Xalîd Reşîd

Xalîd Reşîd
Born 1968
Slemani, Kurdistan
Pen name Xalîd Reşîd
Occupation Musician, singer, archeologist
Nationality Kurdish

Xalîd Reşîd (Kurdish: خالید ڕه‌شید /Xalîd Reşîd‎); was born in Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan, and currently resides in Stockholm, Sweden. 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 awards called "Stipendiom" from the Swedish Ministry of Culture (Kulturdepartementet).

He left Kurdistan for Europe in 1980 and took up residence in Sweden. After taking courses in Swedish he joined the fine arts academy and the music department. Then he attended university in Sweden, studying archaeology, obtaining his masters degree 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 entrusted with 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

References

    Media related to Xalîd Reşîd at Wikimedia Commons

    See also


    This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 5/11/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.