Kurdish Songs and Stories | Suna Alan | TEDxKings Parade St

As a Kurdish Alevi singer, Suna Alan briefly shares her own journey of transformation. Accompanying her with the instrument baglama is the exceptionally talented musician Levent Canen.
Kurdish Alevi singer based in London. She grew up in traditional Kurdish dengbêj (bard) music and a rich cosmopolitan cultural environment in Izmir, Turkey. Although her main focus remains Kurdish folk songs, her repertoire also includes Armenian, Greek, Arabic, Sephardic, and Turkish songs. The UK-based creative journalism platform Brush & Bow featured Suna’s portrait as part of the “Women Role Models Project” in 2018. Suna took the stage at Southbank Centre as part of the “Women in Music” concert series and performed at Royal Albert Hall as part of Solidarity Ensemble to raise funds for Turkey & Syria earthquake survivors. Taking part in the SOAS Kurdish Band and SOAS Rebetiko Band projects formed by SOAS University, one of the important music schools in the UK, Suna has been performing in many concerts and festivals in the UK and abroad. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx