ɣos ba.d͡zaˈnos]; 21 September 1900 - 24 February 1977[1]) was a master oud player and improvisational composer of Ottoman classical music.
His father Haralambos (known as Lavtacı Lambo in Turkish) was of Greek Romani descent, and a legendary lavta and oud improviser.
In 1928, he visited Berlin with his brother Aleko [tr], and Kanuni Ahmet Yatman and performed in records of Hafiz Kemal and Hafiz Sadettin Kaynak; in the next year, he performed in Paris, with the violinist Sadi Işılay [tr], and Deniz Kızı Eftalya; he further went on to Cairo with the same band.
[4] He played with the other masters of his era, including Münir Nurettin Selçuk and Zeki Müren in Turkey, and Umm Kulthum and Munir Bashir in the Arab world.
Yorgo Bacanos also gave concerts in many European countries, and became one of the finest and most renowned oud players of his time (alongside Udi Hrant Kenkulian).