Ali sings and plays tembur and acoustic guitar. He is also an extremelly gifted arranger, artistic producer and composer.

The emotion in his expressive voice, the dreamy melodies of his compositions, and his profound background shine in all their splendour in the magnificent debut album “Kiğı,” for which the Anatolian artist, based in Istanbul, spent over ten years conducting field research. This self-produced album has opened doors to European stages. Throughout 2023, he has performed in more than 30 concerts in Spain, France, Portugal, Switzerland, Sweden, Germany, and Belgium, in addition to performances in Turkey, at benchmark venues such as Fundação Gulbenkian (Lisbon), Urkult Festival (Nasaker, Sweden), and Elbphilharmonie (Hamburg).

In June of 2023, the album is re-edited with a more extended booklet and in physical CD, by Mapamundi Música. In November 2023, the jurors of the German Record Critics’ Award recognise the production as the Quarterly Critic’s Choice in the Category Traditional Ethnic Music. 

His studies in archaeology and media have provided him with a deep focus on research and source analysis, as well as the ability to translate that background into a highly captivating artistic and communicative language. Ali has collaborated on film soundtracks and is a TV presenter on non-mainstream music genres.

Before this courageous work, “Kiğı,” in which he advocates for the languages and culture of silenced minorities in Turkey, such as the Kurds and Armenians, Ali Doğan spent ten years collaborating with the fascinating band Ze Tîje, worked in archaeology in Anatolia, composed music for film, and to this day, continues to work in television with a musical theme.

In 2022 Ali Doğan was signed by the son of the old master Seîdê Goyî, a dengbej (storyteller-singer) of traditional Botan music, to arrange the pieces and be the producer of the EP Stranên Dilê Min (songs of my heart, in Kurdish).

In March of 2023 they entered in the studio again, to produce a new EP with 5 new pieces: Jinê.