Farhad Darya
Nasher Farhad Darya as an artist name ( born September 22, 1962 in the Kabul district Gozargah گذرگاه ) is an Afghan singer, composer and lyricist. Darya is known in Central Asia, Iran, Pakistan, India, and also in Germany, Denmark, Italy, Australia, Canada, the U.S. and the UK. Darya sings in Dari, Pashto, Uzbek and Indian.
Biography
Darya's father was Pashtun and Tajik mother. Darya went to the shear - Chan School in Kunduz ( which was named after his grandfather Sher Khan ) when he his first band Nayestan (literally means Nay tube and estan or istan country, here in allusion of musical instruments such as flute, Shahnai, panpipes and Nai ( instrument) or Nay ) joined. Later he attended the Habibia high school in Kabul and then studied at the University of Kabul literature. In 1989 he lived in exile in Prague, Hamburg and Paris, where he met his future wife Sultana Emam. They married in 1993 and moved in 1995 to Virginia, where they lived for a while. Currently Darya lives with his family in Kabul and regularly travels to Europe and USA. 1996 Darya's son Hejran was born. Darya is because of its social and artistic engagement one of the best known and most influential singers of the country.
Career
Darya performed for the first time in 1980 on the Afghan television. After a short time he moved from traditional Afghan music to Afghan pop music. Already in his first professional album with Ustad Mahwasch, he sang and composed all his songs himself with his first solo singles Alam Ganj, Laila Lakhta Da and Laila Nawroz as was the 19 -year-old Darya known throughout Afghanistan.
During his literary studies, he formed the Gorohe Baran ( Rain Band) with four participants. This band has developed a new genre of music in Afghan music, the folk-pop. The band after their first album to the successful and popular band in Afghanistan. Baran released two more albums - the band was, however, dissolved in 1985 from undisclosed reasons.
Darya now began his solo career, he has published 22 albums to date. Most of his songs were censored in Afghanistan, as they also included political content.
Social Commitment
Darya became involved through benefit concerts and other projects for the victims of the Afghan civil war. Darya was the first Afghan singer, who returned to Afghanistan for a concert. He writes and composes also for many other Afghan singers. He also participated in the project "Encounters - An Alliance for Children " by Peter Maffay.
Peace Caravan
He advertises his songs for peace in Afghanistan. Zebast Under the motto Zendagi he traveled the Silk Road within the present-day Afghanistan and expressed his solidarity with all the peoples of the country.
Darya sang the poem by Hafiz from the 14th century Christ the title plant the tree of friendship. The poem translated Joseph von Hammer- Purgstall
Awards
- Afghanistan: Singer of the Year (1990 )
- USA: Best Performer of the Year (1995 )
- USA: Star of the Contemporary Music of Afghanistan ( 1996)
- UK: Favorite Singer ( 1998)
- Canada: Best Singer ( 1999)
- Denmark: Best Singer of Afghanistan ( 2001)
- Canada: Leading Singer of Afghanistan ( 2002)
- Afghanistan: Human Rights Award ( 2006)
- Afghanistan: Afghan Singer Best of the Year (2009)
Discography
- Publications in Afghanistan Yaare Bewafaa ( یار بی وفا )
- Rahe Rafta ( راه رفته )
- Afghan Folk Music ( محلي )
- Zaro Jane ( زارو جانه )
- Baran ( باران )
- Ghazal ( غزل )
- Bolbole Awara ( بلبل آواره )
- Mazdeegar ( مازديگر )
- Bazme Ghazal ( غزل بزمي )
- Mehrbaani ( مهربان )
- Publications in exile Begum January ( بگم جان )
- Teri Soorat ( तेरी सूरत تیری صورت )
- Ateschparcha ( آتش پرچه )
- Afghanistan ( افغانستان )
- Live In San Francisco ( كنسرت سانفرآنسييسكو )
- Shakar ( شكر )
- In Foreign Country ( در سرزمين بيگانه )
- Live In Europe ( كنسرت اروپا )
- Qabila -e- Ashiq ( قبلة عاشق )
- Golom Golom ( گلم گلم )
- Salaam Afghanistan ( سلام افغانستان )
- HA!