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List Of Afghan Singers
This is a list of notable Afghan singers that have entered the industry, currently working or have left the industry. __NOTOC__ A * Ahmad Wali *Ahmad Zahir *Aryana Sayeed * Abdul Rahim Sarban * Amir Jan Sabori *Awalmir * Asad Badie * Aziz Herawi B * Bakht Zamina * Beltoon * Burka Band D * Dawood Sarkhosh E * Ehsan Aman *Elaha Soroor F *Farhad Darya * Farid Rastagar * Faiz Karizi * Farid Zaland H *Hangama *Haidar Salim I * Jalil Zaland K * Khyal Muhammad L * Latif Nangarhari M * Mohammad Din Zakhil * Mozhdah Jamalzadah *Mohammad Hussain Sarahang * Mahwash * Mohammad Hashem Cheshti * Miri Maftun * Mangal * Mohammad Din Zakhil N * Nasrat Parsa *Naghma *Nashenas *Naim Popal *Nainawaz P *Parasto Q * Qamar Gula *Qader Eshpari R * Rafiq Shinwari *Rahim Mehryar * Rahim Bakhsh * Rezwan Munawar * Rishad Zahir * Rukhshana S *Sardar Ali Takkar * Shah Wali * Soosan Firooz *Shakeeb Hamdard * Seeta Qasemi * Soheila Zaland * Saifo * Seema Tarana T * Tawab Arash U *Ubaidullah ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahmad Wali
Ahmad Wali (Pashto/Dari: ) is an Afghan Ghazal singer. He began his career in the 1970s, becoming popular in his native country before he was forced to flee by political upheaval in Afghanistan. He continued his work after resettling in Germany, performing throughout Europe and North America. Background Ahmad Wali was born in Kabul to an ethnic Pashtun family belonging to the Mohammadzai tribe. His father, Mohammad Akram Nawabi, was a former police commander who served in various provinces across Afghanistan. He began exploring music as a Tabla player at the age of 12, gradually expanding into singing. While a student at Habibia High School, he recorded a demo tape which came to the attention of Radio Kabul director and famous Afghan singer Ustad Zaland. Soon afterward, Ahmad Wali performed two other songs: "Chashman–e–Abee," a piece composed by Zaland, and "Mah-ruye-tu" a song composed by Ahmad Wali himself. Wali performed live throughout Afghanistan until after his hig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farid Zaland
Farid Zoland ( fa, فرید زلاند), also romanized as Zaland) (born 1 September 1951 in Kabul) is an Afghan songwriter and composer. Throughout his career he has collaborated with many musicians from other countries, most notably from Iran. Early life He comes from a family of musicians with father Jalil Zaland and siblings Shahla Zaland and Wahid Zaland. Education After receiving preliminary education in music from his father in Kabul, Zaland continued a formal education in music at the University of Tehran. He studied music score, theory, and composition at the University of Southern California from 1980 to 1982. Career Zoland went on to compose and produce many of the most iconic Iranian songs for major artists like Dariush Eghbali, Ebi, Googoosh, Hayedeh, Leila Forouhar, and Moein. He has also collaborated with American musicians, namely Lloyd Miller. He has also had minor acting roles. References External links * Farid Zalandat Allmusic AllMusic (prev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nasrat Parsa
Nasrat Parsa ( fa, نصرت پارسا, February 22, 1968 – May 8, 2005) was an Afghan singer. Up until his death, he continued his music in exile from Hamburg, Germany, occasionally touring other countries. Personal life upNasrat Parsa Background Nasrat Ali Parsa was born in a suburb of Kabul, Afghanistan. His family, especially his oldest brother Najibullah Parsa, was already involved in music to a certain extent and the environment of a musical household helped materialize Nasrat's artistic talents. According to Nasrat's personal account, he was first discovered after singing the songs of Ahmad Zahir on a national radio broadcast. After the singer heard the renditions of his songs by the 7 year old Nasrat, he got in touch with the child and invited him to sing with him. Thus was Nasrat's formal initiation into singing. Emigration to India Due to Soviet occupation of Afghanistan and the ensuing disruptive guerrilla fighting, Nasrat Parsa and his family left Afghanistan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mangal (singer)
Mangal ( ps, منګل), born in Laghman is a prominent Afghan singer who started in the early 1970s. He and his ex-wife, Naghma, were a popular duo during the 1970s and early 1990s. Mangal sings in Pashto and Dari. His music is popular in Afghanistan, and Pakistan. Career Mangal was born in Laghman, Afghanistan. As a young boy, he developed an interest in music. Mangal joined with a musician-turned-singer Naghma ( ps, نغمه), a Pashtun from Kandahar Province of Afghanistan, and eventually married her. Mangal has since divorced from Naghma, remarried and resides in California. With impending civil war, the couple left Afghanistan for Pakistan in 1992. There, they became very successful with an enthusiastic crowd of Afghan exiles who were nostalgic for their native music. Their financial situation by this time had improved significantly. In the late 1990s, they left Pakistan and immigrated to the United States. After establishing contact with the Afghan community of northern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miri Maftun
Mir Maftoon ( fa, میر مفتون) also written as Mehri Maftun, is an Afghan musician. Born 1962s in Badakhshan. He specialized in authentic instruments, principally the dambura (a two string lute), the harmonium and the ghaychak (a two string violin). He combines the music styles from the region of Badakhshan (Northern Afghanistan) with each other and mixes musical elements of different ethnic origins of other Central Asian region's as well. In the West, Maftun is mainly known as an instrumentalist; in Afghanistan he is known as a singer as well.Prince Claus Fundprofile/ref> His texts vary from romantic and humoristic to social critic. Maftun knew to survive in a country where music had been forbidden by the Taliban. He performed in Europe as well, like in 2001 in Arnhem in the Netherlands. In 2001 he was honored with an international Prince Claus Award The Prince Claus Fund was established in 1996, named in honor of Prince Claus of the Netherlands. It receives an annual s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammad Hashem Cheshti
Mohammad Hashem Cheshti, also known with surname Chishti and as Ustad Hashem ( fa, استاد هاشم), was a contemporary classical musician and composer born in Kharabat area of Kabul, Afghanistan, who died in 1994 in Germany under unclear circumstances. Ustad Hashem was born and raised in a musical family, which originally came from Kasur in Punjab, but settled in the 19th century in Kabul as court musicians. Several of his close family members, including his brothers and his father are/were also famous musicians in their own right. Both he and his brothers appeared regularly on Afghan Television and Radio prior to the Russian invasion of Afghanistan and the subsequent wars. He accompanied regularly other famous Afghan musicians like Ahmad Zahir and Ustad Mahwash on his tabla. He was the teacher and mentor of Ustad Mahwash, the first Afghan female master musician and Zuleikha, a US American dancer and artist. He mastered many different traditional Afghan instruments, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahwash
Ustad Farida Mahwash ( fa, استاد فریده مهوش); (1947) is an Afghan singer and voice of Afghanistan. She was the first woman (as of 2013) to have been conferred the honorary title of "Ustad" (meaning Master or Maestra in Dari) in 1977. She currently lives in Fremont, California, US; and tours the world with her latest all star ensemble Voices of Afghanistan. Biography Style Ustad Farida Mahwash is the "voice of Afghanistan," and one of the most beloved singers in the entire Central Asian region. Her robust, luminous voice with its subtle command of ornamentation has dazzled audiences worldwide, as she shares her country's rich musical heritage through performances and recordings. Early life Farida Gulali Ayubi was born into a conservative Afghan family. Her mother was a Quran teacher, who recited with a beautiful voice, an early inspiration to the young girl. But religion loomed large in the family, and for many years, her interest in music was suppressed. Upon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammad Hussain Sarahang
Mohammad-Hussain Sarāhang ( fa, محمدحسین سرآهنگ - ''Sarāhang''; 1924–1983) was an Afghan ghazal singer and an exponent of Indian classical music from Kabul, Afghanistan. Career and education Mohammad-Hussain Sarahang (née Mohammad-Hussain) was born in 1924 in the Kharabat area of Kabul, an old district known for producing some of the country's greatest musicians. He was the second oldest son of musician Ghulam Hussain, who taught his son the basics of music. Sarahang studied Indian classical music in the Patiala style of singing under Ashiq Ali Khan. After 16 years, Sarahang returned to Kabul at the age of 25 (c. 1949). Sarahang typically performed various genres of classical and semi-classical music including khayal, thumri, tarana and ghazal. He usually sang the ghazals of Amir Khusrow and Abul Ma'āni Bedil, famous poets who wrote in Persian, as he was a '' Bedil Shenās'' (Bedil Expert). At the age of 25 (c. 1949), Sarahang participated in a festival of mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mozhdah Jamalzadah
Mozhdah Jamalzadah (Dari/Pashto: ) (born December 27, 1982 in Kabul, Afghanistan) is an Afghan singer, actress, and talk show host. Referred to as 'The Oprah of Afghanistan', Jamalzadah hosts The Mozhdah Show, which often touches on issues such as women's rights . Early life During the civil war in Afghanistan, at the age of five, Jamalzadah and her family fled the country to neighbouring Pakistan. Later the family would then move and settle in Canada. Jamalzadah was raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, where she went on to study broadcast journalism at the British Columbia Institute of Technology, and Philosophy and Political Science at the University of British Columbia. Rise to public recognition Jamalzadah began writing songs in the early 2000s, the most prominent of these, Dokhtare Afghan (Afghan Girl), became instantly popular on Afghan TV stations and airwaves. The song called attention to past stories of strong Afghan heroines got many young Afghan men and wom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammad Din Zakhil
Mohammad Din Zakhil ( – famous as ''Ustad Zakhil'') was a singer/composer from Afghanistan. Zakhil composed over 700 songs for many Afghan singers. ''Da Zamoong Zeeba Watan'', ''Pa Loyo Ghro Banday Ra Taw Shwal Toofanona,'' and ''Sanga Meena Zma Sta Wa'' are a few of his classic compositions. The lyrics and music of "Wro Wro Kaigda Qadamoona Ashna", which were used in a Hollywood movie, The Passion of Christ, were also composed and created by him. The song was originally recorded by his wife, Qamar Gula, in the Radio Afghanistan studio in 1974. After the release of the movie, the Zakhil family hired a lawyer to file a copyright lawsuit against Icon Productions, Mel Gibson (the director) and John Debney (the music director of the film). The movie and music directors of The Passion of Christ were later sued. Ustad Zakhil was an ethnic Pashtun Pashtuns (, , ; ps, پښتانه, ), also known as Pakhtuns or Pathans, are an Iranian ethnic group who are native to the geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latif Nangarhari
Latif Nangarhari (Pashto_language_(although_has_one_Afghan_singer._He_sings_in_the_Pashto_language">Pashto_language_(although_has_one_Dari_language">Dari_(Persian)_song)._He_is_an_ethnic_Pashtuns.html" "title="Dari_language.html" ;"title="Pashto_language.html" "title="Afghans.html" "title="Pashto لطیف ننګرهاری, born about 1981) is a well known Afghans">Afghan singer. He sings in the Pashto language">Pashto language (although has one Dari language">Dari (Persian) song). He is an ethnic Pashtuns">Pashtun born in Jalalabad in Nangarhar Province (a reference from his surname), and has lived in London, England since 2001. Latif's first songs were released in 2008, with his first and so far only album, ''Rasha Gule'', consisting of 10 songs, in 2009. He quickly became popular, especially because many of his songs are based on poetry and about peace in Afghanistan. Latif has performed concerts throughout Australia, Europe, Russia, and the Middle East. ''Rasha Gule'' album ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khyal Muhammad
Ustad Khyal Muhammad (, born 1946) is a Pashtun singer from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. He has appeared regularly on television, usually singing ghazals and in movies. Career Khyal Mohammad belongs to the Afridi tribe of Pushtuns. He is originally from Tirah in Khyber Tribal District. He was born in Peshawar on 5 January 1946 to a musical family. His brother Saif Ul-Maluk was a popular singer in the 1960s, who often performed on Radio Peshawar. Saif introduced him to the radio station, where he first performed in 1958 at age of thirteen. However, for the next ten years he mainly restricted himself to playing instruments such as the tabla and harmonium. In the late 1960s he began singing and recording ghazals, traditional Pashto poems, a daring gamble since the music scene at that time was dominated by folk music. His style soon became popular in Peshawar and the NWFP. After establishing his name on the local radio, in 1973–74 Khyal Mohammad appeared in his first movie, ''D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |