Tahsin Taha Amedi was born on #25-10-1941#. Because his father was an employee of the government, he lived in many cities and towns in the Badinan region. Tahsin completed his education in Mangish, Batufa and Duhok. After secondary school, he went to Baghdad and was admitted to the Institute of Fine Arts. He sang and visited the Kurdish radio station in Baghdad and performed many passionate songs there.
He graduated from the Institute of Fine Arts in the summer of 1964 and was appointed as an art education teacher in Makhmur Primary School in Erbil province. He performed many artistic activities in the field of music and national anthem in the town Kurdish Musicians and Singers Club.
In 1968, Tahsin moved to Erbil and was appointed as a teacher of anthems and music in a primary school. He nurtured the artistic spirit among his students. Outside of school, he founded the Erbil Arts Troupe with a group of musicians and artists from the city.
Tahsin Taha was appointed as a music and school anthem instructor in the Artistic Activities Department of the Erbil General Directorate of Education.
His songs were mostly derived from Kurdish national music and culture and reflected the spirit of rural life. Most of his songs were sung on the maqam (bayat) because it suited his passionate voice. Among Kurdish musicians and composers, Dilshad Mohammed Saeed and Anwar Karadaghi were very popular, and among singers, Mohammed Arif Jaziri, Tayyar Tofiq and Shamal Saib were very popular.
Tahsin Taha went to the Netherlands during the difficult situation in Kurdistan and lived in exile there for several years until he died of heart disease in a hospital in that country on #08-05-1995#. His body arrived back in Kurdistan on #04-06-1995#. He was buried in the city of Duhok.[2]