Singer Aynur Dogan will be performing in Chicago, La Jolla, San Fransisco, Seattle and New York City. Originally from Turkey but now based in the Netherlands, Aynur her music is based on traditional Kurdish folk songs -with many of them being at least 300 years old. Read more here.
Over the years, Aynur Dogan has become one of the most well known musicians from Turkey and a representative for the Kurdish people. Her vocal style and her albums are praised not just by Turkish media but also by international media. She holds best selling musical albums in the genre of Kurdish folk. Her lyrics are about the life and sufferings of Kurdish people and in particular Kurdish women. Musically she tries to blend Kurdish with Western music, creating her own style and interpreting her traditional repertoire in a modern and fresh way.
Aynur will be touring next year from April 18 to May 5, 2023 in North America and Canada in. Here are some announced dates below.
April 20 – Old Town School of Folk Music at Armitage, Chicago, IL
April 22 – Mandeville Auditorium, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA
April 27 – Cowell Theater, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA
April 30 – AMP by Strathmore, North Bethesda, MD
May 4 – Proctors Theatre, Schenectady, NY
May 5 – Zankel Hall, New York City, NY
May 6 – Crystal Ballroom at Somerville Theatre, Somerville, MA