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Dawood
Sarkhosh
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A multi
talented Artist, Dawood Sarkhosh was born in 1971 in the province
of Urozgan in Central Afghanistan. He started to compose poetry at
the age of 9 and play Dumbura and to sing at the age of 17. He
studied the Hazaragi Danbura for a short period with the help of
his elder brother Sarwar Sarkhosh, and studied Hamoonia/Accordion
under the Pakistani composer the late Arbab Ali Khan – from the
province of Sind.
At a time when Afghan music had
fallen into obscurity under the despotism of
fundamentalists.
Sarkhosh
revived the art by creating songs inspired by a sense of
nationalism and suffering in exile. His song were not commercial,
they were artistic reflection of the nostalgia and the bitter
taste of refugee life experienced by millions of Afghan refugees
throughout the world. They rush to his concerts in their thousands
to share their refugee culture with him and enjoy it for a few
hours.
Up till now
Dawood Sarkhosh has released 3 CDs which are available in almost
every Afghan house. His first CD “Sarzamin-e- Man” came out in
England in 1998 and shortly after the second CD “Pari Joo “
(Fairy) was released in 2000. The third CD “Sepid -o-Siah” (Black
& White) has just been released. Today Sarkhosh is considered as
an accomplished artist and one of the most popular and
distinguished artistic figures of Afghanistan.
Dawood Sarkhosh is married to K. Nekzad
Sarkhosh. They have 2 sons Saboor 8 and Zulfiqar 6.
To visit Dawood's Music Box and
official
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