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East Meets West Duo, Kamancello | All in a Day with Alan Neal CBC, Ottawa
“We talk to the musical duo, which is made up of Shahriyar Jamshidi on the Kurdish Kamanche and Raphael Weinroth-Browne on cello. They are playing tonight at Red Bird Live.”

An Interview with Shahriyar Jamshidi by Leah Roseman | Conversations with Musicians
In this conversation, he performs several improvisations and he introduces us to the spiked fiddle,

Shahriyar Jamshidi: My Sunset-Land ROJAVA Shahriyar Jamshidi | Textura
With only a single instrument in play, the sound is generally sparse, which bolsters its intimate quality.

My Sunset-Land ROJAVA | Canuckistan Music
Jamshidi outlines the album’s narrative: “In my story, Kamancheh is a nomad Kurdish girl who crosses boundaries; between her stops, the new songs are born.

Welatê min ê lê roj diçe ava, Politika
Projeya dawî ya hunermendê Kurd ê li Kanadayê Şehriyar Cemşîdî (Shahriyar Jamshidi) bi navê My Sunset-Land Rojava (Welatê min ê lê roj diçe ava Rojava) derket.

Thursday July 2nd, 2020 with David Dalle | CKCU FM 93.1
His new solo album “My Sunset Land Rojava” is inspired by the area popularly known as Rojava, which is the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria and particularly the Kurdish women who

Kemaçe keçeke Kurd e (Kamanche is a Kurdish girl) | Yeni Özgür Politika (Kurdish)
Şehriyar Cemşîdî albûma xwe ya dawî My Sunset-Land: Rojava diyarî jinên Kurd kiriye. Ji bo strana yekê ya di vê albûmê de ew dibêje:

What’s Hot?! Week 25/2020 | The Prog Space
Shahriyar Jamshidi – ‘Pomegranate Seeds’ (“My Sunset Land – ROJAVA”, June 19)

Voice to Vision XIV: Shahriyar Jamshidi | University of Minneapolis
Even if you don’t understand someone else’s language, you can still feel connected to them through music.

Musique “My Sunset-Land Rojava” de Shahriyar Jamshidi | Kedistan (French)
En effet, la concordance est tellement forte que j’ai presque envie de parler de “retrouvailles”. Shahriyar continue : “Les femmes, l’instrument de musique Kamânche et le Rojava : ces trois aspects forment ensemble un triangle pour maintenir le thème du Rojava”.

Kemaçe û cello bi Kemancello gihiştin hev | Yeni Ozgur Politika (Kurdish)
Cara yekê, kom sala 2015´an di Festîvala Cihana Ereb a Montrealê de bi navê Kamancello derkete ser dikê. Festîvalê kom weke berga xwe ya danasîna xwe hilbijart. Lihevanîna wan xwe disipêre muzîka modal a Kurd û muzîka klasîk a Rojavayî li ser kemaçe (kemaçeyeke 4 têlî ya kovik fireh) û celloyê.

NO FRIENDS BUT THE MOUNTAINS: 5 ALBUMS THAT SUPPORT ROJAVA AND THE KURDISH PEOPLE | South Music From the Rooftop
“For anyone with no understanding of what’s happening to Kurds right now, here’s a little (simplified) history lesson for you….

‘East meets west’ musical duo improvs with Windsor Symphony Orchestra | CBC Windsor
It’s not the start of a joke, it’s what Windsor Symphony Orchestra maestro Robert Franz is calling “amazing.” Canadian ‘Duo Kamancello’ join the WSO Saturday for a one-of-a-kind ‘east meets west’ concert showcasing the classic cello and a kamancheh.

Review on The Lullaby of A Nomad | Blast Toronto Magazine
If you are the kind of quite soul that thrives on new sounds that come from within the spirit, you may have just have to discover this unique CD. Clearly the theme of the music about a kind of people we often never think about, but

SPECIAL FEATURE – Canadians at ISME 2018 | CMEA
Attending the ISME 33rd World Conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, was out of my imagination until the last hour of the conference registration deadline when I heard the positive result of the Award I applied for.

Biënnale tv: CELLOFEST met Kamancello
Twee musici uit Toronto, Shahriyar Jamshidi, Iraans-Koerdisch meesterbespeler van de Iraanse kamanche en rising star cellist Raphael Weinroth-Browne gaan tegenover elkaar zitten en laten een klein wonder gebeuren. Geen codes, geen afspraken vooraf, maar alleen de twee zeer verschillende snaarinstrumenten laten praten, fluisteren of verhit debatteren.

2018 Conference Awards recipients talk about their experience
I was the only person from Kurdistan and Iranian music community attending this significant music education conference in Near East.

interview with Shahriyar Jamshidi | Neyestan, Farhang Radio
This is the short interview with Shahriyar Jamshidi Kamanche player and composer, it has taken by Farhang radio Neystan program in his visit in Iran in Summer of 2018. He explained their work in his recent album Kamancello shortly. Announcers: Reza Mahdavi & Fatemeh Rokni Producer: Vahid Rastegari

CHUO 89.1 FM – In conversation with Kamancello
Cellist Raphael Weinroth-Browne and kamanche player Shahriyar Jamshidi discuss their musical inspiration and collaboration prior to Kamancello’s much anticipated performance in Ottawa this Sunday, February 26 at The Record Centre. [Aired live February 23, 2017 on La Villa Strangiato.] CHUO 89.1 FM La Villa Strangiato Hosted By: Gregory Kampf February 23, 2017

Radio Zamaneh – Interview with Shahriyar Jamshidi – Farsi
” گل زرد نمادیست از انسانهایی که بهخاطر آرمانهایشان در میان ما نیستند، اما مانند یک گل زرد، اندیشهها و آرمانهایشان در همه جا پراکنده شده. پس بهار آینده دوباره خواهند رویید.”

VOA Kurdish Radio – Interview with Shahriyar Jamshidi – Kurdish
An interview has been made with Shahriyar Jamshidi to explain his new works and upcoming plan since he is immigrated to Canada in 2012 by Jany Dylan the Kurdish reporter in VOA Kurdish Radio in the US. VOA Kurdis Radio By: Jani Dylan December 2013

Shahriyar Jamshidi Kurdish Kamancheh Player | VOA Kurdish
بێگومان بۆ ههر مرۆڤێک ژیان له دهرهوهێ وڵات جیاوازی ههیه لهگهڵ ناوهوهێ وڵات و شیانی ههیه دهرگات بۆ بکرێتهوه و کارهکانت باشتر بهرهو پێش بچن وهیاخود تووشی ئاستهنگ بیت، بهڵام مرۆڤ دهبێت ههمیشه به هیوای ئهوه بێت ژیانی سبهی له ئیمرۆ باشتر بێت.

Radio Zamaneh – Interview with Shahriyar Jamshidi – Farsi
“شهریار جمشیدی: زبان و موسیقی یک ملت همه چیز آن ملت است“ پانتهآ بهرامی – استاد نوازنده کمانچه است و مانند بسیاری از هنرمندان ایران به خاطر محدودیتهای اجرای صحنه، مجوز و خط قرمزهای مختلف، ناشناخته مانده. شهریار جمشیدی آهنگساز و نوازنده کمانچه، متولد ۱۳۵۰ در کرمانشاه است

VOA Kurdish Radio – Interview with Shahriyar Jamshidi – Kurdish
An interview with Shahriyar Jamshidi to explain his work with late Kurdish singer Yadollah Rahmani یهدوڵڵا ڕهحمانی . ” To memory of the late artist Yadolah Rahmani, a Kurdish bard singer. Ai Al Meqam is a Kurdish nonrhythmic song that published in Alvenati album’s on 2004.” VOA Kurdis Radio By: Jani Dylan December 2013

Chilawaz Music Magazine – Kurdish
Chilawaz Music Magazine چلاواز had an interview with Shahriyar Jamshidi when he was in Erbil to present his several music works in Summer 2007. That interview has been published in 2008 in Kurdish.

Chilawaz Music Magazine – Kurdish
Life and Creativity of Mojtaba Mirzadeh The article as a conclusion of Shahriyar Jamshidi’s research after the late musician Mojtaba Mirzadeh a genius Kurdish-Iranian composer and improviser who spent his short life truly to create indelible leading pieces.