Chopy Fatah
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Chopy Fatah [Kurdish:Çopî Fetah / چۆپی فەتاح] more commonly known as Chopy
is a contemporary Kurdish
singer. She was born in Kirkuk
, Iraq
in 1983 and her family emigrated to The Netherlands in 1988. She released her first album titled Çît Naw Binêm in 2003
school in 1990 and also attended a music school in 1996 where she focused on singing under the supervision of her teachers. In 1999, she attended the Kurdish Music Academy in Germany
where she studied under the supervision of the Kurdish music teacher Mr.Wirya Ahmad. She performed on stage for the first time in The Hague, The Netherlands in 2000. She also participated for the first time in a TV-program titled Shanisheen on MedyaTV. Her first CD (Çît Naw Binêm) was released under supervision of Mr.Burhan Mofti in 2003. In 2007, she released her second CD titled Nawit Denem Zino and in 2010 she released her third CD titled Crystal. Her last CD with the name Şara was released in 2011 and was named after her mother.
Chopy's music & advertisement videos are played on different TV channels in the Middle East;
In 2008 Chopy became the cultural Ambassador
of Asia Cell
Telecom Company, STC,(Arabic: شركة اسيا سيل للاتصالات). This is one of the most important Iraqi telecommunications company
that caters to more than 7.4 million subscribers around Iraq
. The result of this was that thousands of Chopy's (Asia Cell) billboards were placed all over Iraq.
Chopy has held many (international) concerts in various countries around the world. Mostly in European countries like Germany
, Sweden
, the United Kingdom
, Holland, Norway
, Austria
and Greece
, but also in other countries like in The United States(USA), Canada
, Australia
, Ukraine
and the United Arab Emirates
(UAE).
Chopy is in the Kurdish populated areas of Turkey
, Iran
, Iraq
, Syria
and Armenia
one of the most famous singers and has sold thousands of her CD's around the world. The unique on Chopy is that she is known in all parts of Kurdistan because she not only sings in her own Kurdish-Sorani dialect but also in the Kurdish-Kurmanci dialect and therefore she has made many concerts around the area like the ones of Batman, Arbil
(Erbil/Hawler), Qamishlo, Sulaimaniyah and Kirkuk
.
Chopy was also one of the first singers to perform in the Iraqi (Kurdish) city of Kirkuk
, where the safety condition was and still is bad. Chopy stated that she did so because of her love for her home-town and her many fans.
Many of Chopy Fatah's concerts and music events have been attended by important Iraqi and Kurdish politicians like the President of the Republic of Iraq, Jalal Talabani
and the president of the Kurdistan Region, Massoud Barzani
.
Chopy supported in 2009 the Democratic Society Party
(DTP) by sending an official letter to its leader Mr.Ahmet Türk
where she explained that she will do everything in her power to support the peaceful solution of the Kurdish issue in Turkey
(North-Kurdistan). “As a Kurdish
artist
I want to show my support to the solution of the Kurdish question in North-Kurdistan (Southeast Turkey).” Chopy said she is willing to give free concerts in Diyarbakir
(Amed), Cizîr, Batman and other cities to support peace.
Chopy is currently recording her first English album
.
2007 - Nawit Denem Jino
2010 - Crystal
2011 - Şara
is a contemporary Kurdish
Kurdish people
The Kurdish people, or Kurds , are an Iranian people native to the Middle East, mostly inhabiting a region known as Kurdistan, which includes adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey...
singer. She was born in Kirkuk
Kirkuk
Kirkuk is a city in Iraq and the capital of Kirkuk Governorate.It is located in the Iraqi governorate of Kirkuk, north of the capital, Baghdad...
, Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
in 1983 and her family emigrated to The Netherlands in 1988. She released her first album titled Çît Naw Binêm in 2003
Career
After emigrating to the Netherlands, she joined a choirChoir
A choir, chorale or chorus is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform.A body of singers who perform together as a group is called a choir or chorus...
school in 1990 and also attended a music school in 1996 where she focused on singing under the supervision of her teachers. In 1999, she attended the Kurdish Music Academy in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
where she studied under the supervision of the Kurdish music teacher Mr.Wirya Ahmad. She performed on stage for the first time in The Hague, The Netherlands in 2000. She also participated for the first time in a TV-program titled Shanisheen on MedyaTV. Her first CD (Çît Naw Binêm) was released under supervision of Mr.Burhan Mofti in 2003. In 2007, she released her second CD titled Nawit Denem Zino and in 2010 she released her third CD titled Crystal. Her last CD with the name Şara was released in 2011 and was named after her mother.
Chopy's music & advertisement videos are played on different TV channels in the Middle East;
- Iraq - Arabic : Al Sharqiya
Al SharqiyaAl Sharqiya is Iraq's first privately owned satellite channel owned by the London, Baghdad and Dubai-based Iraqi media tycoon Saad al-Bazzaz, a secular nationalist from Mosul. Al-Bazzaz is also the Editor in Chief of the Azzaman newspaper...
, Al-Baghdadia TVAl-Baghdadia TVAl-Baghdadia TV is an independent Iraqi-owned Arabic-language satellite channel based in Cairo, Egypt. It is considered a Nationalistic channel of funding directly and only from the CEO. During the Iraqi insurgency, several prominent journalists with the station were murdered...
, Al IraqiyaAl IraqiyaAl Iraqiya is a satellite and terrestrial public broadcaster and television network in Iraq that was set up after the fall of Sadaam Hussein. It is an Arabic language network that serves upwards of 85% of Iraq's population, and is viewed by a significant percentage .The channel began under the...
and Al Sumaria - Iraq - Kurdish : Kurdistan TV
Kurdistan TVKurdistan TV is a Kurdish satellite television station located in Iraqi Kurdistan which belongs to the Kurdistan Democratic Party . Its European offices are based in the Netherlands and Germany. It broadcasts programs mainly in Kurdish language. It can be viewed using a WS International satellite...
, KurdSat, Kurdish News NetworkKurdish News NetworkKurdish News Network , is the only Kurdish language news television network founded in 2008 by Nawshirwan Mustafa.The network is owned by the Wusha Corp.- Programmes :*News - Covering the top Kurdish and international news stories...
(KNN), Zagros TV, Gali Kurdistan, Kanal4Kanal4Kanal4 is an entertainment television channel based in Arbil, Iraq, targeting Kurdish people living in Iraqi Kurdistan and surrounding areas.-External links and references:* * *...
, KOREK TV, VIN TV - United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab EmiratesThe United Arab Emirates, abbreviated as the UAE, or shortened to "the Emirates", is a state situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman, and Saudi Arabia, and sharing sea borders with Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Iran.The UAE is a...
(UAE): Middle East Broadcasting Center
Middle East Broadcasting CenterThe Middle East Broadcasting Center Group is the first private free-to-air satellite broadcasting company in the Arab World which was launched in London in 1991 and later moved to its headquarters in Dubai in 2002. MBC Group provides multiple channels of information, interaction and entertainment...
(MBC) , Persian Music ChannelPersian Music ChannelPMC is a free-to-air satellite TV network owned by Persian Media Corporation and headquartered in Dubai Media City. Launched in 2003, the network is devoted to Persian music videos from ex-pat Iranian singers and also Iranian singers in Iran. Arabic, Kurdish and Turkish hit songs are also shown on...
(PMC) - Iran - Kurdish
: TISHK TV, Rojhelat TV, KBC, Newroz TV, KLIK SAT, KOMALA TV - Turkey - Kurdish
: Roj TVRoj TVRoj TV is an international Kurdish satellite television station broadcasting programmes in the Kurmanji, Sorani and Hewrami dialects of the Kurdish language as well as in Zaza, Persian, Arabic, and Turkish.-Programming:...
, MMC TV, Kurd1 ChannelKurd1 ChannelKurd1 Channel is an independent Kurdish Language satellite channel broadcasting from France. Its European studios are based in France, Germany and Sweden.-Programming:... - Lebanon - Egypt
: Melody Music
Melody MusicMelody Music is an Egyptian music production and distribution company. It is a division of the media group Melody Entertainment Holding, which has offices in Cairo and Beirut....
In 2008 Chopy became the cultural Ambassador
Ambassador
An ambassador is the highest ranking diplomat who represents a nation and is usually accredited to a foreign sovereign or government, or to an international organization....
of Asia Cell
Asia cell
Acia Cell Telecom Company, STC is an Iraqi telecommunications company that offers mobile phone services and Mobile Internet.- History :Asiacell, the first mobile telecommunications company in Iraq, was established in the city of Suleimaniah in 1999....
Telecom Company, STC,(Arabic: شركة اسيا سيل للاتصالات). This is one of the most important Iraqi telecommunications company
Company
A company is a form of business organization. It is an association or collection of individual real persons and/or other companies, who each provide some form of capital. This group has a common purpose or focus and an aim of gaining profits. This collection, group or association of persons can be...
that caters to more than 7.4 million subscribers around Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
. The result of this was that thousands of Chopy's (Asia Cell) billboards were placed all over Iraq.
Chopy has held many (international) concerts in various countries around the world. Mostly in European countries like Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
, the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, Holland, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
, Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
and Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
, but also in other countries like in The United States(USA), Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
and the United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates, abbreviated as the UAE, or shortened to "the Emirates", is a state situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman, and Saudi Arabia, and sharing sea borders with Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Iran.The UAE is a...
(UAE).
Chopy is in the Kurdish populated areas of Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
, Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
, Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
, Syria
Syria
Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest....
and Armenia
Armenia
Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...
one of the most famous singers and has sold thousands of her CD's around the world. The unique on Chopy is that she is known in all parts of Kurdistan because she not only sings in her own Kurdish-Sorani dialect but also in the Kurdish-Kurmanci dialect and therefore she has made many concerts around the area like the ones of Batman, Arbil
Arbil
Arbil / Hewlêr is the fourth largest city in Iraq after Baghdad, Basra and Mosul...
(Erbil/Hawler), Qamishlo, Sulaimaniyah and Kirkuk
Kirkuk
Kirkuk is a city in Iraq and the capital of Kirkuk Governorate.It is located in the Iraqi governorate of Kirkuk, north of the capital, Baghdad...
.
Chopy was also one of the first singers to perform in the Iraqi (Kurdish) city of Kirkuk
Kirkuk
Kirkuk is a city in Iraq and the capital of Kirkuk Governorate.It is located in the Iraqi governorate of Kirkuk, north of the capital, Baghdad...
, where the safety condition was and still is bad. Chopy stated that she did so because of her love for her home-town and her many fans.
Many of Chopy Fatah's concerts and music events have been attended by important Iraqi and Kurdish politicians like the President of the Republic of Iraq, Jalal Talabani
Jalal Talabani
Jalal Talabani is the sixth and current President of Iraq, a leading Kurdish politician. He is the first non-Arab president of Iraq, although Abdul Kareem Qasim was half Kurdish....
and the president of the Kurdistan Region, Massoud Barzani
Massoud Barzani
Massoud Barzani is the current President of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region and the leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. Barzani was born in Mahabad, Iran, during the rule of the Republic of Mahabad...
.
Chopy supported in 2009 the Democratic Society Party
Democratic Society Party
The Democratic Society Party was a Kurdish Kurdish nationalist political party in Turkey. The party considered itself social democratic, and had observer status in the Socialist International. It was considered to be the successor of the Democratic People's Party...
(DTP) by sending an official letter to its leader Mr.Ahmet Türk
Ahmet Türk
Ahmet Türk is a Kurdish politician in Turkey. He was the chairman of the former pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party in Turkey and was a member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. On December 11, 2009, the Constitutional Court of Turkey voted to ban the DTP, accusing it of connection with PKK...
where she explained that she will do everything in her power to support the peaceful solution of the Kurdish issue in Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
(North-Kurdistan). “As a Kurdish
Kurdish people
The Kurdish people, or Kurds , are an Iranian people native to the Middle East, mostly inhabiting a region known as Kurdistan, which includes adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey...
artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
I want to show my support to the solution of the Kurdish question in North-Kurdistan (Southeast Turkey).” Chopy said she is willing to give free concerts in Diyarbakir
Diyarbakir
Diyarbakır is one of the largest cities in southeastern Turkey...
(Amed), Cizîr, Batman and other cities to support peace.
Chopy is currently recording her first English album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
.
Discography
2003 - Çît Naw Binêm- 01. Çît Naw Binêm?
- 02. Siya Cemane
- 03. Legel Xem
- 04. Yara Min
- 05. Le Mehzunan
- 06. Xosewistekem
- 07. Hevala Min
- 08. Xemi Duri
- 09. Seydayi
2007 - Nawit Denem Jino
- 01. Gwe Nagirim
- 02. Serbesti
- 03. Hedi Hedi
- 04. Bimbexse
- 05. Xak
- 06. Isqa Mezin
- 07. De Birro
- 08. Zistani Ruhh
- 09. Day Wele Nabe, Semame
- 10. Ere Bazo, Neki
- 11. Be Soz
- 12. Grftar
- 13. Kerkuk
2010 - Crystal
- 01. Hewilmede
- 02. Kiristal
- 03. Be tu nagem
- 04. Disan
- 05. Eshqe diwar ninin
- 06. Meysharewe
- 07. Mire peyvan
- 08. Ho ew kesey
2011 - Şara
- 01. Le Paş Mergim
- 02. Nemam
- 03. Lanik Jînan
- 04. Beqûrban
- 05. Sefer
- 06. Nemirdim Min
- 07. Ehmedî Mala Mûsa
- 08. Evînê
- 09. Le Derîyawe
- 10. Loy Nemayîme
- 11. Lawkê Metînê
- 12. Bûlbûl Exwênê
Links
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- Chopy's letter to Ahmet Türk in Dutch