Gani Mirzo Band
with the voices of
Ibrahim Keivo y Neila Benbey

Kurdish by birth and Barcelonan by adoption, Gani Mirzo was attracted to music from a young age. Even though he belonged to the Kurdish community, whose music and culture was prohibited in Rojava and Syria, he managed to study music: first at the Aleppo conservatory and later in Barcelona. From 1994 to 2000, Mirzo carried out research on flamenco at the Liceo Conservatory, guided by professor Manuel Granados. In 1995, he created the Gani Mirzo Band, recognized for investigating the fusion of Kurdish and oriental music with flamenco and jazz. Mirzo's musical career has developed as a soloist and as a member of the band Gani Mirzo Trio. He has performed in Spain, France, Belgium, Germany, Holland, Mexico, Morocco, Algeria and Kurdistan. He has also provided soundtracks for the documentary films “Activists in Iraq” by Alberto Artzea and “Vendetta Song” by Elam Caftán, and for the play “The Thousand and One Nights” by Els Comediants.