Naser Razzazi (Kurdish: ناسر ڕەزازی, 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 Kelhorî (Southern Kurdish).
Naser Razzazi | |
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 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, was born to a poor family in Iranian Kurdistan, but has lived most of his life exiled, mainly Sweden.
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.[citation needed] Nasser Razazi said in an interview with the Persian section of Radio France that since his adolescence and throughout his life he had dreamed of living in Tehran, but due to financial poverty and low social status, Nasser's dream never came true and he was forced to seek refuge in the mountains of Iraqi Kurdistan and join the guerillas of Komalak.
Personal life
editNaser 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
editThis section needs expansion with: other albums of the artist in chronological order. You can help by adding to it. (March 2012) |
(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
editExternal links
editNasser Razazi official Page on Twitter