KURDOPHONE
KURDOPHONE
Kurdophone is a Vienna-based ensemble founded by composer, tanbur player, and vocalist Omid Darvish in 2017. The group has gained recognition for its distinctive compositions and arrangements that fuse Kurdish and Iranian musical traditions with a variety of contemporary genres.
Drawing on a rich palette of traditional Kurdish folk music, Iranian classical traditions, jazz, and contemporary music, Kurdophone creates a musical language that connects diverse cultural influences while remaining rooted in the modal world of the tanbur.
The ensemble’s diverse instrumentation adds depth and texture to its unique artistic voice, resulting in powerful and rhythmically vibrant performances that move fluidly beyond conventional genre boundaries.
“The group Kurdophone comes from a completely different – but no less fascinating – background: led by the Iran-born Omid Darvish, the band combines the traditional music of Kurdistan and European jazz into something truly new, a sound to fire the imagination.”
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Austrian Music Export
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"An exciting and diverse, sometimes delicate,sometimes tumultuous music between firm structure
and improvisation..."​
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"Eine spannende und vielfältige, mal
filigrane, mal aufbrausende Musik zwischen fester Struktur und Improvisation ...
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Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg
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"The strong compositions, wealth of colours, the flawless interplay, vast dramaturgical arc, the great on-stage presence and charisma of the band were convincing. Its emotional depth was moving."
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Statement of the jury @ Creole Global Contest, Berlin September
2019
