Ciwan Haco

Ciwan Haco (born 1957) is a Kurdish singer. He was born near Qamishlo in Syria. His grandfather was originally from Mardin in Turkey. After finishing high school, he left for Germany in order to continue his studies. He studied music at the University of Bochum for three years. He is now residing in Sweden. Ciwan Haco is one of the very first Kurdish singers to combine Kurdish folk music with western style pop music, rock, blues and jazz. To date he has released 13 albums and a live DVD of his famous Batman concert of 2003 to which more than a 200.000 people attended. Very popular in the Kurdish diaspora as with the Kurdish people in Kurdistan, Ciwan Haco has held plenty of concerts in many parts of Europe. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.