Benyamin Shadman

● Benyamin Shadman (legal name: Alan Shadman Kamal, born March 23, 1991) is a Kurdish music composer, arranger, writer, and media entrepreneur based in Erbil. ● Born in Sulaymaniyah, he moved with his family to Iran in 1991, settling in Qazvin where he completed his secondary education and deeply connected with Persian literature and culture. ● After returning to Kurdistan in 2007, he pursued his academic studies, earning a bachelor's degree in Statistics from the College of Administration and Economics in 2018. ● He initiated his professional artistic path in 2012, playing guitar and founding "Young Voice," a creative collective that organized several local concerts and artistic initiatives. ● In 2017, he made his debut in television, producing and presenting cultural and social programs for local networks, and launched his first notable instrumental single "Bo Peshmerga" on Rudaw, which he composed and arranged. ● Since 2018, he has expanded his creative footprint into poetry, writing in both Kurdish and Persian, and established "Benyamin Production" to distribute his cinematic instrumental works globally. ● Alongside his artistic endeavors, Benyamin is the founder and leader of "Erbil Projects," a prominent real estate marketing firm in Erbil.