Ali Merdan
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| Ali Merdan | |
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 A Portrait of Ali Merdan in 1966.
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| Born | 1904 Kirkuk, Kirkuk, Kurdistan |
| Origin | Baghdad,Baghdad, Iraq |
| Died | July 24, 1981 (aged 77) Baghdad,Baghdad, Iraq |
| Genre(s) | Classical Kurdish |
| Years active | ? - 1981 |
Ali Merdan (1904-1981) (Kurdish:عهلی مهردان) was born in Kirkuk, widely regarded as the man who revolutionized the Maqam. He launched the Kurdish Radio Station in 1939 in Baghdad and his first song was the Maqam of "Ay Ay". His love for his homeland is all over his art; he even swore in the name of Kurdistan.
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[edit] Childhood
At the age of 6, Ali's father past away therefore many responsibilities fell on his shoulder like supporting his family and at the same time to finish his studies, he became a Shepherd which later on he wrote a famous song (Kakey Shiwan) dedicated to the life of Shepherds.
[edit] Career
During his half a century career, according to relatives and close friends, he has sang more than 1000 songs, but not all of them have been recorded due to a lack of recording equipments in his early days. Ali merdan was the inspirational artist and inspired the golden generation of Kurdish Singers such as Hesen Zirek, Tahir Tofiq, Mamle, Ahmad Shamal and Heme Salih Dilan.
[edit] Friendship with Zirek
In 1953, he introduced a then unknown Hesen Zirek to Kurdistan by helping him record and publish his first series of songs in the Kurdish Radio Station, Zirek was very greatfull to this, he often paid tribute to him everywhere he went and later recalled him as the finest artist. In the early 80s and in the last Interview with Merdan, he said that their friendship was so close that since the day Zirek died, he has not wrote or sang at all because his death affected him deeply.
[edit] Death
On the 24th of July 1981, Ali Merdan died at the age of 77.
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