Nasser Razazi

Naser Razzazi
Naser Razzazi
	Naser Razazi, December 2018
Background information
Born	June 21, 1955 (age 66); Sanandaj, Iran
Genres	Kurdish Folk Music
Occupation(s)	Poet, writer, singer, performer
Instruments	Kurdish daf-drum
Years active	Early 1970s-present

Naser Razzazi (Kurdish: ناسر ڕەزازی ,Nasir Rezazî‎, born Jun 21, 1955) is a Kurdish singer, poet and writer. His music encompasses traditional Kurdish folk songs in four different Kurdish dialects, Soranî, Kurmanji, Hewramî (Zhawaroee) and Kalhori (Southern Kurdish).

Naser Razzazi, sometimes written Nasr or Naser Rezzazi or Rezazî was born to a poor family in Iranian Kurdistan, but has lived most of his life exiled in the Kurdish diaspora, mainly Sweden. After Saddam Hussein's fall, he returned to live in Iraqi Kurdistan.^{[citation needed]}

In addition to singing, and since his early days as a school teacher, Rezazi has contributed greatly to Kurdish literature and art through his music and poetry that combines different Kurdish genres, dialects and musical styles.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life[]

Nasser was married to an artist of her own right, Merziye Feriqi, until her death in 2005.^{[citation needed]} He has since remarried.

He fought as a peshmerga-soldier in Iranian Kurdistan, under the political Kurdish political party Komalah for the struggle of an independent Kurdistan. During his period as a guerrilla soldier, fighting for the Kurdish cause, his first audience was namely the peshmerga.^{[citation needed]}

Discography[]

(selective)

1976: Kurdistan (کوردستان)
1979: Dêwane Xom (دێوانە خۆم)
1982: Gomeşîn (گۆمەشین)
1984: Le Gulan (لە گوڵان)
1988: Helebce (ھەڵەبجە)
1993: Rezyane (ڕەزیانە)
1994: Nyaz (نیاز)
1995: Be Pîroz (بە پیرۆز)
1995: Hîwa (هیوا)
1996: Xemî Nan (خەمی نان)
2000: Kirmaşan (کرماشان)
2010: Êwareye (ئێوارەیە)
2012: Bîrewerî (بیره‌وه‌ری)
2016: Gulbaran (گوڵباران)
2019: Şarekem (شارەکەم)

References[]

External links[]

Lyrics to Nasir Rezazî's music and songs can be found at the Kurdish Lyrics archive Bêjebêje.
Nasser Razazi on instagram