calm. In addition to solo performances, Türköz performs in duos, trios and larger free-improvising formations. Throughout her career she has worked in various international video, theatre, film, dance and literary collaborations.