Wajiha Rastagar (

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:وجيهه رستگار) born 12 May 1967, is a singer from Afghanistan. She is wife to fellow singer and composer

Farid Rastagar Farid Rastagar ( fa, فريد رستگار)(born 26 March 1963) is from Panjshir Province, Panjshir, a singer, music arranger, and composer. He is one of the 1980s era singers who rose to popularity as Afghanistan’s pop music was reaching its z ...

. She sings in

and Pashto, She currently lives in

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along with her husband & children, and she continues her career from there. Wajiha Rastagar was a student of primary school when she participated in the school’s cultural programmes. In the mid 1980s she and her band experimented with Synthesizers and therefore the sound of her music at that time had a lot of influence of British and American new wave bands like A flock of seagulls or Missing Persons. She married Farid Rastagar, who was the music arranger and singer in GULI SURKH. Wajiha Rastagar has been singing a number of Afghanistan’s songs among which range some Afghani folksongs. She came into focus again when she performed her album ''Delk-i-khoshbawar'' very nice. Delk-i-khoshbawar won the bestseller award in 2003 from KHORASAN MUSIC. Wajiha Rastagar has received the title of the Best singer of the year in Afghanistan and in Europe. Farid And Wajiha have been living in exile in Germany since 1992. They have released 5 CDs and music videos in exile and have had more than 40 concerts since 1993 in Europe, Australia USA and Canada. Hadia Rastagar is the 7-year-old daughter of Wajiha and Farid Rastagar. She is the singer of ALOCHA album the first song Album for children of Afghanistan. She is playing keyboard and Zerbaghali. Festivals and concerts International music festival: Berlin 1981 Czechoslovakia international music festival 1082 Asian music festival in Tajikistan - 1986 Artist festival of ghazal, pop and classic music in India - 1984 World music festival in Moscow - 1984 Asian festival of Uzbekistan / Tajikistan - 1986 Pop music concert in central Asia - 1987 International Asian concert in Kazakhstan (Voice of Asia) - 1988 International youth festival in Korea - 1989 Asian concert in Samarkand and Bokhara ( Uzbekistan ), 1990 Asian festival in Turkey, 1991 Concert for helping Afghanistan ’s children in Sweden for Afghan PEN club - 2000 Live concert in BBC - 2002

Albums

*Rahi dor *Khana-i- del *Delak-i-khoshbawar *Hadia *Dar parda hai saz *Alocha – first song Album for Afghanistan ’s children

International tours

*1981: International Music Festival in

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*1982: International Music Festival in

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*1983: Asian Festival in

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*1984: Indian Ghazal & Classic Music Festival in

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*1985: World Festival in

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*1986: Asian Festival Of

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*1987: Pop Music Concert in

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*1989: International Asian concert in Kazakhstan *1990: Asian festival in Turkey Beside these she has appeared in numerous concerts with her husband in many parts of the world including

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, and

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References

External links

Official website of Wajiha and Farid Rastagar

Farid and Wajiha Rastagar's MySpace

Interview with freemuse

Interview with noz
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rastagar, Wajiha 1967 births Living people Afghan musicians People from Kabul Afghan Tajik people Afghan women singers Persian-language singers Afghan expatriates in Germany 20th-century Afghan women singers