Early Life
Born in Surabaya, Ahmad Dhani was the first child of three children from a marriage between a Sundanese father Eddy Abdul Manaf, a diplomat, and Joyce Theresia Pamela Kohler, an Indonesian of Ashkenazi Jewish descent. His grandfather, Jan Pieter Friederich Kohler was an Ashkenazi Jew born in Dutch East Indies in 1883. Dhani's stepbrother, Dadang S. Manaf is an acknowledged Indonesian musician and is a big influence on Dhani's musical interest since his childhood. Dhani's father bought him a keyboard when he was young and paid for musical lessons, highly persuading him and hoping Dhani would excel in classical music.
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