Habib Haznedar was born on March 5, 2002, in Şanlıurfa, Turkey, and began his musical journey at the age of 16 with classical guitar. Shortly afterwards, he developed an interest in the kanun and studied kanun and makam music in Bursa for two years. While continuing his studies in the Department of Music Education at Marmara University, he received three years of private lessons in bass guitar and jazz music from one of Turkey’s leading bassists, Selçuk Karaman.
Currently residing in Istanbul, Haznedar works as a music teacher at Kartal Oran Schools. In addition, he continues to pursue his individual music projects and performs live with various orchestras, preparing projects in genres such as jazz, blues, and funk. Haznedar is continuing his career with his work both as an educator and a performer.
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