Ahmad Dhani
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| Birth name | Dhani Ahmad Prasetyo |
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May 26, 1972 Surabaya, Indonesia |
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| Years active | 1986–present |
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Dhani Ahmad Prasetyo (born May 26, 1972), better known as Ahmad Dhani or Dhani S. Manaf, is an Indonesian rock musician, songwriter, arranger, and producer. He was the frontman of Dewa 19 and Ahmad Band, and also a member of the inter-continental band The Rock. He is the owner and chairman of Republik Cinta Management, an artist management company of MNC Media Group.
Dhani has worked as a promoter and songwriter for other artists, including Maia Ahmad, Agnes Monica, Alexa Key and Mulan Jameela. He has won numerous awards including the IMA for best musical arrangement. He is one of the most influential musicians in Southeast Asia.
Ahmad Dhani was born on May 26, 1972, in Surabaya, Indonesia, as the first of three children of Eddy Abdul Manaf bin Rusta Sastra Atmadja, a Sundanese diplomat origin from Garut-West Java, and Joyce Theresia Pamela Kohler, an Indonesian Ashkenazi Jewish descent. His grandfather, Jan Pieter Friederich Kohler, was an Ashkenazi Jew, born in the Dutch East Indies in 1883.
Dhani's stepbrother, Dadang S. Manaf, is a well-known Indonesian musician and was a strong influence on Dhani's musical interest from his childhood. Dhani's father bought him a keyboard when he was young and enrolled him for music lessons, hoping Dhani would excel in classical music.
Dhani was highly influenced by the British rock band Queen.
Dhani formed his first musical group, Dewa, in 1986 with Andra Junaidi, Erwin Prasetya, and Henry Juniarso. Dhani served as a vocalist and keyboardist. He skipped school to jam with his friends at Juniarso's house in the Airlangga University complex.
While in Dewa, Dhani became interested in jazz, and the group changed its name from Dewa to "Down Beat". "Down Beat" won the Youth Jazz Festival in East Java, and won the inaugural Festival 90 : a high school band competition, at the Djarum Super Fiesta Musical. The band, however, resumed playing rock, renaming itself "Dewa 19", with a new vocalist, Ari Lasso.
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