extend, some time telling me compassionate sentences, full of humanity messages, in a way I stay silent don’t have anything to tell them, actually I owe them by thanks, they have given me my longing to my music.” He said.
Dr.Sana Shallan, she is a Jordanian academic has Written about him “Not only love it but adore it, the songs dance with me, to make me cry, to hug me and touch my hair, I am very proud that the name of his home town Snna very much like my name Sanna .” She doesn’t speak Kurdish at all, but she adores the voice.
Decades have passed on the first start point, and he is remaining on the top suit with different eras, that’s another reason, I named him (The king).
Its not rare any body loves his voice, because most of the fans memorized that they were loved his voice since the childhood, like me when we didn’t understand any word he says, but the voice of merciful attracted us, it was promising and holding the breath of our stolen childhood by wars and fighting, holding hopes for our torn nation".
He disclosed for the first time that he was written many of the texts of his compassionate songs, without mentioning that, he published them in the name of Folklore, or he was guided the poet about the idea of some of them.
He said honestly” l listen to my songs only in sanctum, because they have an organic relation with my sprit, all of them I have lived their stories, I can listen only in solitude” he says,www.ekurd.nethe likes all the kinds of Arts, he has good relationship with artists, he has a very special taste, he says I always select the bests suiting with my voice, if there are 100 melodies, given out to 3 persons, one may select 50, the other 20, I select only 7-8,Iam very precise “
He prefers Kurdish cuisine, the soups of (Shalamin, Dokhawa, Trkhena, ,,,),which are delicious Kurdish foods, the people are using them as soups, made with beans, yogurt, and vegetables are his favorite food, also he does sport regularly.
What makes his exceptional his heavenly, powerful, sweet voice, parallel with his fond to Kurdish literature, love to all the arts, good knowledge about Music and Folklore,” I would be shocked by the voice of any instrument, an emotion of any voice, any sweet tone could attract me totally.” he added
“The voice talent is not enough to be a good singer, you need them all, and I gave my heart and soul to every peace I sang.”
The fans are demanding him to have joint work with Kamkars band or in Kurdish (Kamkaran), whom based in Tehran they are described us a Kurdish Art and Music ambassador, he says ”I would like very much to accomplish a joint work like that with Kamkaran they are advanced Kurdish group, they are not stranger for me, their father late Mr. Hassan Kamkar who is a giant Kurd musician was my mentor in the school .”
He continues” there are some reason resulted in not having a work together till now, my absence in Iran, they are living there, and my voice was banned in Iran for a period time, the distance was the main reason, f hope that this happens.”
He graduated from Physics department of Tehran University he worked as teacher in schools and University, in United Kingdom he obtained the M.A. degree in Industrial Management.
“My scientific career was for my living, and my art is for the people. “he says.
“I wished I would have taken art as career, but it was impossible, its still impossible for Kurdish artistes.” added.
He describes the freedom caused the Music and Art Chaos
“At the beginning of freedom that prevailed in this country suddenly, there was no responsibility and control.Each one was working for himself, the work became very easy, before we was going to studios to record songs, now one can do that by one computer at home, because of the freedom things directed towards easiness, including music, with regret many of the achieved works were non-decent and not responsible, they were affecting negatively at taste of the people and artistic heritage.”
He added “ when this chaos in the music and art happened, many were worried but I am not, because I have an idea, every work should go to market and traded, in the end the people govern, which should remain and which is mere a work of one instance should be immersed.”
“Good art as jewellery highlights among all, as we witness today this reality, people seemed bored of the songs and clips of low-lying level, they are started to search for the goods."
He says “Kurdish melodies are very rich they can give infinity of masterpieces if artist work on them with intelligence and skill. .
He blames on the Media “And the media was not responsible on the contrary, the role of media was negative, there are a large number of TV channels and radio, they did not have the materials for their programs were broadcasting and publishing materials without technical level to fill the vacuum."
“The music was among the victims of partisan media, this kind of media also does not understand art, music worked without liability they were un acquainted about civil society and Arts .” He says
His voice Playing on the strings of our hearts, in tenderness and precision, he likes everything to be Kurdish, but rarely he worn a Kurdish traditional clothes, in Iran because of political situation, after that he got refugee in Europe, and here in Kurdistan he is to busy with the works of Kurdish Heritage Institute, which is chaired by him, its main office in Sulaimaniyah, the Institute has started a very hard task, which is the collection and documentation of National Heritage for a period of 500 years.
China Omer Salih, is the Editor-in-Chief at Kurdistanonline.net
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