Shahriyar Jamshidi
LightNews LightNews
banner
dilanensemble.bsky.social
Shahriyar Jamshidi
@dilanensemble.bsky.social
20 followers 30 following 50 posts
#Kurdish & 🇨🇦 #kamānche player/composer/vocalist/founder of #DilanEnsemble | Recent released #MySunsetLand_ROJAVA | Multilingual Posts

👉 shahriyarjamshidi.com
Posts Replies Media Videos
Pinned
dilanensemble.bsky.social
Shahriyar Jamshidi @dilanensemble.bsky.social · Feb 6
"Eyes stared at this endless horizon while sun sets gradually from azure to red in a day of Spring!"

My piece "Viyan" celebrates the life of a hero woman #ViyanPeyman who sang & fought in #Rojava...

Artwork: #ZehraDoğan
Video: Zanyar Omrani

#Kobanî #Kurdistan #Kurdishmusic #MySunsetLand_ROJAVA
dilanensemble.bsky.social
Highlighting the 10th anniversary of the liberty in #Kobanê, where hundreds of lives were dedicated to freedom of #Rojava. My piece "Viyan" retells the resistance story of the Kurdish fighter #ViyanPeyman who lost her life in #Kobani.

#WorldKobaneDay #MySunsetLand_ROJAVA #کوبانی
November 1, 2025 at 4:25 PM
dilanensemble.bsky.social
“Look at me: I have nothing to wear, nothing to eat. And yet I’m still alive, my friend…"

The sad story of the legendary Dengbêj singer #KarapeteXaco, who witnessed the Armenian genocide in Turkey, he lost his family there too.

By: Salihê Kevirbirî

kurdistanchronicle.com/babat/4195?f...
A photo of the legendary Kurdish Dengbêj singer, Karapete Xaco, was published on the Kurdistan Chronicle front page.
October 26, 2025 at 10:11 PM
dilanensemble.bsky.social
Very excited to see music from #MySunsetLand_Rojava album accompanying the five episode mini series podcast "Women's revolution in North East Syria" #Rojava by Virginia Li!

Pir kêyfxwşim ku dibiînim berhema min di podcasta Rojava de tê bikar anîn.

👉🏿 afterthefallpod.libsyn.com

#Kurdishwomen
The poster of "After the Fall" podcast, which is the image of a Kurdish freedom fighter woman from back with plaited and decorated hair, while she holds up her left hand pointing fingers as a Victory symbol.
October 20, 2025 at 4:25 PM
dilanensemble.bsky.social
We are excitedly looking forward to seeing you at our concert again.

Em bi kelecanek mezin dîsa li benda dîtina we hemûyan li konsera xwe de ne.

ئێمە بەوپەڕەی خۆشحاڵییەوە چاوەڕێی بینینی دووبارەی هەمووتانین لە کۆنسێرتەکەماندا

Tickets: www.eventbrite.ca/e/ber-bi-aso...

#TORONTOEVENTS #KURDISHMUSIC
October 18, 2025 at 3:34 AM
dilanensemble.bsky.social
Pomegranate seeds symbolize the philosophy of Life & Death, which comes from the Kurdish Zoroastrian spiritual beliefs - Kurdish native people have been living in the heart of the Zagros Mountains in West Asia for thousands of years.

youtube.com/shorts/ig3PC...

#KurdishMusic #Kamancha #Youtube
October 1, 2025
YouTube video by Shahriyar Jamshidi
youtube.com
October 14, 2025 at 2:59 AM
dilanensemble.bsky.social
Looking forward to seeing you at our concert again. ✌🏾

Ez li benda dîtina we hemûyan li konsera me me.

چاوەڕێی بینینی هەمووتانم لە کۆنسێرتەکەمان.

👉🏾 Get your tickets in advance: www.eventbrite.ca/e/ber-bi-aso...

#TorontoConcerts #TorontoEvents #KurdishMusic #MuzîkaKurdî #TorontoLiveMusic #Concerts
Ber bi Asoyê ve (Toward the Horizon)
Dilan Ensemble will be performing a Kurdish Music Concert at Annette Studios with guests Kazim Boran & Hezil, directed by Shahriyar Jamshidi
www.eventbrite.ca
October 8, 2025 at 8:23 PM
dilanensemble.bsky.social
#Bandcamp artists in North America celebrate #BandcampFriday today - get a copy of my last recording #MySunsetLand_ROJAVA, all profits of this project will be going to support suffering #Yazidi women from the 2014 genocide in Iraq.

📸: Zehra Dogan

👉 shahriyarjamshidi.bandcamp.com/album/my-sun...
The cover page of the My Sunset-Land, Rojava album by Kurdish visual artist Zehra Dogan and music of Kurdish Kamancha player and composer Shahriyar Jamshidi, which was released in 2020.
October 3, 2025 at 2:42 PM
dilanensemble.bsky.social
"If we cut arts investment, our country will lose the very conditions that make #Canada a place where innovation & creativity can flourish." [Canadian Arts Coalition]

#CANADIANS! IF YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE FUTURE OF ARTS & CULTURE IN CANADA, 👉SIGN THE PETITION:

win.newmode.net/canadianarts...
The screenshot of the poster which shows the Canadian Arts Coalition's campaign asking the federal government to not decrease the funds of Arts and Heritage in Canada.
August 30, 2025 at 3:46 PM
dilanensemble.bsky.social
I return to Canadian Music Centre, bringing my new original pieces to perform & sing a solo concert inspired by Autumn under the philosophical title of Abscission, “Gallārizhān” in #Kurdish #Sorani گەڵاڕێژان or in #Kurmanji phonetics “Gellarêjan”.

👉 www.eventbrite.ca/e/abscission...

#Torontoevents
August 22, 2025 at 6:23 PM
dilanensemble.bsky.social
The unforgettable memory of the iconic #Kurdish poet ‎Sherko Bekas, while he visited Iran and was our guest in Tehran, in 1998.

بۆ بیرەوەری، وێنەیەکی بە دەگمەن بینراوە لە شاعیری بە ناوبانگی کورد ‎شێرکۆ بێکەس، ساڵی ۱۹۹۸ کاتێک لە شاری تاران میوانداری ئەو هونەرمەندە هەست جوانە بووین.
#KurdishCulture
The less-seen photo of the iconic Kurdish poet Sherko Bekas, while he visited Iran in 1998, shows him wearing a pair of eyeglasses and posing for the camera (left); the Kurdish Kamāncha player and composer Shahriyār Jamshidi is wearing a sleeveless shirt and watching the camera too.
August 6, 2025 at 3:25 PM
dilanensemble.bsky.social
The redolence of the Zagros mountains spreads in the time the sleepy sun cuddles the wettish loving soil.

youtube.com/shorts/VTU_R...

#KurdishKamancha #Kurdishmusic #Muzikakurdi #Rojgelat #Kamancha
July 14, 2025
YouTube video by Shahriyar Jamshidi
youtube.com
August 5, 2025 at 1:17 AM
dilanensemble.bsky.social
Excited about #BandcamFriday, it's a best time to support musicians on #Bandcamp.

Do you know the revenues of my recent recording #MySunsetLand_ROJAVA are going to support suffering #Yazidi Women from genocide?

shahriyarjamshidi.bandcamp.com/album/my-sun...

#Independentmusicians #KurdishMusic
The Kurdish Kamancha player Shahriyar Jamshidi wears the traditional Kurdish costume playing Kamancha on stage at Canada's Ontario Contact Festival 2016.
August 1, 2025 at 2:43 PM
dilanensemble.bsky.social
A short video of my group, "Dilan Chamber Ensemble", which performed at Roudaki Hall in 2004, regardless of all limitations and suppressions that the Mullahs' regime in Iran has imposed on the indigenous Kurdish people.

youtube.com/shorts/oVaos...

#kurdishmusic #YouTube #DilanEnsemble #Kurdistan
July 7, 2025
YouTube video by Shahriyar Jamshidi
youtube.com
July 25, 2025 at 11:28 AM
dilanensemble.bsky.social
Do you know you can listen to my released albums on #Spotify?

👉Ma hûn dizanin ku dikarin li ser Spotify li hemî albûmên min ên derketine guhdarî bikin?

👈ئایا دەزانن کە بە ئاسانی دەتوانن گوێ لە هەموو بەرهەمەکانم لە #سپاتیفای بگرن؟
➡️ open.spotify.com/artist/4zlEe...

#Spotifyforartists
An image of the Kurdish Kamancha player Shahriyar Jamshidi includes the details of his Spotify account.
July 22, 2025 at 12:11 PM
dilanensemble.bsky.social
"ئەی گوڵی زه‌رد"

تۆ هه‌ر ده‌ژیت
ڕه‌گت هه‌یه
له دووره شوێن گڕت هه‌یه
تۆ هه‌ر ده‌ژیت
ڕه‌گت هه‌یه
له دووره شوێن گڕت هه‌یه
له ناو هه‌موو تنۆکێک خوێن.
ئەی گوڵی زه‌رد، ئەی گوڵی زه‌رد، ئەی گوڵی زه‌رد، ئەی گوڵی زه‌رد

#عەبدوڵڵا_پەشێو

#AbdullaPashew

youtube.com/shorts/y0Z49...

#A_YellowFlower #گوڵی_زەرد #موزیکی_کوردی
March 23, 2024
YouTube video by Shahriyar Jamshidi
youtube.com
July 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM
dilanensemble.bsky.social
I'm thrilled to become a member of the Canadian Music Centre | Centre de musique canadienne "Associate Composer" community. This is an important step to recognize musicians with non-Western musical educations & the diverse musical genres in Canada!

📸: Curtis Perry

#Kurdishmusic #Kurdishmusician
An image of Kurdish Kamncha player and Composer SHAHRIYAR JAMSHIDI publicizes his appointment as a member of the Canadian Music Centre "Associate Composer".
July 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
dilanensemble.bsky.social
Tucara te ji bîr nakim lo ser te re kesî nakim
Ger sed sal jî derbasbî lo, soza xwe xera nakim
De berde de berde
Lawo destê min berde
Evînî bi kul û derd e
Lawiko destê min berde ...

#Kurdishmusic #Muzikakurdi #kamãncha #Kurdishdiaspora #Kurdishlanguage #kurdishculture
June 30, 2025 at 6:05 PM
dilanensemble.bsky.social
I am sharing a segment of my long solo concert at Sound Symposium XXI, performed at D.F. Cook Recital Hall, Memorial University, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada in July 2024.

👉 PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO MY CHANNEL👈

www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ofu...

#Instrumentalmusic #Youtube #Video #Kurdishmusic
Kamāncha Improvisation in Elaweysî Mode – Shahriyar Jamshidi | Sound Symposium XXI
YouTube video by Shahriyar Jamshidi
www.youtube.com
June 17, 2025 at 2:02 PM
dilanensemble.bsky.social
A segment of the Dengbêjî (storytelling) piece from our last live show at the Canadian Music Centre on May 31.

Perçeyek ji konsera me ya 31ê Gulanê bi dengê geş ê Hezil.

#muzîkakurdî #dengbêj #kurdishmusic #Canada #Kurdistan #dengbêjî
#kemançe #kamancha #vocals
June 9, 2025 at 7:49 PM
dilanensemble.bsky.social
Overwhelmed with gratitude for the #Canada Arts Council’s support of my composition project at Banff Musicians in Residence 2025 at @banffcentre.bsky.social. Your recognition motivates me to strive for even greater achievements in my music journey.

#Awardswinning #Canadianmusic #Kurdishmusic
The image of the Kurdish Kamancha player Shahriyar Jamshidi at the Rolston Recital hall at Banff Centre wearing Kurdish clothes and holding his musical instrument Kamancha. The logos of the Canada Arts Council and Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity are located below the image; the acknowledgment details also is located on the top of the image.
June 6, 2025 at 9:42 PM
dilanensemble.bsky.social
You're invited to our duo concert presenting #Kurdish music at #Toronto 's music heritage venue Canadian Music Center on May 31.

👉🏿Space is limited, get your tickets today! www.eventbrite.ca/e/baye-bakur...

👉🏿Em bi kelecanek mezin li benda we ne.
چاوەڕێی دیداری ئێوەین

#Torontolife #kurdishmusic
Bayê Bakûr (Northern Breeze)
Kurdish themes from Zagros Mountains through Çiyayê Agirî (Ararat) mountain area present in solo kamānche pieces, Dengběi and Strān (song).
www.eventbrite.ca
May 22, 2025 at 7:03 PM
dilanensemble.bsky.social
May 9th is the commemoration day to highlight the life of the Kurdish teacher and poet "Farzad Kamangar" who was executed by the unlawful Islamic-based judicial system in Iran in 2010 - his crime was teaching kids their mother tongue and giving them hope to only think about their dreams and their 👇
May 13, 2025 at 4:13 PM
dilanensemble.bsky.social
Friends and music lovers in the #Toronto area, looking forward to seeing you at the Canadian Music Centre on May 31.

Gelî dost û hevalên hêja! Lînka biletên konsera me ye 31ê Gulanê. Em bi kelecanek mezin li benda we ne. 💚

👉 www.eventbrite.ca/e/baye-bakur...

#torontomusic #concerts #kurdishmusic
April 29, 2025 at 8:01 PM
dilanensemble.bsky.social
I'm very pleased to announce my upcoming special concert featuring the talented Kurdish singer Hezil at Canadian Music Centre in Toronto. 💚

👉 The advance tickets are available now: www.eventbrite.ca/e/baye-bakur...

#Kurdishmusic #Torontomusic #IndependentMusician #Kamanche #KurdishDiaspora
The poster of upcoming concert for the Kurdish Kamancha player, composer and vocalist Shahriyar Jamshidi with Hezil, Kurdish singer; both musicians wearing Kurdish traditional clothes. Hezel in the left holding a microhome while standing up on the stage; Jamshidi is sitting on a piano bench playing Kamancha. The date, location address and logos of the sponsors included on the right below side of the poster.
April 15, 2025 at 8:49 PM
dilanensemble.bsky.social
My piece "Viyan" retells the life of the Kurdish teacher, singer, & storyteller (Dengbêj) #ViyanPeyman (Gülistan Tali Cinganlo) from Eastern Kurdistan #Rojhelat. She joined the resistance of #Rojava & lost her life in #Kobane ten years go on April 6, 2015.

#MySunsetLand_ROJAVA #kurdistan #Dengbej
April 7, 2025 at 10:49 PM