Naser Razzazi | |
|---|---|
 Naser Razazi, December 2018 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | June 21, 1955 Sanandaj, Iran |
| Genres | Kurdish Folk Music |
| Occupations | Poet, writer, singer, performer |
| Instruments | Kurdish daf-drum |
| Years active | 1970s-present |
Naser Razzazi (Kurdish: ناسر ڕەزازی ,Nasir Rezazî, born June 21, 1955) is a Kurdish singer, poet and writer. His music encompasses traditional Kurdish folk songs in four different Kurdish dialects, Soranî (Central Kurdish), Kurmancî (Northern Kurdish), Hewramî (Gorani) and Kelhurî (Southern Kurdish).
Naser Razzazi, sometimes spelled 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.
In addition to singing, and since his early days as a school teacher, Rezazî has contributed greatly to Kurdish literature and art through his music and poetry that combines different Kurdish genres, dialects and musical styles.
Personal life
Naser was married to an artist of her own right, Merziye Feriqi, until her death in 2005. 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. He is a big opponent of Islam and admires the Yarsan faith. Razzazi said: „Until my death I will fight against Islam and I will prevent more Islamic influence on Kurds.“ He consideres the Yarsan sites holier than Saudi Arabia. He called the Islamic sites unpure. [1]
Discography
(selective)
- 1976: Kurdistan (کوردستان)
- 1976: Katana (کەتانە)
- 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
Nasser Razazi official Page on Twitter