Xalîd Reşîd
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Xalîd Reşîd; was born in Sulaymaniyah
Sulaymaniyah
Sulaymaniyah is a city in Iraqi Kurdistan, Iraq. It is the capital of Sulaymaniyah Governorate. Sulaymaniyah is surrounded by the Azmar Range, Goizja Range and the Qaiwan Range in the north east, Baranan Mountain in the south and the Tasluje Hills in the west. The city has a semi-arid climate with...

, Kurdistan, and currently resides in Stockholm
Stockholm
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, Sweden
Sweden
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. He is recognized as one of the most influential interpreters of Kurdish music academically with an extended knowledge in Persian and Azerbaijani music. Xalîd Reşîd extensively studied oriental musical instruments such as the balaban, which is widely used in Kurdish folk music, the flutes nây and blûr, the oûd (lute) and various percussion instruments.

He has received two recognition awards called "Stipendiom" from the Swedish ministry of culture or Kulturdepartementet.

He left Kurdistan for Europe in 1980 and resided in Sweden. After taking courses in Swedish language he joined the fine arts academy and the music department. Then he joined university in Sweden, studying archeology. He obtained his masters degree in archeology in 1991. He has written two books on the archeological sites of Kurdistan.

In 1996 he was elected head of the Kurdish artists congress in Europe and handed the task of forming a national Kurdish orchestra. He started academic studies in music again in 1999 this time in Russia and recorded some classical Kurdish songs there.

Works

  • Eman recorded in 1955 in Germany.
  • Gurbet recorded in 1997 in Sweden,Swedish National Council.
  • Balaban recorded in 1997 in Paris,France.
  • Xelwet recorded in 1998 in Sweden.
  • Clasik Mosko recorded in 2002 in Moscow,Russia.
  • Eshik Nema recorded in 2004.
  • Buki Eware recorded in 2005 in Arbil
    Arbil
    Arbil / Hewlêr is the fourth largest city in Iraq after Baghdad, Basra and Mosul...

    , Kurdistan.
  • Jiger Koshekem to be recorded in Sulaymaniyah
    Sulaymaniyah
    Sulaymaniyah is a city in Iraqi Kurdistan, Iraq. It is the capital of Sulaymaniyah Governorate. Sulaymaniyah is surrounded by the Azmar Range, Goizja Range and the Qaiwan Range in the north east, Baranan Mountain in the south and the Tasluje Hills in the west. The city has a semi-arid climate with...

    , Kurdistan.

See also

  • Kurdish Music
    Kurdish music
    Kurdish music refers to music performed in Kurdish language.Traditionally, there are three types of Kurdish Classical performers - storytellers , minstrels and bards . There was no specific music related to the Kurdish princely courts, and instead, music performed in night gatherings is...

  • Sulaymaniyah
    Sulaymaniyah
    Sulaymaniyah is a city in Iraqi Kurdistan, Iraq. It is the capital of Sulaymaniyah Governorate. Sulaymaniyah is surrounded by the Azmar Range, Goizja Range and the Qaiwan Range in the north east, Baranan Mountain in the south and the Tasluje Hills in the west. The city has a semi-arid climate with...

  • List of Kurdish Musicians
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