Nasser Razazi

Naser Razzazi
Naser Razazi, December 2018
Background information
Born (1955-06-21) June 21, 1955
GenresKurdish Folk Music
OccupationsPoet, writer, singer, performer
InstrumentsKurdish daf-drum
Years active1970s–present

Naser Razzazi (Persian: ناصر رزازی, born June 21, 1955) is an Iranian Kurdish singer, poet and writer. His music encompasses traditional Kurdish folk songs in four different Kurdish dialects, Sorani, Kurmanji, Gorani and Kelhori.

Naser Razzazi, was born to a poor family in Iranian Kurdistan, but has lived most of his life in exile, mainly in ¹Sweden.

In addition to singing, and since his early days as a school teacher, Rezazî has contributed to Kurdish literature and art through his music and poetry that combine different Kurdish genres, dialects and musical styles. 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