In celebrating the rich diversity of musical traditions from around the world, the Kurdish-Canadian Kamancha player, Shahriyar Jamshidi, will be joining a global stream event, Together Sessions, on ZOOM that is hosted by the Chicago-based nonprofit organization World Music Foundation to present his Kurdish-Kamāncha on October 28th at 5:00-5:30 p.m. ET. Together Sessions, October 28Read More
kamancello, Shahriyar Jamshidi (Kamancha) and Raphael Weinroth-Brwone (cello) with Shawn Mativetsky will be presenting Kurdish and West Asian improvised music at Shawn Stewart Hall in Pointe Claire, QC. Online Tickets will be available in Late December 2026 at Centre culturel Stewart Hall
The celebrated Toronto-based Kurdish kamāncha player, composer and singer Shahriyār Jamshidi comes back to Toronto’s Burdock Music Hall to reverberate the sounds of Kurdish musical heritage, highlighting the Kurdish mountain themes which spread from West Asia through Central Asia in his kamāncha performance while singing the unforgettable tunes with new arrangements from all four partsRead More
Shahriyar Jamshidi’s Kurdish Kamāncha and his voice will be resonating at Toronto’s “Canadian Kurdish Community Centre” in celebration of the lives of Peshmergas from Rojhelat (Eastern Kurdistan) who lost their lives in recent Iranian drone attacks in Başûr (Southern Kurdistan-Iraq). Kurdish residents of the “Greater Toronto Area” (GTA) and all who care about theRead More
A VIBRANT IMAGE OF KURDISH MUSICAL THEMES UNDER THE MYSTERIOUS POWER OF WINTER WILL BE REVERBERATED ON SHAHRIYAR JAMSHIDI’S SOLO KAMĀNCHA AND VOCAL PERFORMANCE. In celebrating the diversity and equity in arts and music in Canada and all around the globe, Shahriyar reverberates his solo instrumental performances on Kamānche (spiked fiddle) to highlight Kurdish musicalRead More
