Born in Istanbul Turkey in 1973, Koray Sazli graduated from Mimar Sinan University State Conservatory with a bachelor’s degree in classical guitar and went on to pursue Master’s and Doctoral degrees in music composition at Boston University – the first blind student to graduate from these programs. While at Boston University, he had the privilege of studying composition with Samuel Headrick, Martin Amlin, Theodore Antoniou and Marjorie Merryman. He participated in composition master courses affording him the opportunity to study with Lukas Foss, Samuel Adler, Jonathan Harvey, Marco Stroppa and Michael Jarrell.

Sazli’s compositions and arrangements have been performed in twelve different countries at renowned concert halls including Carnegie Hall/Weill Recital Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall/Purcell Room, Tsai Performance Center, and Cemal Resit Rey Concert Hall, by celebrated musicians and ensembles including guitarist Cem Duruoz, pianist EunYoung Kim, the Lavaza Chamber Ensemble and Izmir State Symphony Orchestra, Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra and Istanbul Flute Ensemble. He has received several awards at both national and international competitions and he has been invited to be a jury member for composition and performance competitions both nationally and internationally as well.

Sazli is the founder and the music director of the concert organization titled Canis Majoris which aims to perform the compositions of current students, alumni and faculty members at Yildiz Technical University in Istanbul since 2017.

Currently, Sazli is teaching in the composition division of the Sound Arts Design Program of the College of Art and Design at YTU.
Also in Istanbul he is working in the project of establishment of a braille music library..