Nasser Razazi

Nasser Razazi
Nasser Razazi
Born	June 21, 1955 (age 69); Sanandaj, Iran

Naser Razzazi (Kurdish: ناسر ڕەزازی ,Nasir Rezazî, born Jun 21, 1955) is a singer, poet and writer. His music encompasses traditional Kurdish folk songs in four different Kurdish dialects, Soranî, Kurmanji, Hewramî (Zhawaroee) and Kalhori (Southern Kurdish). He recorded an track album with Iranian_Kurdish musician Abdollah Alijani Ardeshir.

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.