Adnan Karim

Who is Adnan Karim?

Adnan Karim is a prominent Kurdish singer from Slemani, Kurdistan.

He was born in 1963 in Kirkuk, an ancient and oil rich city, with Kurdish majority. Although coming from a financially challenged family, he received a high level of education. The first Iraq war and the rise of sectarian violence forced the family to flee Kirkuk and settle in Sulaimani in the heartland of today's Kurdistan.

Adnan continued his educational path in Sulaimani and graduated as an artist. He grew up with his family in an environment rich with culture. During his early teenage years he was exposed to Kurdish traditional music and story telling. Over the years, famous Kurdish musicians influenced him when developing his musical talent.

Adnan Karim's first public performance as a musical artist was as early as 1979. The authenticity of Adnan's style is admired especially by Kurdish people due to the purity of his traditional melodies and the absence of particularly modern elements. The genuine sound of his compositions is rounded up by the harmony between lyrics, sound, and the choice of musical instruments. Audiences get a genuine feeling of the deep and melancholic message delivered by the songs.