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Mamoon Eshaq, the second of eight children, was born in Kabul, Afghanistan. His father, Ghulam Ishan Eshaq, the General Director of the nation’s Finance Ministry, left Afghanistan along with his family in 1980 when the social and political storm was beginning to ravage the country into an uncertain future. They came to the United States in the summer of 1980 in pursuit of freedom and opportunities. Mamoon attended both grade school and high school in Southern California, where he has spent most of his life. It was during his high school years when his talent for music developed. His father first noticed his vocal and instrumental talents around the age of fifteen. With the motivation of his father, Mamoon’s own hard work, as well as the aid and teachings of Ustad Jaspal Singh in Hollywood, he dedicated himself to an in-depth study of Classical Eastern Music. Mamoon’s ambitions were furthered the following three years with his study of the essence and style of ghazals and raagas. After an unfortunate incident involving the illness of his father, further studies with Ustad Jaspal could not continue. Read More...
