Shah Wali Taranasaz

شاہ ولی Taranasaz
Born	1927 Badakhshan, Afghanistan
Died	2007
Genres	Ghazals Classical music
Occupation(s)	Singer
Years active	1963–present
Labels	Various

Musical artist

Shah Wali Taranasaz (Persian: شاه ولی ترانه ساز), 1927 - 2007, was a “much admired”^[1] singer, songwriter and composer from Badakhshan, Afghanistan.^[2]

Life

Taranasaz sang more than 300 songs in Persian. He composed traditional and popular songs and some that were critical of the Taliban.^[3]

After fleeing Afghanistan, Taranasaz moved to New York City, and later to Fremont, where he could be closer to the Afghan music scene. ^[4]^[3]

He died in 2007 and was survived by a wife and two children.^[3]

Discography

References

^ John Baily (September 2016). War, Exile and the Music of Afghanistan: The Ethnographer's Tale. Routledge, 2007, p. 30. ISBN 9781315466927. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
^ "Worlds of Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music of Afghanistan". American Archive of Public Broadcasting. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Local Afghan composer succumbs to lung cancer". East Bay Times. 15 December 2007. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
^ James R. Oestreich (12 January 1993). "Music of Afghanistan Queens College Concert Hall". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 December 2020.