Farhard Darya Nashir

Farhard Darya Nashir is an Afghan musician and composer. He is a highly much-admired music producer and Goodwill and peace Ambassador for his country, Afghanistan to the United Nations. Extensively popular, Nashir has earned affection for not just his music but also partisanship. Nashir has fan base that stretches from his native Afghanistan to Central Asia, Iran, Pakistan and spreading to the West among the Afghans. He sings in many language including Urdu, Pashto, Dari Persian, English and Uzbek.

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EARLY YEARS AND PERSONAL LIFE

Nashir was born in Kabul in Afghanistan, to the Afghan Pashtun family that is instigating from Kunduz. Farhad’s blood heredity can be outlined to the Nashir Khans. Nashir is the grandson of Sher Khan Nashir. Darya went to the Sher Khan School. Later he graduated from the Habibia High School. After his high school, Nishir registered in the Polytechnic University of Kabul and School and then Kabul University. While attending to the University of Kabul, Nashir discovered his first professional band called ‘Goroh-e-Baran. Initially, the band was known as Halqahai Tilayee, though new comers to the band settle to the other name of the band. The band was not so successful, because of the non-traditional music; meanwhile, it did familiarize the pubic with the faces of the singers that are affiliates. Nashir who is still involved in his music career, Darya kept on with his studies in the college. At that time, he wrote music for other musicians under the fictitious name Abr. In the year 1988, Darya became a professor at the university and he was teaching the Western classical music for one year before he left for Europe.

After traveling via Prague and Hamburg, Nashir reached in Paris, where he would see Sultana Emam. The two of them got married in the year 1993 and moved to the United States in the year 1995, where they still reside in the state of Virginia. In the year 1996, they gave birth to a son called Hejran Darya, also commonly called the Pothead Hindu.

CAREER

During the 1980s, his focus was his edification and his singing career did not emerge into an established profession. Nashir, who was engaged with the Rain Band was also acknowledged just for a single part of the entire group. Meanwhile, after his emigration from the country and the dissolution of the band group, he engaged on a solo profession.

Since his television debut on his country’s TV network in the year 1980, Nashir has released more than 24 albums, having the acclaimed one being manufactured in exile, several of which is about the soviet invasion of the Afghanistan and leading to misfortunes of the war-torn nation. Majority of the music is made to assist the Afghan and bring unity to the people of his country. His album that was released in the year 2003, called Salam Afghanistan, mainly deals with the themes of the unity of the country. These efforts has gained him popularity band the Best Singer of the year title in his country and recently in Copenhagen in Denmark. His music were based on many dialects of the country and also in the Uzbeki and in the Hindi dialect. Nashir started playing music in his country’s classical and the Indian classical music since the year 1978. Nashir intends to enlarge his acquaintance in his realm very well. Most of his vocal works are done according to the rules of the Hindustani classical music.

In the year 2008, Nashir dropped his international CD HA! The video from his album called HA! was released on the National TV of his country that was a hit among the people that are in the country and around the country.

Apart from the latest album, Nashir has several hits like the Ghamgen Kabul, Khalwat E Ku Ke Khayalat, Salam Afghanistan and Donya Gozaran.

FILMS

Nashir manufactured extra scoring and lyrics for Through Her Eyes, a movie by Mithaq Kazimi in the year 2007.

AWARDS

v  Afghanistan: Best Singer of the Year  in 2003

v  Denmark: Best Singer of the Year in 2005

v  Afghanistan: Best Album of the Year in 2008

v  Afghanistan:  Best Singer of the Year in 2009

v  Dubai: Best Singer of the Year in 2011

v  Human Rights Award in 2007

v  India: "Super Star" ATN Award in 2012.

DISCOGRAPHY

• RELEASED IN AFGHANISTAN

v  Yaare Bewafaa

v  Rahe Rafta

v  Afghan Folk Music

v  Zaro Jane

v  Baran

v  Ghazal

v  Bolbole Awara

v  Mazdeegar

v  Bazme Ghazal

v  Mehrbaani

• RELEASED ABROAD

v  Begum Jan

v  Teri Soorat

v  Ateschparcha

v  Afghanistan

v  Live In San Francisco

v  Shakar

v  In Foreign Land

v  Qabila-e-Ashiq

v  Golom Golom

v  Salaam Afghanistan

v  HA! In the year 2008

v  Yahoo in the year 2008

• COMPILATIONS

v Listen To The Banned (2010)