User:Azim Qaderi/Vaheed Kaacemy

Vaheed Kaacemy (born February 26, 1958, in the Nawab Garden area of the old city of Kabul) is a music artist and researcher.

Biography
Vaheed Kaacemy received his primary, secondary and tertiary education at Sardar Jankhan School, Naderieh High School and the Faculty of Literature of Kabul University. Then he turned to music and learned the basics of oriental music from Professor Yousef Qasimi and Professor Yaqub Qasimi, and learned the basics of Western music from Professor Salim Sarmast and Babarak Wasa. In 1977, he formed the band Shine, which specializes in pop music. He has been working with the group since 1978 as a singer, music arranger and composer. Vaheed Kaacemy, since 1397 is the director of music at the National Radio and Television. He lives in Kabul with his wife, Trina Mirzad, and his son, Abdullah Kaacemy, lives in Canada and is still involved in the art of music.

Activities
Vaheed Kaacemy has been collecting, identifying and researching the country's original music and folklore inside Afghanistan since 2006 and has traveled to provinces, cities and villages for field research. In an effort to recreate Afghanistan's traditional music and preserve such music, which has no clear history or composition, Kaacemy approached and recorded the voices of original Afghan artists, musicians and singers of Afghan folk songs. He is known for reciting Afghan folk songs.

Kaacemy won the first place among composers in the 2007 festival (by Noor TV / USA) and in the 2008 festival (by Ariana TV) along with artists such as Farid Zaland, Ustad Khayal, Ustad Mahvash, Bano Qamar Gol, Ahmad Zahir and Ahmad Vali won the title of "Music Star".

Books
The Bass of Original Music of Badakhshan, Herat and Badghis is a book on Afghan folk music. This book is the result of ten years of research by Vaheed Kaacemy. In the first part of this book, he has dealt with the original music of Badakhshan in the two artistic fields of Pamiri and Takhari music and has introduced the styles and musical works of both fields. He then explained about folk songs on special occasions and then introduced musical instruments and artists in both fields. He then refers to the relationship between oral literature and music in these areas. The next section provides an overview of the history and past of the music of this land, especially the local music of Herat, as one of the influential cities and a breeding ground for talents. In the following, the forms, curtains and positions of music, introduction and reading and musical instruments, famous songs, styles of music and artists have introduced this original art.

The final part of this book narrates the original music of Badakhshan, Herat and Badghis.

Political, social and cultural works
Some of his songs are woven with special political, social and cultural events:


 * Alphabets for Children
 * "Destroy Afghan Strangers" in mourning for the victims on Afghan soil
 * A song for Ahmad Shah Masoud
 * A song in memory of Ajmal Naqshbandi
 * A lulaby song by Ustad Mahwash
 * "Hala Nawroz Amad" with Hangama and Qamargul
 * "Yalda" for Yalda night
 * "My eyes" for blinds
 * "Hala Hala" for unity
 * "Shatranj", lyric by Ustad Kazim Kazimi for the current affairs
 * A song to the support of athlestes, lyrics by Haroon Raon
 * "Aashti and Barani Song", lyrics by Haroon Raon