Serdar Canan to Meet Music Lovers in Ankara

Kurdish music artist and researcher Serdar Canan will give a concert on Saturday, October 31, at the Blue Hall of the Ankara Çankaya Municipality Atatürk Art Center. Starting at 20:00, the event will bring together pieces from the traditional Kurdish music repertoire and the artist's well-known works with the audience.

Born in the Yüksekova district of Hakkâri in 1986, Serdar Canan carries out work as an ethnomusicologist and researcher alongside his musicianship. Having learned to play the bağlama in 1997, Canan studied at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Department of Ethnomusicology. Completing his master's thesis titled "Traditional Folk Dances and Their Musical Characteristics in Hakkâri and Its Surroundings" in 2019, the artist records the region's oral music heritage and local melodies through field research. The artist also conducted interviews with 12 dengbêjs in Ağrı and Muş in 2017, compiling works belonging to the oral music tradition.

Bringing together traditional Kurdish music repertoire with contemporary arrangements, the artist has well-known works such as "Behar e Bilbil", "Şerfedîn", "Baran Barane", "Gulnîşan", "Sînem", and "Şekir Axa (Şeng)". Tickets for the Ankara concert, which will take place on Saturday, October 31 at 20:00, can be obtained from online sales platforms.