Birth Date: | June 21, 1955 |
Birth Place: | Sanandaj, Iran |
Naser Razzazi | |
Background: | solo_singer |
Instruments: | Kurdish daf-drum |
Genre: | Kurdish Folk Music |
Occupations: | Poet, writer, singer, performer |
Years Active: | 1970s-present |
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 Kelhurî (Southern Kurdish).
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.
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]
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