ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – The award winning Kurdish singer Baran who became famous for her Persian songs has said that she will release her first Kurdish song in the near future and aims to expand her ventures into cosmetics.
The US-based singer and native of the Kurdish city of Mahabad left Iran for Canada at the age of 11.
She comes from a family of musicians and began her interest in music at an early age.
Her professional career began when she released her Persian debut in 2012 tilted "Hesse Asheghi" or “Feeling of Love.”
Baran who is fluent in English, French, Persian and Kurdish told Rudaw that her favorite language to sing in was actually English.
“First I wanted to do English music, but my father wouldn’t let me; that is how I got into eastern music.” Baran said laughingly.
She said in Canada she did not know any Kurdish composers who could help her explore what she has described as a “vast ocean” of Kurdish music.
“There was my brother who composed, but he was young and an amateur,” Baran said.
“But now that I know I can do this, I will do it 100 percent, and there will be Kurdish music coming as soon as possible,” she said in June.
She said that she believes that Kurdish music could be modern but should preserve its peculiarities.
Baran, who is a business graduate, said that she is planning to produce her own make-up brand, one that is not tested on animals.
She said she wants to market her products, which would be made in Los Angeles, to the Kurdistan Region.
In 2015 Baran won the Big Apple Music Award and the Daf Entertainment Music Award as the best newcomer.
She has followers from all over Iran, some of whom attended her concert in the Kurdish city of Sulaimani this summer.
She said that her experience in the Kurdistan Region has been wonderful and that she wants to visit more frequently.
Correction: an earlier version of the story suggested that she already released her first Kurdish song.
