Chopy Fatah
| Chopy Fatah | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Chopy Shakir Fatah |
| Born |
June 10, 1983 Kirkuk, Iraq |
| Genres | Kurdish, English, World, Folk |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, Performer, Songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 2000 – present |
| Associated acts | Hozan Kawa – Karwan Kamil |
| Website | chopy.krd |
Chopy Shakir Fatah (Kurdish: Çopî Şakir Fetah, Central Kurdish: چۆپی شاکر فەتاح, Arabic: جوبي شاكر فتاح; born June 10, 1983) is a contemporary Kurdish singer. She was born in Kirkuk, Iraqi Kurdistan. Her family emigrated to the Netherlands in 1988. She released her first album titled Çît Naw Binêm in 2003.
After emigrating to the Netherlands, she joined a Dutch choir school in 1990 and also attended a music school in 1996 where she focused on singing under the supervision of her teachers. In 1999, she attended the Kurdish Music Academy in Germany where she studied under the supervision of the Kurdish music teacher Wirya Ahmad. She performed on stage for the first time in The Hague, Netherlands in 2000. Chopy has released a total of 5 Kurdish music albums and 3 English singles "Draw the Line", "My Homeland" and "Think of Me".
Chopy has been interviewed by many Kurdish and Iraqi newspapers and magazines, as well as by newspapers from Turkey (Habertürk), Dutch newspapers Algemeen Dagblad, NRC Next, Trouw, Nederlands Dagblad and the Italian weekly women's fashion and celebrity gossip magazine Grazia. The Dutch current affairs TV programmes EénVandaag and Goudmijn made reports about Chopy's life. She has also performed in Jörgen Raymanns TV show 'Zo Raymann' (Raymanns Suikerfeest).
In 2008 Chopy became the cultural Ambassador of Asia Cell Telecom Company. This is one of the most important Iraqi telecommunications company that caters to more than 9 million subscribers around Iraq. The result of this was that thousands of Chopy's (Asia Cell) billboards were placed around Iraq.
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