About Yalda Abbasi
Yalda Abbasi is an Iranian-Kurdish musician (vocals, dotar) known for reviving Kurdish folk music and bringing it into contemporary concert settings—without losing the raw emotional core of the tradition.
Voice, dotar, and memory
Yalda Abbasi’s repertoire is rooted in Kurdish folk music and melodies from Khorassan in northeastern Iran—material she preserves, reshapes, and carries forward through new arrangements and original compositions. She sings and composes in Kurdish and Persian, building a bridge between heritage and modern performance language.
Art as cultural self-determination
Across projects, Yalda Abbasi’s work is closely tied to cultural visibility and self-determination—on stage, in repertoire choices, and in the decision to keep endangered songs alive through performance.
Training and artistic range
Her classical vocal training—especially baroque singing studies at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Milan—opened space to widen her palette while staying grounded in Kurdish musical identity.
Early start as singer and dotar player
Baroque vocal studies in Milan
Ongoing international performances and collaborations (Quartet, Trio Sêreng)
Contact Yalda
Contact Yalda Abbasi for booking, collaborations, and press. Please include date, city, venue details, and project preference on following E-mail:
contact@yaldaabbasi.com
