Dilan Ensemble is a ''

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Music Ensemble'' from Iranian Kurdistan or Eastern Kurdistan (

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Shahriyar Jamshidi Shahriyar Jamshidi (, , ) (born 1971) is a Kurdish-Canadian kamānche player and composer. His focus is mainly on Kurdish music. Life and education Shahriyar was born in a Kurdish family in Kermanshah, the Kurdish city in the west of Iran. D ...

in memoriam of Kurdish musician brothers

Qadir Dilan Qadir Dilan (; 24 March 1930 – 18 March 1999) was a celebrated Kurdish singer, songwriter and musician known for his contributions to Kurdish music. Born in Sulaymaniyah Kurdistan Region, he began his musical journey at a young age, performing t ...

and

Muhamad 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 ...

from Southern Kurdistan () in 2003.

Backgrounds

Dilan Chamber Music ensemble's focus are to preserve the original Kurdish classical music and represent lyrical songs. The Kurdish folk songs and Maqam music from East part of

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were the major resources of their works at the beginning. The ensemble has accompanied a male singer and three choirs’ females on stage. Since 2007, duo to restriction of speech, tighten political situation and unpleasant circumstances in general for art workers in particular for Kurdish people in Iran, Dilan Ensemble have not been allowed to reassemble on stage again.

Performances

''Dilan Ensemble'' with their full orchestra have performed several concerts in Tehran including

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and Arasbaran Cultural Centre (2004). They appeared as a trio on stage and have presented songs from different regions of Kurdistan in a distinctive dialect

Kurmanji Kurmanji (, ), also termed Northern Kurdish, is the northernmost of the Kurdish languages, spoken predominantly in southeast Turkey, northwest and northeast Iran, northern Iraq, northern Syria and the Caucasus and Khorasan regions. It is the ...

from North East of Iran, Khorasan at Mahak Hospital and Rehabilitation Complex (2007). In the upcoming years, Shahriyar jamshidi keeps Dilan Ensemble alive and active by collaborating with diverse musical artists by arranging multiple projects in Canada, US and Europe; Dilan Ensemble have performed at

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Tirgan Festival The Tirgan Festival (Persian language, Persian: جشنواره تیرگان) is a biennial four-day celebration of Iranian arts and culture held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Festival celebrates Iranian arts and culture through an array of a ...

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and Small Word Music Centre in Ontario, Canada.

Discography

*''Alvanati'' (2004) *''Call of the Mountains'' (2008) *''A Yellow Flower'' (2014), it was contributed to the people of

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Former members

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dilan Ensemble Kurdish musical groups Iranian world music groups Iranian classical music groups Musical groups established in 2003