Ghader Abdollahzadeh, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Kurdish traditional musician
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Place of Birth: Bukan, West Azarbaijan Province, Iran
About Ghader Abdollahzadeh
- Qadir Abdullahzada (23 October 1925 – 21 May 2009) also known as Qale Mere (Sorani Kurdish: ????????) or Mame Qale (Sorani Kurdish: ???? ????) born in village of Kulice (pron: Kulija; in Sorani Kurdish: ??????) in northwestern Iran, is one of the best known Kurdish traditional musicians.
- He played shimshal/ney (long flute), a Kurdish traditional music instrument.
- He started to play shimshal (Ney) as a young and homeless man aiming to earn his daily bread.
- He played on the streets for an unknown number of years until he was an old man and was filmed by a journalist which was published as a documentary.
- He was known for the long tones he could create and to play for hours without holding breaks. As a child, he was a shepherd and it was about this time that he accidentally started by playing shimshal.
- 'Qale Mere' means `wise` as a sheep, it was a name as the adults in his childhood had given him because of his calm nature.
- It says little about how hard his childhood was.
- He was born as a son of a poor shepherd, and died poor.
- Upon his death, he was not only loved and respected as a musician but his work reached legendary status.
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