Nasrat Parsa

Nasrat Parsa was born on the Feb 22, 1968 and died on the 8th May 2005. Nasrat was a famous musician from Afghanistan. Up till when he was killed, he was doing his music in exile from Hamburg, Germany, sometimes going to many other countries. 

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PERSONAL LIFE

Nasrat was born is a conurbation of Kabul in Afghanistan. His family, particularly his eldest brother called Najibullah Parsa, was already tangled in music to a convinced level and the surroundings of a musical household assisted show up Nasrat’s artistic capacities. According to his private explanation, he was first exposed after singing the music of Ahmad Zahir on a radio broadcast of the nation. After the musician perceived the interpretations of his songs by the seven year old Nasrat, he contracted with the youngster and summoned him to sing some music with him. Thus was Nasrat’s official introduction into singing.

 Because of the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan and the resultant unruly guerrilla belligerent, Nasrat Parsa and his household departed from Afghanistan in the year 1981 for Pakistan and afterward they relocated to India. They took abode in the center city of New Delhi, a well-known destination for much war civilians. There, the 12-year-old youngster was said to investigate into learning music to discover comfort from the undesirable psychosomatic paraphernalia of the war. He went to the school of music in the apprenticeship of classic Indian musician called Daish Pandi. Even though the Afghan classical music and Indian classical music vary a bit in quality and in rhythm, the preparation nevertheless gave Nasrat groundwork to organize his voice and gave inspiration to the young musician to chase his interest skillfully. 

After some transition years in the India, Nasrat and his family settled in Germany. Launching connection with other related countrymen in Hamburg, Nasrat turn out to be more tangled in the music scene with the other banished singers and performers.

From his first participations in private bashes to the official weddings where resilient singing background is needed, Nasrat's name was ranking high high on the best list. At this period he began to work on recording specialized musical albums also. His early works met with reasonable personality; conversely, they were commercially stable in success.

DEATH

On the 7th May 2005, Nasrat played a concert in Vancouver in Canada, on the event of the Mother's Day, inaugurating a wide-ranging expedition that was arranged to comprise more than a few cities in Northern part of America. At the pinnacle of his reputation, and on the event of stimulating his imminent album Dil, the musician hovered to Canada where he played to a large crowd of aficionadas, some of the fans saw him live for the first time on the stage.

At the time of the break on his concert, he was approached by a clutch of 3 young men that were claiming to be his good fans. They aggressively him, if he would play more upbeat songs. He said to them that he possibly will not as he was not ready to play such songs. The musician kept to his equanimity and was deferential to the attending women who came to his performance on the event of Mother's Day.

When the concert was ended, He was with his brother called Najib Parsa. At that minute, the three young men that claimed to be his fan came back to him, and they requested the autograph of the musician and to have a photo with him. One of the exasperated men, disgruntled with the reasoning, punched the Nasrat in the face. This made him to collapse in shock and he lost his balance. Nasrat fell down a aeronautical of stairs, striking his head on one of the solid cases, and became instantly comatose.

He was taken to the hospital, but the doctors failed to recuperate from his injuries. At exactly 11:15pm on the next day, Nasrat Ali Parsa, 36 years, was marked dead at a Vancouver hospital.

The man that punched Nasrat was found guilty of manslaughter and was given a provisional sentence.

On 12th May, 2005, Nasrat Parsa’s body was hovered back to Germany for the burial. The inconsolable grieving family members and the fans everywhere in the world individually held services to rectitude the musician.

DISCOGRAPHY

Afghan Music

Sung in his native language of Persian

 Darga (Spring 1992)

 Donya (Winter 1995)

 Gohar (Summer 1996)

 Saya (Summer 1997)

 Negah (Summer 1998)

 Live In Concert-Germany (Spring 2000)

 Naaz (January 2004)

 Dil (Fall 2005, released posthumous)

INDIAN MUSIC

Sung in Hindi language

 Hindi Songs (Spring 2002)

VIDEOGRAPHY

 Hangama and Nasrat Parsa Live In Concert (2000)