User:Vaheed Kaacemy

Initial years

Born in 1958, singer and music composer Vaheed Kaacemy hails from a well-known family with a highly rich background of music.

Graduated from the Faculty of Literature, Kabul University, and majored in Persian Language, he gained enormous reputation from his involvement in music especially in composing and singing.

Shining of SHINE

Vaheed Kaacemy started his art journey in 1976 with a number of gifted colleagues and friends, ie Abdullah Kaacemy, Turyalai Nawaz, and Kaacem Kaacemy, who together were making the core of "SHINE", a music band founded, organized, and led by Vaheed.

SHINE rose to astonishing fame within its early months of performance, particularly in amalgamating Afghan folkloric tunes with Western style songs and modern music.

In 1978, Vaheed Kaacemy, was able to build up his own niche in the state-run Radio-Tv Main Station, where he significantly contributed to the enhancement of Afghan country music.

Afghan R-tv Station

As a singer, composer and guitarist, Vaheed Kaacemy teamed up with renowned names such as Babrak Wassa, Mas'hoor Jamal, Chatram Sahni, Abdullah Etemadi, Fawad Taheri, Khalil Samimi and Jaleel Sadid.

The two popular hits of this era, still echoing their freshness, are follows: "Baada-haa khalist, khali" (by Ahmad Zaher) and "Ta zma yar nashwi" (by Rahim Ghamzada).

Unforgettable Hits

One of the remarkable aspects of Vaheed Kaacemy's works from the very early stages of his life was composing songs and musical pieces. His unique style and technique walked him towards his career that firmly stands for years now.

Over the past three decades, Vaheed Kaacemy has devoted a considerable amount of his efforts to not only compose for himself but for a range of singers and vocalists as well.

Of the over top-500s, the following are some of his biggest hits:

Song					Lyricist			Singer Ashkam wal-e ba paa-e azizan		Rahee Mo'airi		Salma Jahani Del-e aadam mesha chashm-e 		Sakhi Rahee		Parastoo Aa'laloo ai Kodak Afghan		Ali-Sha Obab		Mashwash Ba too pur taraan meshawad		Humaira Neghat	Hangama Bahaar Aamad, bahaar aamad		Maulana Rumi		Huma Too mehrabani, yar jaani		Najib Rastagar		Wajiha Rastagar Raasha rangeen bahara 		Nasrula Hafiz		Naheed Koocha-e sherin wa shor-aafarin	Mina Jalali		Noosh Afarin (Irani) Del ze tan burdi 			Amir Khusrow		Ahmad Wali Ma ra mehr-e sia chashman		Hafiz Shirazi		Rahim Mehryar Ba sar hawa-e wa dar del hawas	Sarwar Dehqan 	Sayed Omar Too bawar ba khuda kun		Sakhi Rahee		Khusraw Dedam negaar khoda ra			Maulana Rumi		Mahboobulla Mahboob Ranj be-deyaari				Sakhi Rahee		Ahmad Zaher Hawa bri shuda 			Sakhi Rahee		Waheed Saberi Ba janana dadami e-kash		Sarwar Dehqan		Habib Qaderi Nazanin yar man			Sarwar Dehqan		Maamoon

Meanwhile, a variety of Vaheed Kaacemy's composes have been sung off by

-  Recent starters, ie Mezhda and Ghazal -  Indian playback singers, ie Asha Bhonsle, Anuradha Patwal, -  Younger generation, ie Sear Aziz, Masood Omid, Mukhtar Mukhtar, Shekib Osmani, Ali Etemadi, and more

Perpetuating Indigenous Musical Values

Vaheed Kaacemy has provided continued help and support to keep up Afghan folkloric music. He has been trying to systematically bridge the gaps between rural and urban products, and revitalize the abandoned and long-neglected songs/ tunes by re-profiling and re-presenting them to a wider range of audience more frequently.

Achievements

- Preparation of Children and Nursery Rhymes "Qu qu qu Barg China": A collection of ever-green songs in Farsi, Pashtu and Uzbeki languages presented in a quality CD as well as a booklet for Afghan school students found its way to Afghanistan in 2006

- Undertaking a country-wide program of "Revival Of Afghan National Music" in close collaboration with the Bayat Foundation and Ariana TV

- Presentation/ Performance:  In order to support the and preserve various sideds of Afghan music Vaheed Kaacemy has staged a number of concerts as follows

1) Kabul Stadium 			2006 2) Balkh City				2006 3) Pul-e-Charkhi Political Prison		2006

The foregoing concerts are in addition to frequent international tours in different states and cities of the US, Australia, and European countries

Training Opportunities

Following the prolific path of late Ustad Ghulam Hussain, Vaheed Kaacemy has put lots of efforts to train and teach music in many educational centers. A few examples are as follows:

1) "Basic Music Lessons" to the "Shimla Kinndergarten"			1983 2) "Foundation of Music" to the "Shir-pour Kinndergarten"		1985 3) "Music, Tunes and Instruments" to Toronto-based young adults	ongoing

Afghan audience express their sincerest feeling of gratitude for Vaheed Kaacemy's ongoing attempts in maintaining his country's cultural heritage with due diligence.