Aynur Doğan

Aynur Doğan (born 1 March 1975) is a contemporary Kurdish singer[1] and musician from Turkey. She was born in Çemişgezek, a small mountain town in Dersim Province in Turkey and fled to İstanbul in 1992. She studied saz and türkü singing in an influential music school in Istanbul, the Arif Sağ Müsik.[2] In 2004 she released the album Keçe Kurdan on Kalan Müzik label. Keçe Kurdan was banned in 2005 due to the fact that two words in the song, Keçe (Girl) and Ceng (battle),[2] according to a court in Diyarbakır, would encourage women to leave their partners, go to the mountains and hence the words promote division. The following year the ban was lifted.[3]

Aynur Doğan (left in red shirt) during Birlikte (2014). Joachim Gauck, president of Germany (centre) and Hardy Krüger (right, dark glasses).

Aynur Doğan
Aynur Dogan on stage
Background information
Born (1975-03-01) 1 March 1975
OriginÇemişgezek, Turkey
GenresKurdish, Turkish
Occupation(s)Musician, songwriter
InstrumentsVocals
Years active2002–present
LabelsKalan Müzik, Sony Music, Harmonia Mundi
Websitewww.aynurdogan.net

Aynur is a vocal artist who specializes in infusing traditional Kurdish folk music with a contemporary sensibility influenced by Western music. Her stunning vocal style and success in the music world has allowed her to become a prominent representative of Kurdish people in Turkey and throughout the world. She has taken the wealth of Kurdish oral tradition to the international stage that many of them at least 300 years old. Aynur has collaborated with numerous musicians, including Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble, Kayhan Kalhor, Javier Limón, Kinan Azmeh, Nerderland Blazers Ensemble and NDR Bigband and many more. Meanwhile, she appeared in Fatih Akın's documentary movie “ Crossing the Bridge / The Sound of Istanbul ” as a singer and was also part of the documentary film about Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble named "The music of Strangers" directed by Morgan Neville in 2015.

In 2017, Aynur received the Master of Mediterranean Music Award in the category of “Mediterranean Women in Action” from the Berklee Mediterranean Music Institute. This award recognized Aynur's efforts to preserve and reinterpret Kurdish folk music, which has transformed her into an influential role model for other women artists on the Mediterranean music scene who are seeking to share their voices.

Whenever she takes a melody, she makes it her own, transforming it into something beautiful, and every note, every microtone, every word reaches depth and unparalleled beauty. She is a reason to love live music for centuries.”  –Javier Limon

Albums
  • Hêdur, 2020,[4][5][6]
  • Hawniyaz, Harmonia Mundi, 2016[7]
  • Hevra, Sony Music Classical, 2013,[8][9]
  • Rewend, Sony Music, 2010[10]
  • Nûpel, Kalan Music, 2005
  • Keçe Kurdan, Kalan Music, 2004[11]
  • Seyir, 2002
  • Hawniyaz, (2016)
  • Güldünya Şarkıları, (2008)
  • Zülfü Livaneli Bir Kuşaktan Bir Kuşağa, Dağlara Küstüm Ali (2016)[12]
  • Kardeş Türküler, Bahar (2005)
  • Mercan Dede, Nefes (Breath), (2006)
  • Orient Expressions, Divan, (2004)
  • Nederland Blazer Ensemble, Turqoıse (2006)
  • Mor ve Ötesi, Mermiler (2012)
  • A. Rıza - Hüseyin Albayrak, Böyle Buyurdu Aşık (2013), Şah Hatayi Deyişleri (2005)
  • Metin Kemal Kahraman, Ferfecir, (1999), Sürella, (2000)
  • Lütfü Gültekin, Gül Türküleri (2003), Derman Bizdedir, (1999)
  • Grup Yorum, Yürüyüş, (2003)

References
  1. Jaimey Fisher, Barbara Mennel, Spatial Turns: Space, Place, and Mobility in German Literary and Visual Culture, Rodopi, 2010, ISBN 978-90-420-3001-5, p. 357.
  2. Bates, Eliot (2011). Music in Turkey: Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture. Oxford University Press. pp. 91. ISBN 978-0-19-539415-3.
  3. "Bringing it home from Kurdistan". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
  4. "Songlines: Aynur - Solace in Exile".
  5. "AlMonitor: Aynur Dogan gets Americans to sing her tune".
  6. "Trost aus den Klängen der Heimat".
  7. "The Guardian: Kalhor, Aynur, Gambarov and Qoçgirî: Hawniyaz review – impressive Kurdish musicianship".
  8. "FolkRadio: AYNUR – HEVRA Featured Albums of the Month".
  9. "KURDISCHE SÄNGERIN AYNUR - Hier ist die Türkei, sing gefälligst türkisch".
  10. "QwestTV: Aynur Doğan The Girl on the Bridge".
  11. "World Music Central - Artist Profiles: Aynur".
  12. "Zülfü Livaneli, 50. sanat yılını kutluyor". T24 (in Turkish). t24.com.tr. 8 November 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
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