ALİ BARAN (Dersim)

Biyografi
Ali Baran was born in Hozat county of Dersim (Tunceli, Turkey) in 1955. His father Mahmut Baran was also a famous musician who played saz, violin, and cümbüş and sang Kurmanji, Zazaki, and Turkish songs in the wedding ceremonies. Ali Baran comes from a family of musicians and bards.Born in this family dedicated to the Kurdish and Alevi music and folklore, Ali Baran starts playing davul (drum) when he is 7 years old. He would sing along his first grade teacher who plays the saz and he sings in the public ceremonies. He sings Kurdish songs in public events and starts playing saz or tembur (lute) on stage when he was 12 years old.
Ali Baran 1955 Hozat'ta dünyaya geldi.Babası Mahmud Baran tanınan bir ozandı.Folklorla, Kürt-Alevi müziği ile iç içe olan bir ortamda büyüyen Baran, 6 -7 yaşlarında davul çalmaya başlar. Ortaokulu Elazığ'da, liseyi Hozat'ta okudu.1977'de Diyarbakır'da tutuklandı.1978'de Almanya'ya giden Ozan Ali Baran, 1981'de vatandaşlıktan çıkarıldı.