Ali Merdan
Born 1904 Kirkuk Origin Kurdish, Kirkuk Died July 24, 1981 (aged 77) Baghdad, Iraq Genres Classical Kurdish Years active ? - 1981 Ali Merdan (1904–1981) is a Kurdish musician who was born in Kirkuk, widely regarded as the man who revolutionized the maqam. He launched the Kurdish Radio Station in 1939 in Baghdad....Hassan Zirak
Background information Birth name Hassan Zirak Born November 29, 1921 Bukan, West Azerbaijan, Iran Died June 26, 1972 (aged 50) Bukan, West Azerbaijan, Iran Genres Classical, folk, Kurdish Occupation(s) Musician Instruments Vocal Years active 1956–1972 Website http://hassanzirak.ir/ Early life and career He was born...Fuad Ahmad
kurdish Vocalist Fuad Ahmad (1932-2004) was born in Oiyna village in Shamamk region of Erbil(howler) in Southern Kurdistan (Iraq). He began recording at the Kurdish radio station in Baghdad in 1955... There is no translation of the biographyMuhammad Mamle
Muhammad Mamle (Kurdish: Mihemedî Mamlê, 1925 – January 13, 1999) was a 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...Tahir Tewfiq
Tahir Tewfiq (Kurdish:Tayir Tofiq) (1922–1987) was a popular Kurdish musician and singer. He was born in the city of Koya around Arbil, in Iraqi Kurdistan. He began singing at an early age, according to himself when he was attending primary school. Songs Some popular songs of Tahir Tewfiq among dozens: Dlaram - Asheqy...Ali Asghar Kurdistani
Sayed Ali Asghar Kurdistani (1882–1936) is a Kurdish singer and musician. He is one of the first Kurdish singers that his voice was recorded. Life Hew was born into a Kurdish family in a small village near Sine in Kurdistan province. He married in the age of 20 and his wife's name was Mah Sharaf. Works A few songs...Rafiq Chalak
1923-1973-sulaymaniya-iraq Rafiq Chalak The great Kurdish intellectual. he was One of the most celebrated composers and singers of classical Kurdish folk songs. There is no translation of the biographyMuhamad Salih Dilan
Muhamad Salih Dilan is regarded as one of the most influential Kurdish Poets and one of the greatest maqam singers of his time. He was one of the few early poets that brought a revolution in Kurdish poetry and literature in the 20th century. Biography Dilan was born in Goizha, a neighborhood in Slemani. His family's...Shamal saib
Shamal Saib was born in 1931 city of Suleimaniyahi in the Iraqi Kurdistan, He showed a talent for singing at an early age . He recorded many songs in the Kurdish section of the Baghdad Broadcasting Station in the 1950 -1960 's also in the Kurdish television section when he was studying in Baghdad university. He was...Hussen Ali
The Great Kurdish Singer ( Hussen Ali ) 1928 Tuz Khurmatu 1991 baghdad No text translation availableQadir Dilan
(May 24, 1928 sulaymaniya -March 18, 1999) Kurdish musicians Qadir Dilan , composer and singer No text translation availableKarim Kaban
Vocalist,Karim Kaban (1927-2016) was born in Sulemany in Southern Kurdistan (Iraq).Karim Kaban, one of the Kurdish famous singers.He recorded his first song at the Kurdish radio station in Baghdad in the early 1940s.Jalal Kochar
Jalal Kochar,Vocalist (1943-1993) was born in Sulemany in Southern Kurdistan (Iraq). He began recording at the Kurdish radio station in Baghdad in 1964... There is no translation of the biographyXelîl Sedîqî
Xelîl Sedîqî vocalist 1930-1970/West Kurdistan.mahabad There is no translation of the biography Including his songs: Fatime,Berhelbêne,Ere Xosha Gardn,herme,Lank Lankole,...Abbas Kamandi
Ahmet kaya
Background information Born 28 October 1957[1] Malatya, Turkey Died 16 November 2000 (aged 43) Paris, France Genres Turkish music, Kurdish music Occupation(s) Musician, poet Instruments Bağlama, Singing Years active 1985–2000 kaya-Child If we consider the circumstances when Ahmet Kaya was born in the autumn of 1957,...Little Najat
Najat Al Saghira, the great Egyptian diva Born Najat Muhammad Kamal Hosni Al Baba 11 August 1938 (age 77) Cairo Egypt Occupation Singer, Actress Years active 1943–2002 Spouse(s) Kamal Mansi Hossam El-Din Mustafa Najat Al Saghira (11 August 1938) is an Egyptian singer and actress. She retired from filming in 1976 and...Marziye Fariqi
Merziye Feriqi (Kurdish:Merziye Ferîqî) (1958 – 18 September 2005) was a Kurdish singer. She was born in Mariwan in west of Iran. Her family were originally from Sine. From a very early age, she was interested in music and singing, and was taking part in the local school music bands. She used to listen to the Kurdish...Susan
Background information Birth name Golandam Taherkhani Also known as Soo'San, Sousan, Born June 12, 1943 Takestan, Qazvin, Iran Died May 3, 2004 (aged 60) Los Angeles, California, U.S. Occupation(s) Singer Years active 1960's-2004 Susan (or Sousan) (pronounced: Soo'san) born Golandam Taherkhani (April or May 1942...Moluk Zarabi donboli
Moluk Zarabi (1289, 1910 – 1378, 1999). She was one of the first female singers of Iran . Her origin family was Kurd from Danbali race that had migrated from Kurdish of Turkey to Iran. She began her art activities from age of 13. She learnt singing from Eghbal Azar and were recorded some songs from her. Husain...Fataneh Validi
legendary Kurdish Folk Singer from Sine, Iran.1953- No text translation available Fattāne-ye Valid-i dar sāl-e 1,332 dar šahr Sanandaj dide be jahān gošude-ast, az hamān kudaki peydā bud ke u xānande bā este’dād-o xošsedā-yi mišavad. Vey sepas dar honarestān-e āli-ye musiqi-ye Tehrān dars xānd-o pas az ān dar...Ziryab
kurdish scholar,ziryab Ziryab is said to have improved the Oud (or Laúd) by adding a fifth pair of strings, and using an eagle's beak or quill instead of a wooden pick. Ziryab also dyed the four strings a color to symbolize the Aristotelian humors, and the fifth string to represent the soul.[28] He is said to have...Ibrahim Al-Mausili
(742–804), a singer, was born of Kurdish[ parents[3] settled in Kufa. In his early years his parents died and he was trained by an uncle. Singing, not study, attracted him, and at the age of twenty-three he fled to Mosul, where he joined a band of wild youths. After a year he went to Rai (Rei, Rhagae), where he met an...Al-Jazari
Al-Jazari's musical robot band. kurdish scholar, Ismail al-Jazari Musical robot band al-Jazari's work described fountains and musical automata, in which the flow of water alternated from one large tank to another at hourly or half-hourly intervals. This operation was achieved through his innovative use of hydraulic...Mir Hoseyn exlāti
mira husein exlati Kurdish scientist/bitlis,turkey Alchemist, musician,mathematician scientist,mysti There is no translation of the biography Kamāleddin Hoseyn-e Alhoseyni ma’ruf be exlāt-i bon-e Ali-ye Hoseyni afsati[1]-o molfeb be kamāl-e addin-e Hoseyni[2] az dānešmandān-e olum-e qaribe[3] az jomle olum jafr,[4]...Yūnus al-Kātib al-Mug̲h̲annī
Abū Sulaymān Yūnus b. Sulaymān b. Kurd b. S̲h̲ahriyār,(ibn sulayman ibn kurd ibn shahriyar) wellknown musician and writer on music in the first half of the 2nd/8th century. He was the son of a jurist ( faḳīh ) of Persian origin and a mawlā of the family of al-Zubayr b. al-ʿAwwām (Ḳurays̲h̲). Yūnus was born and grew up...RAP
Rap music is rooted in ancient songs.Among the various geographies of the Kurdish people, these songs are known by such titles:Black Chamana,hora,heyran,Laook,Chamri,The sufi...
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