Farhad Darya has been one of the very few Afghan musicians to break from the traditional structure of composition, orchestration, and vocal characterization. He has created and sung in many genres: semi-classical, old and modern Ghazal, folklore and traditional, pop and rock; which is why his music appeals to young and old, from the ages of 2 to 92; a phenomenon unheard of in Afghanistan’s music history.
During the reign of the red invaders, Darya was recognized as the founder of Afghan resistance music inside Afghanistan. Enforced censorship of his music began in 1981.

Farhad has written and sung a remarkable array of songs in most major Afghan and regional languages and dialects such as: Farsi-Dari, Pashto, Uzbek, Hazaragi, Urdu, English and others. He draws a mosaic rainbow of peace and harmony from the existing disparities for the myriad people of his native land.

He was born on the first day of the autumn in Kabul. Music certainly was not a career in Darya’s family. In 1980, Farhad made his first public appearance on the sole TV station in the country.