Ali Merdan is a Kurdish musician who was born in Kirkuk

Kirkuk

Kirkuk is a city in Iraq and the capital of Kirkuk Governorate.It is located in the Iraqi governorate of Kirkuk, north of the capital, Baghdad...

, Kurdistan, widely regarded as the man who revolutionized the maqam

Arabic maqam

Arabic maqām is the system of melodic modes used in traditional Arabic music, which is mainly melodic. The word maqam in Arabic means place, location or rank. The Arabic maqam is a melody type...

. He launched the Kurdish Radio Station in 1939 in Baghdad

Baghdad

Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040...

. His love for his homeland is all over his art.

Childhood

At the age of 6, Ali's father died therefore many responsibilities fell on his shoulder like supporting his family and at the same time to finish his studies.

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 Muhamad Salih Dilan, Mamle

Mamle

Muhammad Mamle was an Iranian Kurdish musician and singer. He renewed hundreds of Kurdish folkloric songs.Since Mamle was a Kurdish political activist, he was arrested several times by the Iranian government. He died on the 13 January 1999 at the age of 74 in the Kurdish city of Mahabad, and was...

, Hesen Zirek

Hesen Zîrek

Hassan Zirek or Hesen Zîrek was a celebrated Kurdish singer from Iran, known for his recordings of classical Kurdish folk songs. He was famous for his erotic and sensual lyrics, and it's believed that he composed over thousand songs in his life time.-Early life and carrer:He was born in Harmelah...

, Tahir Tofiq and Ahmad Shamal