Salman Ahmad - Instructor

Experience
40+ years
Courses
1
Songs
11
Genre
Rock, Fusion+3

Salman Ahmad is a musician, teacher, physician, UN goodwill ambassador, and one of South Asia's most influential cultural figures. Born in Lahore, Ahmad spent his teenage years in ...New York before returning to Pakistan to train as a doctor. He then turned to his true passion and founded South Asia's biggest rock band - Junoon, in 1990. He is the reason behind the popularization of 'Sufi Rock', a blend of Western rock and Islamic music that has been hailed within South Asia as a cultural bridge between the East and West. Junoon has sold over 25 million albums worldwide and shared the stage with renowned artists like Sting, Earth, Wind and Fire, and Wyclef Jean. The New York Times has described Junoon as 'South Asia's answer to Santana', and the Wall Street Journal called Junoon's music, 'a powerful combination of Led Zeppelin and traditional South Asian percussion'. He has also recorded the 2011 UN Humanitarian Day song, 'If I Could Change', with Ziggy Marley & Sweet Rush. He did the first-ever rock performance at the UN General Assembly Hall in 2001 and performed at the Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony in Oslo in 2007. He has appeared on major television networks such as CNN and FOX and has been the subject of two documentary films: 'The Rockstar and the Mullahs' and 'It's My Country Too'. He received an honorary doctorate from Claremont Graduate University in 2009. He is truly an influential figure for many!