Evin Agassi

Evin Agassi (25 September 1945 – 17 September 2024) was an Iranian-American Assyrian singer who had a career that spanned for over 50 years. Agassi produced over 40 albums during his career, with a majority of them being released in the 1980s and 1990s. Possessing spinto-tenor vocals, his work generally consisted of sophisticated ballads, love songs, nationalistic music and folk dance, with musical inspiration from Persian pop and, more recently, Latin pop genres, where he fused his art with cultural resistance. One of the better-known Assyrian singers, he generally toured Australia, Europe and West Asia. The majority of his songs were written by his brother, Givergiss Agassi, both in Persian and Assyrian. His full name has also been spelled as Evan Aghassi.