# Dilan Ensemble

Dilan Ensemble is a Kurdish Music Ensemble from Iranian Kurdistan or Eastern Kurdistan (Kurdish: Rojhilatê Kurdistanê, ڕۆژھەڵاتی کوردستان), which was established by the Kamanche player and composer Shahriyar Jamshidi in memoriam of Kurdish musician brothers Qadir Dilan and Muhamad Salih Dilan from Southern Kurdistan (Kurdish: باشووری کوردستان, romanized: Başûrê Kurdistanê) in 2003.

## Backgrounds

Dilan Chamber Music ensemble's focus are to preserve the original Kurdish classical music and represent lyrical songs. The Kurdish folk songs and Maqam music from East part of Kurdistan were the major resources of their works at the beginning. The ensemble has accompanied a male singer and three choirs’ females on stage. Since 2007, duo to restriction of speech, tighten political situation and unpleasant circumstances in general for art workers in particular for Kurdish people in Iran, Dilan Ensemble have not been allowed to reassemble on stage again.

## Performances

Dilan Ensemble with their full orchestra have performed several concerts in Tehran including Roudaki Hall and Arasbaran Cultural Centre (2004). They appeared as a trio on stage and have presented songs from different regions of Kurdistan in a distinctive dialect Kurmanji from North East of Iran, Khorasan at Mahak Hospital and Rehabilitation Complex (2007). In the upcoming years, Shahriyar jamshidi keeps Dilan Ensemble alive and active by collaborating with diverse musical artists by arranging multiple projects in Canada, US and Europe; Dilan Ensemble have performed at Festival du Monde Arabe de Montréal, Tirgan Festival, Mackenzie House, McMaster University and Small Word Music Centre in Ontario, Canada.

## Discography

* Alvanati (2004)
* Call of the Mountains (2008)
* A Yellow Flower (2014), it was contributed to the people of Kobanî.

## Former members

| Collaboration year | Artist name | Instrument | Concert-Album |
| 2003–2004 | Afsoon Sadeghzadeh | Singer | Arasbaran Cultural Centre and Rudaki Hall concerts |
| 2016–2018 | Alex Lubet | Guitar, Mountain Dulcimer | Concerts in Waterloo, Toronto and Minneapolis; Recoding the Kamanche and Dulcimer album |
| 1997–present | Alireza Javaheri fa:علیرضا جواهری | Santour, record producer | Performer in Alvanati album and Music producer in A Yellow Flower album |
| 2005–2007 | Amin Ramin | tar | |
| 2006–2015 | Farbod Yadollahi fa:فربد یداللهی | Percussions | Concerts in Tehran; High-Fest, Armenia, 2015; A Yellow Flower album |
| 2000–2004 | Fariborz Raoufi | Singer | Rudaki Hall concert |
| 2003–2004 | Hafez Alikhani | Singer | Arasbaran Cultural Centre concert |
| 1997–2007 | Kaveh Baban | Singer | Concerts in Iranian cities; A Yellow Flower |
| 2000–2004 | Leila Golbangi | Singer | Concerts at Shafagh and Arasbaran Cultural Centers and Rudaki Hall |
| 2000–2007 | Saber Nazargahil | Tar, Bağlama | Concerts in Iranian cities; Alvanati album |
| 2005–2007 | Sahar Ebrahim | Qanun | |
| 2004 | Saeid Vojdanpak | Daf | Concerts at Rudaki Hall |
| 2000–2007 | Sara Ahmadi | Daf | Concerts in Tehran |
| 2013–2017 | Sina Khosravi | Percussions | Canadian concerts |
| 2000–2004 | Toktam Moslehi | Singer | Concerts at Shafagh & Arasbaran Cultural Centres and Rudaki Hall |
| 2014–present | Raphael Weinroth-Browne | Cello | Small Word music Centre concert |
| 2013–2016 | Richard Robeson | Guitar | Small World Music Centre concert; and Meet Me in Tangier album |
| 2001–2007 | Masoud Abazari | Santur | Concerts in Tehran |
| 2006–2007 | Masoud Khezri | Dutar | Kherad and Mahak Hall concerts, Tehran |
| 2003–2007 | Mohsen Badri | Percussions | Concerts; Alvanati & Call of the Mountains albums |
| 2000–2004 | Mohammad Khaledian | Oud | Concerts in Tehran |
| 2001–2003 | Yadollah Rahmani fa:یدالله رحمانی | Singer, poet | Kurdsat TV shows; Alvanati album |