ايوب علي

I was born in Sangaw, Southern Kurdistan in 1973. I went to Salahaddin University in 1993 and studied Mechanical Engineering. Although I was very keen to study music I did not have the chance to pursue this however I did not give up hope and managed to follow my musical ambition after I met one of my best friends during my first year at University. He was a violin player called Bilend Qeredaxi. My first live performance on stage was in 1993 with Zanko in Hewler. I Later performed with a Kurdish Folk Music Band. I went on to record my first few single tracks for local TV and Radio stations between 1995 -1998. The first of one of these songs ‘Xelwet’ was produced by Zana Mahmud Hajar in 1996. After a few years of disruptions in my musical career I have managed to write some songs relying on my own skills and for the first time to develop the lyrics and compose the melodies. My first album ‘Don’t break my heart’ was released in 2003 and was my first experience in writing songs and I was very pleased with the outcome which only sought to inspire me to write more songs and release more albums. ‘Endless grief and Farewell’ in the years 2004 and 2006 were another two of my albums to be released and in 2008 I decided to work with a producer called Halkawt Zahir who produced and wrote the entire tracks of the album ‘Candle’ released in 2009, my latest album released in 2011 which was carrying no name had the majority of tracks written by me.