# Pervin Chakar
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{{Short description|Kurdish-Turkish opera singer (born 1981)}}
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'''Pervin Chakar''' (Kurdish: '''Pervîn Çakar''', born June 19, 1981) is a [Kurdish-Turkish](/source/Kurds_in_Turkey) opera singer. Having been trained as a singer in Turkey and Italy, she currently resides in Germany.
== Early life and education ==
Chakar was born into a [Kurdish](/source/Kurds) family from [Mardin](/source/Mardin), Turkey, in 1981 and attended the fine arts high school in Amed ([Diyarbakır](/source/Diyarbak%C4%B1r)), where she also took [cello](/source/cello) lessons.[{{Cite web |last=Tokyay |first=Meneke |date=2020-10-13 |title=Turkey's Kurdish opera singer inspires Kurds by singing in native tongue |url=https://arab.news/2dad5 |access-date=2022-04-02 |website=[Arab News](/source/Arab_News)}}] During her studies at the Anatolian High School, she took up writing and with one of her stories she participated in a competition in Ankara.[{{Cite web |last=klasiknotlari.com |title=Classical Music Notes – Classical Music Soloist |url=http://www.klasiknotlari.com/en/294/Pervin_Cakar.html |access-date=2022-04-02 |website=Klasik Notlar}}] becoming a singing teacher.[{{Cite web |title=Pervin Chakar |url=https://www.redmusicdigital.com/pervin-chakar |access-date=2022-04-02 |website=Red Music Digital |language=tr-TR}}] She decided to follow up on her studies in Italy in 2004[{{Cite web |last=Tokyay |first=Menekse |date=2022-03-31 |title=Kurdish diva Pervin Chakar delves into Mesopotamian heritage |url=https://arab.news/rtpvw |access-date=2022-04-02 |website=[Arab News](/source/Arab_News)}}] from where she graduated with a master's degree.[{{Cite web |title=Frühling der Kulturen Newroz Nourouz Musikfestival|publisher={{ill|Lutherkirche (Cologne)|de|Lutherkirche (Köln)}}|url=https://www.lutherkirche-suedstadt.de/veranstaltungen/fruehling-der-kulturen/ |access-date=2022-04-02 |language=de}}]
== Professional career ==
During her eleven-year stay in Italy she performed for the first time at the {{Interlanguage link|Rosetum|lt=Rosetum|it}} in Milan in 2006.[{{Cite web |title=Pervin Chakar|url=http://www.talent-unlimited.org.uk/profile24.html |access-date=2022-04-02 |website=www.talent-unlimited.org.uk}}] Later she sang as Rosina in ''[The Barber of Seville](/source/The_Barber_of_Seville)'', [Tytania](/source/Titania_(A_Midsummer_Night's_Dream)) in Britten's ''[A Midsummer Night's Dream](/source/A_Midsummer_Night's_Dream_(opera))'', Megacles in the ''[L'Olympiade](/source/L'Olimpiade_(Myslive%C4%8Dek))'' by [Josef Mysliveček](/source/Josef_Myslive%C4%8Dek).[{{Cite web |last=Rabinowitz |first=Chloe |title=Pervin Chakar Inspires, Singing Opera in Kurdish |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/turkey/article/Pervin-Chakar-Inspires-Singing-Opera-in-Kurdish-20201013 |access-date=2022-04-02 |website=[BroadwayWorld](/source/BroadwayWorld)}}] Since 2016 she lives in [Baden-Baden](/source/Baden-Baden), Germany.[{{Cite web |date=26 September 2020 |title=Sopranistin Pervin Chakar singt "Qimil" von Musa Anter |url=https://anfdeutsch.com/kultur/sopranistin-pervin-chakar-singt-qimil-von-musa-anter-21807 |access-date=2022-04-02 |website=[Firat News Agency](/source/Firat_News_Agency) |language=de}}]
=== On singing in the Kurdish language ===
She has only in 2011 decided to learn the Kurdish language, after having been confronted with news on the [Roboski massacre](/source/Roboski_massacre) in which several Kurdish villagers were killed and mistaken for militants of the [Kurdistan Workers' Party](/source/Kurdistan_Workers'_Party) (PKK).[{{Cite web |date=2020-10-13 |title=Pervin Chakar Has to Go to Europe to Sing Opera in Kurdish |url=https://english.alsiasi.com/pervin-chakar-has-to-go-to-europe-to-sing-opera-in-kurdish/ |access-date=2022-04-02 |website=Alsiasi |archive-date=9 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230209123228/https://english.alsiasi.com/pervin-chakar-has-to-go-to-europe-to-sing-opera-in-kurdish/ |url-status=dead }}] From then on, she learned songs from Kurdish singers and became a strong supporter of performing in the Kurdish language[{{Cite web |last=Sela |first=Hîwa|date=1 July 2017 |title=Pervin Chaka: Melding opera with traditional Kurdish music |url=https://www.rudaw.net/english/interview/01072019 |website=[Rudaw](/source/Rudaw)}}] also having composed a melody to the Kurdish poem Qimil by [Musa Anter](/source/Musa_Anter).[{{cite news |title=Turkey university begins country's first Kurdish course |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-15341340 |access-date=3 August 2022 |work=[BBC News](/source/BBC_News)|date=17 October 2011}}] was cancelled because there were Kurdish songs in her repertoire.[{{Cite web |title=Kurdish diva brokenhearted but resolute in face of language discrimination in Turkey|url=https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/08/kurdish-diva-brokenhearted-resolute-face-language-discrimination-turkey |access-date=2022-12-30 |website=[Al-Monitor](/source/Al-Monitor)}}{{subscription}}][{{Cite web|date=2022-08-02 |title=Turkish university silences soprano over Kurdish songs |url=https://kurdishvoice.gr/en/turkish-university-silences-soprano-over-kurdish-songs/ |access-date=2022-12-30 |website=Kurdishvoice}}][{{Cite web |date=2022-02-08 |title=Award-winning opera singer barred from taking stage at university over Kurdish songs |url=https://www.duvarenglish.com/award-winning-opera-singer-pervin-chakar-barred-from-taking-stage-at-turkish-university-over-kurdish-songs-news-61089 |access-date=2022-12-30 |website=[Gazete Duvar](/source/Gazete_Duvar)|language=en}}] A former lawmaker of the [Justice and Development Party](/source/Justice_and_Development_Party_(Turkey)) (AKP) Abdurrahman Kurt attempted to weigh with the University's rector, but was not able to change their mind.[{{cite news |title='Kürtçe repertuvarım nedeniyle engellendim' diyerek Mardin Artuklu Üniversitesi'ni hedef gösteren Pervin Çakar'ın ücretli konseri için ücretsiz salon talep ettiği ortaya çıktı|trans-title='I was blocked by my Kurdish repertoire,' and it turned out that Pervin Çakar, who targeted Mardin Artuklu University, demanded a free hall for her paid concert|url=https://www.yenisafak.com/gundem/kurtce-repertuvarim-nedeniyle-engellendim-diyerek-mardin-artuklu-universitesini-hedef-gosteren-pervin-cakarin-ucretli-konseri-icin-ucretsiz-salon-talep-ettigi-ortaya-cikti-3841231 |access-date=3 August 2022 |work=[Yeni Şafak](/source/Yeni_%C5%9Eafak)|date=1 August 2022 |language=tr}}] Students that went to a Spring festival organized by the same university posted videos of artists singing in Kurdish, contradicting her claim.