BIOGRAPHY

She was born in the village of Tütün in the Kurtalan district of Siirt. After completing primary school, she moved to Istanbul in 1991 and began working and singing in local music groups together with her sibling Çiya. From 1991 onward, she worked with the group Koma Gulên Xerzan, and from 1993 she collaborated with the Mesopotamian Cultural Center.

In 1997, she worked with Koma Asmîn, an eleven-member group. Her first solo album, "Sebra Min", was released in 2006. Rojda drew inspiration from many renowned Kurdish dengbêjs such as Meyremxan, Ayşe Şan, Dengbêj Şakiro, and others. She has performed concerts in many countries around the world, especially across Europe.

MUSIC AND ARTISTIC CONTENT

Rojda builds each of her albums around special themes and stories that address social issues. She dedicated this album to women and named it Bazin, using it as a historical metaphor.

In her earlier albums, she sought to raise awareness by addressing the distortions created by traditions and customs, as well as the pressures imposed by political systems—sometimes through individual songs, sometimes by shaping entire albums around these themes.

In the song "Xerîba Beyanî" (The Stranger of the Morning) from the album "Sebra Min" (My Patience), she performed a melody traditionally sung behind young women sent away as brides, pointing to the place of women in society. In the same album, she performed a duet with Dengbêj Şakiro on "Erebê" (Arab Woman), preserving its original form. She also reinterpreted Şakiro’s "Wey Dil" (Oh Heart) in a rap style with an electronic arrangement.

In the album "Hat" (Came), she performed kilams and songs from all corners of Kurdish geography. Moreover, she included the portraits and voices of Kurdish female dengbêjs Îran Xanım and Meyrem Xan, accompanying the kilam "Çemê Bişarika" to keep their memories alive.

Continuously renewing herself and her music, and always valuing the balance between tradition and modernity, Rojda centered the album "Kezi" (Braid) on women and female dengbêj songs, dedicating its story to the dramas, pains, and loves experienced by women. Just as women’s hair is braided, she wove dengbêj songs together like a braid.

She then presented the album "Siyam" (My Shadow), in which she built a bridge between the past and the future. In Siyam, she also offered her own compositions to the audience. Of the 12 songs on the album, 3 were composed by Rojda. The compositions "Tu Şîrînî", "Hey Lê Lê", "Ezim Ezim", and "Cemîla" were co-composed. She honored pioneering Kurdish female dengbêjs Meyrem Xan and Ayşe Şan by mentioning their names and performing their songs. Furthermore, she made great efforts to preserve kilams and songs that had never been recorded and were passed down orally from generation to generation, facing the risk of disappearing.

The name of her new album, Bazin, means bracelet or bangle. In the album Bazin, which consists mostly of her own compositions, Rojda explores themes of women and life and their stories.

With the album "Per û Bask" (Wings), she once again drew attention with her compositions, some of which address the political, cultural, and artistic issues faced by society.

Rojda is the voice and breath of a society forced to migrate to metropolises, drowning in a sea of problems. She is the hope of the unemployed, the desperate, and those experiencing cultural conflict. Through the dramatic themes in her music, she reflects on the deaths caused by destructive conflicts in Kurdish geography and honors the memory of those who were lost.

For many years, guided by the principle of “art is for the people,” Rojda devoted herself with great dedication to preserving the language and culture of life, as well as the kilams and songs of unnamed and unknown female dengbêjs. Now, with the album Bazin, she presents her compositions and music to listeners with her clear and purifying voice…

DISCOGRAPHY

Ji Bîr Nabin, Koma Xerzan, 1997
Sonda Me, 1997
Rûkena Min, 2005
Sebra Min, 2006
Mem û Zîn
Şahîya Stranan
Şevbûhêrka Dengbêjan, Roj TV
Şapka, 2011
Stranên Bijartî, 2012
Kezi, 2014
Bazin, 2020
Per û Bask, 2021