Zirak Hamad
Cultural Origin of art form
Iraqi Kurdistan
What he does
- Middle Eastern music performances
- Middle Eastern dance workshops
- Middle Eastern music and dance
Who for
- Age 11 years and above
- Youth and Community groups
- Festivals and events
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Biography
Zirak Hamad is a violinist and teacher who came to England in 2002 from Iraqi Kurdistan and is now based in Birmingham. A graduate from the institute of Fine Arts in Iraq, he has a wide range of artistic experience in his home country where he worked as a primary school teacher, festival organiser, broadcaster, television presenter and music critic.
Zirak took part in the Birmingham-based Sound it Out community music training course in 2003, and has gone on to work as a freelance artist, mentor and trainer. Alongside running a Kurdish music group, Daholl Kurdish Ensemble, which has performed widely across the UK, Zirak has also initiated and musically directed a Kurdish multi-media production, The Smell of Apples which explored the genocide of Kurds in the city of Halabja.