Origin Afghan Name Omar Akram Website omarmusic.com | Years active 2002 – present Instruments Piano Role Recording Artist | |
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Born New York Albums Echoes of Love, Free as a Bird, Opal Fire, A Otro Nivel, Secret Journey, Daytime Dreamer Awards Grammy Award for Best New Age Album Genres New-age music, Jazz, World music Similar People Gregg Karukas, Giovanni Marradi, Armik, Ernesto Cortazar II, Chris Spheeris Profiles | ||
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Omar Akram is a Grammy Award-winning recording artist, composer and pianist. He became the first Afghan-American to win a Grammy award in 2013 with his fourth studio album, "Echoes of Love." He is also an inspirational writer who contributes to The Huffington Post.
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Early life
Akram was born in New York City. He grew up traveling around the world as the son of a United Nations diplomat living in such diverse locales as France, Cuba, Afghanistan and the Czech Republic. He notably met Fidel Castro at the age of 14, who is said to have allowed him to sneak into the local Cuban jazz clubs, the sounds of which influenced his formative compositional style.
Albums
Akram's 2007 album, Secret Journey, peaked at No. 12 on the New Age charts, and his 2012 Echoes of Love, received a Grammy for Best New Age Album.
