WRojda Aykoç, also known as Rojda Şenses or simply Rojda, is a contemporary Kurdish singer.
WDilan is regarded as one of the most influential Kurdish Poets and one of the greatest maqam singers of his time. He was one of the few early poets that brought a revolution in Kurdish poetry and literature in the 20th century.
WHozan Diyar knows as Diyar Dersim is a Kurdish singer. During 2015 Turkey general elections, he supports HDP, pro-Kurdish party in Turkey, He sings with the party cochairman Selahattin Demirtaş as a part of campaigning the election.
WAynur Doğan is a contemporary Kurdish singer and musician from Turkey. She was born in Çemişgezek, a small mountain town in Dersim Province in Turkey and fled to İstanbul in 1992. She studied saz and türkü singing in an influential music school in Istanbul, the Arif Sağ Müsik. In 2004 she released the album Keçe Kurdan on Kalan Müzik label. Keçe Kurdan was banned in 2005 due to the fact that two words in the song, Keçe (Girl) and Ceng (battle), according to a court in Diyarbakır, would encourage women to leave their partners, go to the mountains and hence the words promote division. The following year the ban was lifted. In 2005 she had a small role as herself in the movie Gönul Yarası. In 2012, following repeated threats by right-wing and anti-Kurdish militants, she relocated to Amsterdam, Netherlands.
WDilo Doxan is a Kurdish musician from Syria.
WCiwan Haco is a Kurdish singer. He was born in Tirbespî near Qamişlo in Syria. His grandfather was originally from Mardin, Turkey. After finishing high school, he left for Germany in order to continue his studies. He studied musicology at the Ruhr University Bochum. He is now residing in Sweden.
WTara Jaff is an Iraqi Kurdish musician who has been exposed to many ancient influences. Over the years, Jaff experimented with different string instruments, but it was her fascination with the ancient harps of Sumeria, Assyria, Hurrians and Elam, dating as far back as 3000 BC that led her to the contemporary Celtic harp. She has embraced this instrument and introduced to modern Kurdish music, particularly in modern folk songs. Having developed her own innovative style to adapt to the various musical rhythms and modes of the region, Jaff brings a contemporary expression to an ancient form of music and song.
WAhmet Kaya was a folk singer of mixed Kurdish-Turkish origin. He had often identified himself as a "Kurd".
WMazhar Khaleghi is a Kurdish singer of Iran's Kurdistan region, famous for his folklore Kurdish music. He currently resides in the United Kingdom.
WAras Fatih Rasul known as Eros Kurdi and Aras Koyi is a Kurdish-Swedish singer, songwriter, director, scenarist, producer and philanthropist.
WHelan Abdulla, better known by her stage name Helly Luv, is a Kurdish singer, dancer, choreographer, actress and model. Her career began by uploading cover videos on social media websites like Myspace and YouTube. Helly Luv has since starred in movies, music videos and has released her own material. Gaining popularity from her 2013 single "Risk It All", Helly Luv has recently signed to G2 Music Group. In 2014, she appeared in her first theatrical feature film, Mardan.
WMuhammad Mamle was a Kurdish musician and singer. He renewed hundreds of Kurdish folkloric songs.
WShahram Nazeri is a contemporary Iranian tenor of Kurdish origin from Kermanshah, Iran, who sings Iranian traditional music. He has been accompanied by some of the masters of Iranian traditional music such as Jalil Shahnaz, Hossein Alizadeh, Jalal Zolfonoun, Parviz Meshkatian and Faramarz Payvar. He has also worked with his son Hafez, a composer.
WŞivan Perwer is a Kurdish poet, writer, musical teacher, singer, and performer on the Tembûr. Perwer fled Turkey in 1976 due to the Kurdish nationalism and political tones of his music and lived for 37 years in continuous exile until his return to Diyarbakir on November 16, 2013. He still lives in exile to this day. Perwer also holds several honorary doctorates in music.
WAram Tigran or Aramê Dîkran, born Aram Melikyan, was a contemporary Armenian singer who sang primarily in Kurdish. Among Assyrians in Qamishli he was known as Aram Dikran.
WErdewan Zaxoyî was a celebrated Kurdish songwriter-singer and Composer from Zakho.
WEyaz Youssef Ahmed or Eyaz Zaxoyi, was a celebrated Kurdish songwriter-singer and Composer from Zakho.
WHassan Zirek 29 November 1921 – 26 June 1972 Bukan) was a celebrated Iranian Kurdish songwriter-singer from Bukan, known for his recordings of classical Kurdish folk songs. He was famous for his classical and sensual lyrics, and it is believed that he composed over thousand songs in his lifetime.