Farhad Darya

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Birth Name: Farhad Nashir

Age: 61, born 22 September 1962

Country of origin: Afghanistan

Currently Residing In: Afghanistan

Relationship Status: Married

Partner: Sultana Emam

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Description: Award winning singer, composer and Peace & Rights Activist Farhad Darya has been the most influential musician on the Afghan Music scene since the mid 80s, and certainly is a founder of a new wave of music in Afghanistan. He is known as the most prominent voice and a revolutionary creative force behind the contemporary music of Afghanistan. He has been an extraordinary hit-maker and best seller since the late '80s. During the conflict years, Darya found his fame going beyond the boundaries of his country, reaching out as far as Central Asia, Iran, Pakistan, India, and further to Germany, Denmark, Italy, Australia, Cana Award winning singer, composer and Peace & Rights Activist Farhad Darya has been the most influential musician on the Afghan Music scene since the mid 80s, and certainly is a founder of a new wave of music in Afghanistan. He is known as the most prominent voice and a revolutionary creative force behind the contemporary music of Afghanistan.

He has been an extraordinary hit-maker and best seller since the late '80s.

During the conflict years, Darya found his fame going beyond the boundaries of his country, reaching out as far as Central Asia, Iran, Pakistan, India, and further to Germany, Denmark, Italy, Australia, Canada, the U.S., the U.K., ... and gradually the world heard Darya's music.

After the collapse of Taliban, the revival of freedom announced by Radio Afghanistan (November13, 2001) awoke the city with Darya's song "Kabul Jaan" (beloved Kabul). He was fully introduced to the Western world after showcasing the deserved and kind face of Afghanistan to the world, to the point that Western media started calling him "The Voice of the Afghan Nation", "Peace Ambassador", "Music Diplomat" and "Man of the Day" (BBC Radio).

Farhad Darya has been one of the very few Afghan musicians to break from the traditional structure of composition, orchestration, and vocal characterization. He has created and sung in many genres: semi-classical, old and modern Ghazal, folklore and traditional, pop and rock; which is why his music appeals to young and old, from the ages of 2 to 92; a phenomenon unheard of in Afghanistan's music history. During the reign of the red invaders, Darya was recognized as the founder of Afghan resistance music inside Afghanistan. Enforced censorship of his music began in 1981.

Farhad has written and sung a remarkable array of songs in most major Afghan and regional languages and dialects such as: Farsi-Dari, Pashto, Uzbek, Hazaragi, Urdu, English and others. He draws a mosaic rainbow of peace and harmony from the existing disparities for the myriad people of his native land.

He was born on the first day of the autumn in Kabul. Music certainly was not a career in Darya's family. In 1980, Farhad made his first public appearance on the sole TV station in the country.

While studying literature at the University of Kabul, Farhad formed "Goroh-e-Baran" ("The Rain Band") with three other university students and rocked the routine in music and Afghan tunes (1982). By creating "Baran," he initiated a new genre of Afghan music, known today as Folk-Pop. Baran became a household name in a short while and became the most famous Afghan band ever in Afghanistan.

He spent some time teaching classical music theory at Kabul University. ... (more)

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