{{BLP one source|date=December 2015}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Gani Mirzo | image = Gani Mirzo (cropped).jpg | image_upright = | image_size = | landscape = <!-- yes, if wide image, otherwise leave blank --> | alt = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = | alias = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1968}} | birth_place = Qamishlo, Syria | origin = | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date first) --> | death_place = | genre = | occupation = Musician, singer | instrument = Lute | years_active = <!-- YYYY–YYYY (or –present) --> | label = | associated_acts = | website = {{URL|http://www.ganimirzo.com}} }} '''Gani Mirzo''' (born 1968) is a contemporary Kurdish musician.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Musician Brings Hope, Creativity to Syrian Children|url=https://www.voanews.com/extremism-watch/musician-brings-hope-creativity-syrian-children|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111080000/https://www.voanews.com/extremism-watch/musician-brings-hope-creativity-syrian-children|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 11, 2020|access-date=2021-06-22|website=Voice of America|language=en}}</ref> He was born in Qamishlo in northeastern Syria and studied music at the Aleppo Conservatory and taught lute and composition in Syria. He moved to Spain in 1993 and worked on flamenco at the Liceu Conservatory in Barcelona from 1994 to 2000. He is now head of the Department of Oriental Music (Ziryab) at the Barcelona School of Music and a professor of flamenco guitar at the Liceu Conservatory.<ref name=":0" /> His music is recognized for creating a fusion among Kurdish, Oriental and Flamenco styles.<ref name="Di Stefano">{{cite news|url=http://www.rudaw.net/english/culture/10052014|title=Gani Mirzo: Music from the Heartache of Domiz|last=Di Stefano|first=Alexandra|date=5 December 2014|work=Rudaw Media Network|accessdate=13 December 2015}}</ref>
==Discography== *''Ronî'' *''Totico'' *''1001 Noches'' (2006) *''Kampo Domîz'' (2014)
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20080314015459/http://www.ganimirzo.com/ Official Website] *[http://www.fundaciocaixacatalunya.org/CDA/ObraSocial/OS_Plantilla3/0,3417,3x1y304,00.html Gani Mirzo], La Pedrera by night, ''Fundació Caixa Catalunya'', 2003.
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