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Shahriyar Jamshidi
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#Kurdish & 🇨🇦 #kamānche player/composer/vocalist/founder of #DilanEnsemble | Recent released #MySunsetLand_ROJAVA | Multilingual Posts

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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
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“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
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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
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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
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#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
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"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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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There was a memorable noon-hour concert at Conrad Grebel University, @uwaterloo.ca, Waterloo, Canada just on the last day of the winter welcoming the beginning of the Spring & Newroz.

#Kurdishmusic #Independentartist #Kurdishdiaspora #Kamancha #concert #Singer #composer #performer #recital #Canada
Kurdish kamanche player Shahriyar Jamshidi is at Noon Hour Concert Conrad Grebel University, Waterloo on March 19.
April 3, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Kurdish people celebrate the arrival of the spring #Newroz differently from their neighbours by lighting fires, the symbol of liberty, while wearing traditional attires & dancing in the circle to demonstrate their strong belief in deliverance from tyrants in future.

#NewrozPîrozBe #نەورۆز
March 21, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Friends and music lovers in the #Waterloo area, I'll be playing a concert at "Conrad Grebel University College" @uwaterloo.ca next Wednesday.

👉🏾The concert is open to the public with free admission!

👉🏾 uwaterloo.ca/music/events...

#Concert #Kurdishmusic #Muzikakurdi #GlobalMusic #Kamanche
The poster of Kurdish Kamāncha player Shahriyār Jamshidi's upcoming concert at the University of Waterloo.
March 13, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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Today, on March 8th, #WomensDay2025, be sure to remember the Kurdish singer, Nudem Durak, who's been imprisoned in Turkey for years, punished for SINGING in her Kurdish mother tongue.

🖌️: Fred Sochard

#FreeNudemDurak #NudemDuarak
#WomensDay
#March8th
#JinJiyanAzadi
The artwork by Fred Sochard is dedicated to the Kurdish imprisoned musician Nudem Durak.
March 8, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Today when you celebrate March 8th #WomenDay2025, be sure to highlight the names of three Kurdish imprisoned whose lives are at risk of execution under the authority of Mullahs' regime of Iran.

Designer credit unknown!

#VarishehMoradi
#SharifehMohammadi
#PakshanAzizi
#March8WomenDay
#JinJiyanAzadi
The designed poster includes pictures of three Kurdish imprisoned activists left to right: Sharifeh Mohammadi, Pakshan Azizi & Varisheh Moradi whose lives at risk of education in hands of Mullahs' regime of Iran.
March 8, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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I have four available released albums on #Bandcamp, Today's another #BandcampFriday to support independent musicians. Feel free to visit my Bandcamp page to listen & of course get your digital copy.

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

#Kurdishmusic #Independentartist #kamancha
A black and white image of Kurdish Kamancha player Shahriyar Jamshidi while playing on stage in Toronto, 2017!
March 7, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Very excited about my upcoming solo concert "Noon Hour Concert: Enthusiastically in the Circle" at University of Waterloo & Conrad Grebel University College on March 19th.

📸: Ali Al-lami

👉🏾 uwaterloo.ca/music/events...

#kurdishmusic #kurdishdiaspora #kamancha #newroz #muzikakurdi #rojhelat
Kurdish Kamāncha player Shahriyār Jamshidi sits on the Kurdish rug while holding his instrument during a concert.
March 4, 2025 at 6:10 PM