Within all forms of Western Classic music there are regional variations. Most Western composers can differentiate Viennese and Italian composers, and in the Middle East, Oriental composition has the same diversity. Kurdish music has a long history of appropriating and being appropriated from Turkish, Iranian, Iraqi and Levantine classic compositions. Boran Zaza is one of the most prominent and gifted Kurdish music performers in the world that understands these intricacies. With both a background in musicology and growing up in a musical family, she has navigated her own journey through performing Kurdish music as a pianist, with her love of music taking her from Syria to Canada, where she continues to explore her own identity as a pianist and a Kurdish musician living abroad. 

Link to Boran's Website: https://boranzaza.com/

Link to Boran's performance of "Newroz":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WHFflbdnrw&ab_channel=BoranZaza

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