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Hardi Kurda is a Kurdish composer, artist and violinist. He began his training at Gothenburg University, where he also lives today. He studied at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Leipzig with Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf and at the Gotland Composer House on Gotland (Sweden) with Per Mårtensson and Henrik Strindberg. Hardi Kurda writes ensemble music, works for string orchestra, electronic music and vocal works. In addition, he has realised audio-visual works. His compositions often involve suggestive sound surfaces and distinctive gestures. Hardi Kurda actively fosters Swedish-Kurdish cultural exchange programmes, running workshops and concerts in Sulaimani (Iraq) and Sweden.
Abbreviations: Budhaditya Chattopadhyay—BC; Hardi Kurda—HK.
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Kurda organized the Kurdish site of the Biennial that I co-curated: https://listeningbiennial.net/sites
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Avesta is the sacred book of Zoroastrianism containing its cosmogony, law, and liturgy, as well as the teachings of the prophet Zarathushtra.
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More information on the artist’s website: https://hardikurda.com/the-latest-news/
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More information on the artist’s website: https://hardikurda.com/open-ensemble/
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Chattopadhyay, B. (2022). Hardi Kurda. In: Sound Practices in the Global South. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-99732-8_7
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