Dawood Sarkhosh

We are proud to welcome Dawood Sarkhosh – the multi-talented artist from Afganistan – to Sweden. Come and enjoy his amazing take on traditional music and heartfelt lyrics about his experiences living under Taliban rule and his escape.

Ticket price
VIP row 1-3: 999 kr (including service charge). This ticket includes the opportunity to take a picture with the artist during the concert.
Lower stalls: 599 kr (including service charge)
Upper stalls: 395 kr (including service charge)
Balcony: 395 kr (including service charge)

One of Afghanistan’s legendary artists returns to Uppsala Konsert & Kongress with a concert that revives the country’s traditional music.

Musician, poet and singer Dawood Sarkhosh comes to UKK in January! Sarkhosh was born in Afghanistan in 1971 and began writing poetry at an early age. In his late teens, he learned to play the dambura (a folk instrument from Central Asia popular among the Hazaris, to which Sarkhosh belongs) from his older brother (Sarwar Sarkhosh), then a well-known Afghan artist. In his twenties, Sarkhosh fled Afghanistan, which has come to colour his music and artistry.

After traditional Afghan music fell out of favour under Taliban rule, Sarkhosh revived the art form by writing songs inspired by his love for his homeland and the pain of living in exile. His songs are described as an artistic reflection of nostalgia with a bitter taste of life as a refugee, an experience he shares with millions of Afghan refugees around the world. Fans flock to Sarkhosh’s concerts to enjoy his music and share their experiences with him – this time it’s the turn of Uppsala and Stockholm audiences!

A multi-talented Artist, Dawood Sarkhosh was born in 1971 in the province of Urozgan in Central Afghanistan. He started to compose poetry at the age of 9 and play Dumbura and to sing at the age of 17. He studied the Hazaragi Danbura for a short period with the help of his elder brother Sarwar Sarkhosh, and studied Hamoonia/Accordion under the Pakistani composer the late Arbab Ali Khan – from the province of Sind. At a time when Afghan music had fallen into obscurity under the despotism of fundamentalists.

Sarkhosh revived the art by creating songs inspired by a sense of nationalism and suffering in exile. His songs were not commercial, they were artistic reflection of the nostalgia and the bitter taste of refugee life experienced by millions of Afghan refugees throughout the world. They rush to his concerts in their thousands to share their refugee culture with him and enjoy it for a few hours.

Place: Stockholm (Online)
Price: 395 – 999 SEK
Date: 06. 01. 2023
Time: 18:00

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