Concert • Berfin Aktay • Female Voice of Kurdistan

Concert recording featuring Berfin Aktay, voice and Saz.
Filmed in June 2023 at Villa Elisabeth, Berlin

00:00 Kezî – lyrics by: Ednan Doxan, composer: Berfin Aktay
04:23 Ehmedo & Xwezî Yarê, Ehmedo – traditional song; Xwezî Yarê – belongs to Kaniwar
09:33 Veqetandin, written and composed by: Berfin Aktay
13:04 Gula Rengîn, lyrics by: Nîman Evdilhekîm, composer: Zeynel Ali Bingöl

Berfin Aktay is a Kurdish singer from Nusaybin, Turkey

"Kurds are resilient like mountains" کورد وەک شاخ خۆڕاگرە – (Kurdish proverb)
With approximately 40 million people worldwide, the Kurds are the largest ethnic group without an internationally recognized state. After our festivals 'Female Voice of Iran' and 'Female Voice of Afghanistan' we focus on the Kurdish culture in 2023. We traveled to different regions of Kurdistan and filmed eight singers from the four main regions of Kurdish culture.

Camera and Editing - Sebastian Leitner • Second Camera - Cagla Dincer • Sound - Volker Wendisch, Daniel Weingarten

Playlist with all portraits and concerts →    • Плейлист  

The festival 'Female Voice of Kurdistan' is a project of Zeitgenössische Oper Berlin
• Curator - Yalda Yazdani • Director/Producer - Andreas Rochholl
• Creative Director/Editor - Sebastian Leitner • Production Manager - Mihraban Salih • Production Manager Berlin - Esther Klobe-Weihmann

Funded by Capital Cultural Fund, Berlin
More infos about 'Female Voice of Kurdistan'
→ http://femalevoiceofkurdistan.com
→ https://zeitgenoessische-oper.de

in cooperation with Kultur Büro Elisabeth and CrossGeneration Media
→ https://crossgen.media/

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