Ahmed Fanoos
Vocal/Harmonium

Ahmad Fanoos is a well-known vocalist and harmonium player, having headlined and performed in live and televised performances in Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, and Russia. Recognized with many prestigious awards including the Best Artist Award in (2008) and the Golden Voice Award (2012). He has served for 3 years as a coach and a judge for Afghan Star, the influential television program showcasing talented young Afghan performing artists which served as a catalyst for social and cultural change in Afghanistan by spanning all ethnic, language, and gender lines.

Ahmad Fanoos has also appeared in films and radio, and enjoys a significant international following on social media including YouTube and Facebook. Because of his notoriety as a musician and exponent of progressive ideals, his life, livelihood and family were threatened by the Taliban. He had to leave Kabul on a Fox News evacuation flight in the closing weeks of the US presence in Afghanistan in late August, 2021 and reunited with his sons later that year. He held a fellowship at The New School in 2023, where he was also an Artist in Residence at Artistic Freedom Initiative.