Qader Eshpari ( fa, قادر اشپاری), born in September 1967 is an American singer. He is of the new generation of

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d artists who have achieved fame outside of

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. He currently lives in

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, United States from where he continues his music career through his own recording studio.

Early years

Qader Eshpari was born in a suburb of

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. To avoid the impending war in Afghanistan, his family moved to

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, then to Germany and a while later they immigrated to the United States. After finishing high school in

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, Qader moved to California to pursue higher education. There he earned a

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. After working for IBM as a Technical Support Engineer for three years, he decided to return to his childhood passion once again. He started composing music and worked with various other musicians to start a career in this field professionally.

Involvements

Qader has a deep interest in Indian movie culture and music and much of his recorded songs reflect this. His renditions of popular

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songs are present in almost every album. He is also an active traveler and has toured all over United States, Canada, Australia, Europe and India. Most of these trips have been concert performances. During his 2006 visit to Afghanistan he sang to a group of disadvantaged children at an

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Contribution

Qader's has been credited with creating and arranging music for over 100 albums for various singers from Afghanistan. Other achievements include an English song: ''Dance with Me'' (from his ''Sahil Eshq'' CD). Qader Eshpari's first professional music video is released and it is called ''Ashiana''.

Discography

Albums

* 1996: ''Soroode Asheqi'' * 1997: ''Sabrina'' * 1998: ''Sia Moo'' * 2001: ''Only You'' * 2003: ''Sahil Eshq'' * 2005: ''Naazi Jaan'' * 2009: ''Generation X''

Videography

* 2007: ''Ashiana'' (DVD)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Eshpari, Qader 1967 births Living people Pashtun people Afghan musicians Afghan composers People from Kabul Afghan Tajik people Afghan male singers Persian-language singers Afghan expatriates in Pakistan 20th-century Afghan male singers 21st-century Afghan male singers Afghan emigrants to the United States Afghan expatriates in the United States