Yorgo Bacanos has been played on NTS in shows including Heaven and Earth Magic w/ Jocelyn Romo, featured first on 18 December 2018. Songs played include Selmek Taksim and Hicazkar Taksim.

Yorgo Bacanos, probably one of the best oud player during Turkish and Ottoman Classical Music. Even though he was greek, he was born and lived in Istanbul. He is very well known by combining the technical abilities of Oud well along with artistic features. He is a true master of Takqsim(Improvisation) and he has been inspiring all insturment players. He was a member of Istanbul Radio and most of the recordings were by there.