Zelal is a Kurdish DJ and music teacher, born in Izmir and raised in Diyarbakır. She studied in Istanbul and Hildesheim and now teaches music in Darmstadt. Influenced by her uncle's bağlama, she played piano and flute as a teenager. Her sets combine Anatolian folk songs, clarinets from Istanbul to Athens and deep low-tempo techno basslines.
With jazzhane
- 28.10.2022 jazzhane x Humbug, Basel
- 04.07.2024 jazzhane Festival 2024, Rote Fabrik Zurich
About
Zelal is a Kurdish music teacher and was born in Izmir. Raised in Diyarbakır, she studied both in İstanbul and Hildesheim, and recently migrated to Germany to teach music in Darmstadt. Heavily influenced by the Bağlama (long-necked lute) of her talented uncle, she took to play the piano and flute in her teenage years. Zelal smoothly combines eastern and western music for an eclectic and explosive dancefloor experience: think of melodramatic tunes from traditional Anatolian folk songs, playful clarinets echoing the narrow streets from İstanbul to Athens, and deep basslines from low temp techno sets.