Meral Polat brings the raw energy of the blues to Kurdish music. Her debut album Ez Kî Me, a contemporary reading of Anatolian music, was nominated for a Songlines Music Award and the UPBEAT best new talent award 2024. She performs with three musicians as a quartet.
With jazzhane
- 14.03.2026 Nowruz Festival, Moods Zurich
About
Meral Polat infuses the Kurdish soul with the raw energy of blues and unfiltered emotion. Accompanied by three virtuosic musicians, she brings hypnotic soundscapes to life in a deeply moving performance. Her debut album Ez Kî Me is a contemporary interpretation of Anatolian music, at times a battle cry, at others a delicate call for identity and belonging.
Her debut album earned a nomination for the Songlines Music Award and UPBEAT best new talent award 2024.
With their new show they present a brand-new quartet program, creating a sonic world that blends different eras andcultures while staying true to their contemporary sound.
The new program gives voice to women living on their own terms, a powerful, epic exploration of freedom, humanity and women's strength. Musically, it adds more rhythm, groove,rock ‘n’ roll, and power, sharing stories of resistance, struggle, and solidarity in the fight for women’s rights.