Nûdem Durak, imprisoned musician
Nûdem Durak, Imprisoned Musician In Turkey, musicians who perform Kurdish music are often subject to arrest and imprisonment. One of the most prominent Kurdish musicians to be imprisoned is Nûdem Durak. Nûdem Durak (born c.1993) is a Kurdish singer and folk musician from Cizre, a town in North Kurdistan. She worked as a music teacher […]
MA Music Center
MA Music Center The MA Music Center opened in Amed (Diyarbakir) in 2017, a year after the state-installed trustee shut down the Aram Tigran Conservatory. The Aram Tigran Conservatory had been established within the Diyarbakır Metropolitan Municipality in 2010. It provided Kurdish-language music instruction. When the trustee closed the conservatory in 2016, it dismissed the […]
Meryem Xan, singer
Meryem Xan, singer Meryem Xan (1904-1949) was the first female singer to record in Kurdish. In her time, Kurdish society considered it shameful for women to become musicians, and most Kurdish singers were men. She blazed the trail. Little is known of her life. She was likely born in Botan. In the 1920s her family […]
Ciwan Haco
An NYKCC favorite
Sounds of Solidarity Ensemble
A concert in London for earthquake victims
Aslîke Qadir
An NYKCC favorite
Şivan Perwer, musician and poet
an NYKCC favoriate
Rapper Saman Yasin in Iranian prison
Kurdish rapper in Iranian prison
Koma Amed reunites
They release an acoustic version of “Êvare” on YouTube
Mîr Perwer, singer
A Kurdish singer, murdered at 29
