Sait began his musical career with darbuka in Ankara where he spent much of his youth performing socially and professionally in small clubs, pubs and university festivals. During his college and early school years, he had chance to follow great percussion virtuosos such as Mısırlı Ahmet and Levent Yıldırım. He was inspired of their brilliant technique. Thereafter, he experienced the darbuka technique of Mısırlı Ahmet through Levent Yıldırım. From 2000 to 2003 he performed with Reggae, Blues and Latin rock ensembles in Ankara.
In 2003 he moved to Istanbul where he lived until 2008; there his recognition as a percussionist has led to worldwide performances, recordings and tours with musicians such as Mile Del Ferro, Beau Bledsoe, Mercan Dede/Arkın Allen, Serdar Ortac, Kenan Dogulu, Djenk Sarkus, Dj Can Hatipoglu, Dj Ozan Samiloglu, Dj Tekin and many others.
From September 2008 to April 2009 he stayed in Kansas, U.S. There he continued his professional career in the fertile ground of the Kansas City Music scene playing with jazz musicians via participating in Flamenco and Tango projects.
Through his musical career, Sait has had the great fortune of performing in almost every location in Turkey as well as touring to Italy, Germany, Switzerland and France. Moreover today he has been coordinating the business affairs of Emin Percussion Company. He is a representative of this company which is one of the most prominent percussion instrument ateliers. Sait enjoys his musical career in Istanbul.
Kurdili Hicazkar Longa