SAKINA TEYNA OFFICIAL Sakina Teyna Vienna Sakina was born into a Kurdish Alevite family in the small town of Varto in Turkey. As a teenager she started singing with Turkish choirs and bands, but it wasn’t until she entered university that she became acquainted with Kurdish musical traditions and set out to defy cultural assimilation. In 1991 she joined the Mespotamian Cultural Centre in Istanbul, a proponent of Kurdish culture, as a vocalist. Like many other Kurdish musicians, she was forced to literally go underground to practise her music and soon she had to choose political activism over art. It wasn’t until Sakina arrived to Austria as a political refugee in 2006 that she took to singing as a full-time pursuit again. The first fruit of her concentrated creative efforts were released in the form of her first solo album ROYÊ MI, globally distributed by ARC Music. Sakina joined forces with pianist Nazê Îşxan and violinist Nurê Dilovanî to form the all-female TRIO MARA, drawing on traditional Kurdish songs mainly sung by and handed down from woman to woman, enrichening the material with Western classical and contemporary approaches. In 2013 the trio released their first album DERI / BEHIND THE DOORS, recorded live at the Rudolf Ötker Hall in Bielefeld. The album was distributed by AHENK MÜZIK and earned the trio a wider acknowledgement. They were included in the portfolio of the Secretary of Culture of North-Rhine Westfalia and publicly commissioned to tour a number of venues in the region. Since 2013 Sakina works with another group, the ANADOLU QUARTETT, touring Austria and Germany. Their first tour is successfully documented in the form of the live album KÖPRÜ/THE BRIDGE (Ahenk Müzik), a recording that reached a large audience and garnered the group critical recognition. On top of all that, Sakina has established the Vienna-based ensemble “Sakina & Friends” featuring musicians from Iran, Spain, Austria and Turkey. They regularly perform throughout Austria, where Sakina appears on a lot of album projects and concert bills, never tired to support other artists. SAKINA TEYNA OFFICIAL’s popular tracks TRIO MARA - Sari Gyalin - Սարի Գելին - Instrumental - Rouge Mix by SAKINA TEYNA OFFICIAL published on 2013-05-16T15:18:20Z TRIO MARA - Xemili Zozan by SAKINA TEYNA OFFICIAL published on 2013-01-27T23:51:42Z SAKINA - MIN EW KESIM - NAN (I'am This Person - Bread) by SAKINA TEYNA OFFICIAL published on 2012-06-12T11:20:26Z TRIO MARA - 'Mara' - Salik Sinoke - 19. Weltnacht Festival 2012 by SAKINA TEYNA OFFICIAL published on 2012-08-12T21:28:00Z MIKAIL ASLAN - SAKINA - Be Sebep - Without Reason by SAKINA TEYNA OFFICIAL published on 2012-05-17T00:28:46Z SAKINA - 'Roye Mi - Songs From Kurdistan' - Yare by SAKINA TEYNA OFFICIAL published on 2012-09-13T20:13:50Z TRIO MARA - 'Mara' - Ünzile - 19. Weltnacht Festival 2012 by SAKINA TEYNA OFFICIAL published on 2012-08-12T21:28:01Z SAKINA - MEHMET AKBAS - Miro Nina - Live by SAKINA TEYNA OFFICIAL published on 2012-06-28T19:37:18Z SAKINA - Bihar (Spring) by SAKINA TEYNA OFFICIAL published on 2014-04-08T22:50:13Z Sakina & Hussein Zahawy - BERIVAN by SAKINA TEYNA OFFICIAL published on 2015-01-22T20:19:40Z HAY WAY ZAMAN - Oh, the times - Soundtrack (classical) by SAKINA TEYNA OFFICIAL published on 2014-06-25T21:56:29Z TANGENTS RADIO - Sakina & Friends feat. Golnar Shahyar- Leyla Khanoum by SAKINA TEYNA OFFICIAL published on 2019-03-05T22:30:47Z SAKINA - NARINE - remix by SAKINA TEYNA OFFICIAL published on 2012-04-18T16:41:47Z SAKINA & ANADOLU QUARTET - Uzun Ince Bir Yoldayim by SAKINA TEYNA OFFICIAL published on 2014-02-11T00:30:46Z SAKINA - ANNA POGOSYANTS - Ey Xabur by SAKINA TEYNA OFFICIAL published on 2012-05-09T18:02:26Z SAKINA & ROYE MA - Gul u Xwin - Blood and Roses - Live by SAKINA TEYNA OFFICIAL published on 2013-10-21T08:31:58Z TRİO MARA - DERÎ - BEHIND THE DOORS - CD TEASER by SAKINA TEYNA OFFICIAL published on 2013-08-21T10:14:07Z 08 - SAKINA & ANADOLU QUARTET - Ay Le Gule by SAKINA TEYNA OFFICIAL published on 2013-08-18T19:35:35Z WDR Funkhaus Europa - Köln Radyosu - 16.01.2016 Ulas Özdemir by SAKINA TEYNA OFFICIAL published on 2016-01-17T22:26:00Z BARTOK RADIO | Népzene - távolról | TRIO MARA | Desmala Min - My Scarf by SAKINA TEYNA OFFICIAL published on 2015-02-18T19:07:50Z Sakina & Friends - Dar Hejiroke - Live Concert by SAKINA TEYNA OFFICIAL published on 2017-01-08T19:27:37Z SAKINA & ROYE MA - Rojavaye Dile Min - Live by SAKINA TEYNA OFFICIAL published on 2013-10-22T09:34:28Z Deutschlandfunk - Studiozeit - Morgenland Festival Osnabrück 2012 - Kurdish Music in Focus by SAKINA TEYNA OFFICIAL published on 2012-09-07T13:59:35Z Zeitgenössischer kurdischer Jazz: Sakîna & Friends by SAKINA TEYNA OFFICIAL published on 2020-05-10T17:52:25Z NOR ASHKAR & SAKINA - Intro I by SAKINA TEYNA OFFICIAL published on 2015-09-21T16:57:34Z Vardan Hovanissian + Emre Gültekin : radio portrait WDR5 "Neugier genügt" by SAKINA TEYNA OFFICIAL published on 2017-04-10T10:22:19Z ANADOLU QUARTET & SAKINA - Haydar - MESOPOTAMIA reloaded LIVE by SAKINA TEYNA OFFICIAL published on 2013-10-30T11:20:43Z NOR ASHKAR & SAKINA - Intro II by SAKINA TEYNA OFFICIAL published on 2015-09-21T17:02:19Z Deutschland Radio Kultur - Morgenland Festival 2012 - Part I by SAKINA TEYNA OFFICIAL published on 2012-08-31T21:26:05Z Deutschland Radio Kultur - Morgenland Festival 2012 - Part II by SAKINA TEYNA OFFICIAL published on 2012-08-31T21:44:21Z
TRIO MARA - Sari Gyalin - Սարի Գելին - Instrumental - Rouge Mix by SAKINA TEYNA OFFICIAL published on 2013-05-16T15:18:20Z
SAKINA - MIN EW KESIM - NAN (I'am This Person - Bread) by SAKINA TEYNA OFFICIAL published on 2012-06-12T11:20:26Z
TRIO MARA - 'Mara' - Salik Sinoke - 19. Weltnacht Festival 2012 by SAKINA TEYNA OFFICIAL published on 2012-08-12T21:28:00Z
MIKAIL ASLAN - SAKINA - Be Sebep - Without Reason by SAKINA TEYNA OFFICIAL published on 2012-05-17T00:28:46Z
SAKINA - 'Roye Mi - Songs From Kurdistan' - Yare by SAKINA TEYNA OFFICIAL published on 2012-09-13T20:13:50Z
TRIO MARA - 'Mara' - Ünzile - 19. Weltnacht Festival 2012 by SAKINA TEYNA OFFICIAL published on 2012-08-12T21:28:01Z
HAY WAY ZAMAN - Oh, the times - Soundtrack (classical) by SAKINA TEYNA OFFICIAL published on 2014-06-25T21:56:29Z
TANGENTS RADIO - Sakina & Friends feat. Golnar Shahyar- Leyla Khanoum by SAKINA TEYNA OFFICIAL published on 2019-03-05T22:30:47Z
SAKINA & ANADOLU QUARTET - Uzun Ince Bir Yoldayim by SAKINA TEYNA OFFICIAL published on 2014-02-11T00:30:46Z
SAKINA & ROYE MA - Gul u Xwin - Blood and Roses - Live by SAKINA TEYNA OFFICIAL published on 2013-10-21T08:31:58Z
TRİO MARA - DERÎ - BEHIND THE DOORS - CD TEASER by SAKINA TEYNA OFFICIAL published on 2013-08-21T10:14:07Z
08 - SAKINA & ANADOLU QUARTET - Ay Le Gule by SAKINA TEYNA OFFICIAL published on 2013-08-18T19:35:35Z
WDR Funkhaus Europa - Köln Radyosu - 16.01.2016 Ulas Özdemir by SAKINA TEYNA OFFICIAL published on 2016-01-17T22:26:00Z
BARTOK RADIO | Népzene - távolról | TRIO MARA | Desmala Min - My Scarf by SAKINA TEYNA OFFICIAL published on 2015-02-18T19:07:50Z
Sakina & Friends - Dar Hejiroke - Live Concert by SAKINA TEYNA OFFICIAL published on 2017-01-08T19:27:37Z
SAKINA & ROYE MA - Rojavaye Dile Min - Live by SAKINA TEYNA OFFICIAL published on 2013-10-22T09:34:28Z
Deutschlandfunk - Studiozeit - Morgenland Festival Osnabrück 2012 - Kurdish Music in Focus by SAKINA TEYNA OFFICIAL published on 2012-09-07T13:59:35Z
Zeitgenössischer kurdischer Jazz: Sakîna & Friends by SAKINA TEYNA OFFICIAL published on 2020-05-10T17:52:25Z
Vardan Hovanissian + Emre Gültekin : radio portrait WDR5 "Neugier genügt" by SAKINA TEYNA OFFICIAL published on 2017-04-10T10:22:19Z
ANADOLU QUARTET & SAKINA - Haydar - MESOPOTAMIA reloaded LIVE by SAKINA TEYNA OFFICIAL published on 2013-10-30T11:20:43Z
Deutschland Radio Kultur - Morgenland Festival 2012 - Part I by SAKINA TEYNA OFFICIAL published on 2012-08-31T21:26:05Z
Deutschland Radio Kultur - Morgenland Festival 2012 - Part II by SAKINA TEYNA OFFICIAL published on 2012-08-31T21:44:21Z