Mustafa Vedat Sakman was born in Konya in 1949. He started his musical career in Izmir, where he spent his high school years, as the son of a musician father; He first played drums and soon became acquainted with the guitar. The excitement of producing songs in a group in the 1970s was decisive in his musical direction.
He collaborated with the group called Doğuş for 12 years and concentrated on arrangement and harmony during this period. After the group split, he turned to work with commercials and film scores, while also providing compositions and arrangements for pop singers. He started his solo career by releasing his first solo album called "Muziyen" in 1988; In the same year, she sang the song "Bana Bana" with Grup Pan at Eurovision.
In 1989, he undertook the production of Zuhal Olcay's album "Küçük Bir Öykü"; All the compositions and arrangements in the album were his work, and the lyrics were Mehmet Teoman's work.
In 1991, he made the lyrics, melody and arrangements of eight tracks in Zuhal Olcay's album "İki Çift Laf". In 1992, he released his second solo album called "Doors", all songs and arrangements of which were his own, and in the same year he served as the musical director of the play "Blood Brothers". He released his third album called "Sevgileri Unutmasık" in 1994; The composition and arrangement of eight songs in this album belonged to him.
In 1997, he served as music director and arranger for Hümeyra's album "Beyhude"; Hümeyra sang two of Sakman's songs in this album.
In 1998, he was the music director and arranger of Zuhal Olcay's "İhanet" and Leman Sam's "İlla" albums; The lyrics and composition of many of the tracks in both recordings belonged to him. Since 2001, he has concentrated on his production activities through the Sakman Production company he founded. In 2002, he released his fourth solo album called "Usulca" on the same company.
In the following years, he composed the songs of "Şiir Niye" with Selçuk Method and the musical "Atları da Vururlar" staged at the State Theater in 2004 and served as the music director. Following the albums "Konser" in 2006, "Seconni Saklama Çiçekleri" with Cezmi Ersöz in 2008, "Let Your Life Be Beautiful as Your Eyes" in 2011, Leman Sam's "How Until?" in 2012.
He served as song writer and arranger on the album. He released the albums "Odada İkimiz" and "Nar Çiçekleri" in 2013 and 2019, respectively.
Today, he continues to perform live music at his venue called "Sakman Club" in Kadıköy.
Vedat Sakman was born in Konya, Türkiye in 1949.
Productions in which he took part
- Eurovision Song Contest (1956) — Self - Contestant
- He's Talking About Talk (1991)
Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.
