Cuneyt's been playing guitar for nearly half a century of which the last twenty was dedicated to classical guitar and Latin American music. Cuneyt studied at the Royal Conservatory of Music at Mount Royal University in Calgary. He later took lessons on tango music from Analia Rego in Buenos Aires, a renowned performer of tango music in Argentina and around the world.
Cuneyt's repertoire includes melodies from Argentina, Brazil and Spain as well as classical guitar adaptation of some well known songs from Sting, Leonard Cohen, Paul Simon, etc.
Cuneyt's plays a custom guitar made by Vancouver luthier Géza Burghardt as well as a Herman Hauser replica handmade by Cordoba Guitars.