Khaled Arman is an outstanding musician. His musical training was threefold : he learned the traditional music of Afghanistan from his father, and he has also studied Indian music and Western music.After playing the guitar with the Orchestra of Radio-Kabul, he went on to study in Prague, then Paris, where he was awarded first prize in the international Guitar Competition organised by Radio-France. He also composes electoacoustic music .

He has taken the technique and musicality of the rubâb (short-necked waisted lute) to a high degree of perfection, basing his playing on that of the sarod of India and Pakistan, which itself evolved directly from the Afghan rubâb.

Hossein Arman, Khaled's father, was a singer and composer of repute in Afghanistan before the political situation there forced him into exil. In the 1950s and 60s he was one of the pioneers of the Afghan folksong revival, and made many recordings that circulated both in Afghanistan and abroad. He was also a member of Kabul's first official theatre company. Hossein Arman knows hundreds of traditional songs, which form the basis of the ensemble's repertoire.

His voice is absolutely genuine and very recognisable with its warm, stirring texture.

Osman Arman grew up in a family of musicians and quite naturally became a flautist, playing tulak, a transverse flute made of bamboo.

His solos show the distinctive aesthetic of the traditional Afghan style and its many regional ramifications.

Siar Hachimi

Born in 1981 at Kaboul. He starts learning tabla at 4 years oldl’ apprentissage with the master Ustad Wali Mohammad. He completes his formation in India and in Germany, where he studies with the great maestrosZakir Hussain, Anindo Chaterjee and Kumar Bose.

He since then accompanies several afghans artists living abroad, such as Farhad Darya, Ustad Mahwash, Amad Wali and many others great artists of indian classical music such as Hariprasad Chaurasia.

Member of Ensemble Kaboul, he is giving concerts all over the world with this group. Beside tabla, he is mastering traditionals drums as zerbaghali, dolak, and daf.

Maschal Arman

Born in Kabul, she has grown in the traditional music, as her family taught her since childhood.

She learned in the Geneva's Conservatory of Music and has a double culture in music: traditional by her family, and classic by her studies, in flute and in lyric vocals. She joined the "Kabul Ensemble" in 2005 for a tour and since then is a member of the group.