Ali Doğan Gönültaş

Ali Doğan Gönültaş sings and plays tambur and acoustic guitar. He was born in Kiğı in Eastern Anatolia.He spent more than a decade doing field research and developing artistic work to release his debut album “Kiğı” on his own in 2022, in which he defended the languages and cultures of silenced minorities in Turkey, such as Kurds and Armenians. This album was awarded as the Critics' Quarterly Choice in the Traditional Ethnic Music Category by the jury of the German Record Critics Award. In 2024, he released his second solo album Keyeyî. With this album. With this album, which means “The Homes”, he made a name for himself especially in the European music world. In addition to winning the Schallplattenkritik award in 2024 with his 2nd album, this album was ranked #1 on the Transglobal World Music Chart and #1 on the Balkan World Music Chart in June 2024, and was selected as the 2nd Quarter of 2024 and Top of the World for Songlines magazine in the August 2024 issue.He spent ten years collaborating with the his band Ze Tîje, worked in archaeology in Anatolia, composed music for film, and worked in television with a musical theme. he has performed in more than 70 concerts in Spain, France, Portugal, Switzerland, Sweden, Germany, Belgium and Jordan, in addition to performances in Turkey, at benchmark venues such as Fundação Gulbenkian (Lisbon), Urkult Festival (Nasaker, Sweden), Elbphilharmonie (Hamburg), or Jerash Festival (Jordania) Udaipur World Music Festival (İndia)