Ahmad Dhani

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Dhani Ahmad Prasetyo (born May 26, 1972), better known as Ahmad Dhani or Dhani S. Manaf, is an Indonesian rock musician, songwriter, arranger, and producer. He was the frontman of Dewa 19 and Ahmad Band, and also a member of the inter-continental band The Rock. He is the owner and chairman of Republik Cinta Management, an artist management company of MNC Media Group.

Dhani has worked as a promoter and songwriter for other artists, including Maia Ahmad, Agnes Monica, Alexa Key and Mulan Jameela. He has won numerous awards including the IMA for best musical arrangement. He is one of the most influential musicians in Southeast Asia.

Early life

Ahmad Dhani was born on May 26, 1972, in Surabaya, Indonesia, as the first of three children of Eddy Abdul Manaf bin Rusta Sastra Atmadja, a Sundanese diplomat origin from Garut-West Java, and Joyce Theresia Pamela Kohler, an Indonesian Ashkenazi Jewish descent. His grandfather, Jan Pieter Friederich Kohler, was an Ashkenazi Jew, born in the Dutch East Indies in 1883.