The band, however, resumed playing rock, renaming itself "Dewa 19", with a new vocalist, Ari Lasso. It also won the inaugural Festival 90, a high school band competition that was part of the Djarum Super Fiesta Musical.
Down Beat won the Youth Jazz Festival in East Java. While in Dewa, Dhani became interested in jazz, and Dewa changed its name to Down Beat. He skipped school to jam with his friends at Juniarso's house in the Airlangga University complex. Dhani served as the group's vocalist and keyboardist. Career Dewa 19 ĭhani formed his first musical group, Dewa, in 1986 with Andra Junaidi, Erwin Prasetya, and Henry Juniarso. Dhani was influenced by the British rock band Queen. Dhani's father bought him a keyboard when he was young and enrolled him for music lessons, hoping Dhani would excel in classical music. Manaf, is a well-known Indonesian musician and was a strong influence on Dhani's musical interest from his childhood. Dhani said his mother and grandfather were German Catholics. In 2020, Dhani denied reports that his maternal grandfather, Jan Pieter Friederich Kohler, a German born in the then- Dutch-occupied country in 1883, was an Ashkenazi Jew. He was released in December 2019.Īhmad Dhani was born in Surabaya, East Java, the first of three children of Eddy Abdul Manaf, a diplomat of Sundanese origin from Garut, West Java, and Joyce Theresia Pamela Kohler, an Indonesian of German descent. In June 2019, he was sentenced to an additional year in jail for insulting political rivals. In January 2019, he was sentenced to 18 months in jail for hate speech. In recent years, he has generated controversy after his son killed seven people while driving illegally, and after becoming involved in politics. He is one of the most influential musicians in Southeast Asia.
He has won numerous awards including the Indonesian Music Awards for best musical arrangement. ĭhani has worked as a promoter and songwriter for other artists, including Maia Ahmad, Agnes Monica, Alexa Key and Mulan Jameela. He is the owner and chairman of Republik Cinta Management, an artist management company of MNC Media Group.
He was the frontman of Dewa 19 and Ahmad Band, and also a member of the inter-continental band The Rock. Ahmad Dhani Prasetyo (born Dhani Ahmad Prasetyo ), better known as Ahmad Dhani, Dhani Muhammad Prasetyo or Dhani S.
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