Aynur Doğan - The Kurdish Ballad Queen

Name: Aynur Doğan - The Kurdish Ballad Queen
Start: 2026-09-19T19:30:00+02:00
End: 2026-09-19T21:00:00+02:00
Location: Uppsala Konsert & Kongress, Stora salen

took place · 19 Sep 2026

Uppsala Konsert & Kongress, Stora salen, Uppsala

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Aynur Doğan is a renowned Kurdish singer known for her powerful voice and traditional Kurdish music. She performs at Uppsala Konsert & Kongress.

About: Aynur Doğan

Kurdish folk singer Aynur Doğan draws on an oral tradition stretching back centuries, weaving saz melodies and her distinctive melismatic voice into arrangements that reach across genres - from jazz to flamenco. A WOMEX laureate based in Amsterdam, she is one of the most recognised voices in world music today.

538K

Instagram followers

7.3M

YouTube Music plays for 'Keçe Kurdan'

19M

YouTube Music plays for 'Ateş Yanmayınca'

Rabe chart peak on Transglobal World Music Chart

What's new

2026-03
Aynur completed her first full UK tour in spring 2026, with dates in Bristol, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Dublin and London's Barbican Hall, all in support of her 2024 album Rabe.
2025-05
Aynur undertook a Turkey tour in May 2025 (the Rabe 2025 Türkiye Turnesi), with concerts in Istanbul, Adana, Gaziantep, Diyarbakir, Mardin, Ankara, Antalya and Izmir.
2024
Her 2024 album Rabe reached number one on the Transglobal World Music Chart and was described by Songlines Magazine as 'one of her strongest albums'.

Tour

BristolBirminghamEdinburghDublinLondonHeidelbergEssenAmsterdamIstanbulAdanaGaziantepDiyarbakirMardinAnkaraAntalyaIzmir

Tracks

Keçe Kurdan2004 breakthrough album and title track; temporarily banned by a Turkish court in 2005, ban later overturned

Rabe Edlayêlead single from the 2024 album Rabe, 4.9M+ plays on YouTube Music

Ateş Yanmayıncaone of her most-streamed tracks, 19M+ plays on YouTube Music

Rewend2010 Sony Music album; video shot in Hasankeyf by director Fatih Akin

Hedûr (Solace of Time)2020 album, also released as Hedûr - Finding Comfort

Aynur Doğan - The Kurdish Ballad Queen

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