请输入您要查询的百科知识:

 

词条 Azad Rahman
释义

  1. Career

  2. References

  3. Further reading

{{more footnotes|date=May 2016}}{{infobox person
|name=Azad Rahman
|image=
|caption=
|birth_date=
|birth_place=
|nationality=Bangladeshi
|death_date=
|occupation=Composer
|spouse=Selina Azad
}}Azad Rahman is a Bangladeshi composer. He received a gold medal in 2011 from Rabindra Bharati University in Kolkata.[1]

Rahman joined Radio Pakistan (Dhaka Centre) in the mid 1960s and was appointed the first executive director of the (now defunct) National Academy of Performing Arts, was a principal of the Government Music College, and served as the director general of the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy for two terms. He has provided music for films, radio and TV productions.

Career

Rahman was trained in classical music. As a music director, he set tunes to various songs for Bengali language movies both in West Bengal and Bangladesh. His first movie as a music director was Miss Priyongboda (Kolkata). He made his own debut movie Goon Kotha and sang songs including "Dora Kata Dagh Dekhe Bagh Kena Jay," and "Bhalobashar mullo koto." He gave tunes to the patriotic song of Bangladesh "Jonmo Amar Dhonno Holo Maago" sung by Feroza Begum and later by Sabina Yasmin. He is a pianist, performing Indian classical ragas in his piano and traveling the world.

Rahman is one of the pioneers of Bangla Kheyal and has written lyrics for many raagas. These have been performed on BTV in the Dhrupodi program. He produced the first Bangla Kheyal LP in the 1980s and has also composed and sung Bangla qawwalis. He also played Hindustani raagas on the piano and released as an LP.

Rahman is the founder chairman of Sanskriti Kendra—Centre for Education, Creative and Performing Arts. This center has organized several international music festivals in Dhaka with participants from different countries. He is also on the faculty of Stamford University, Dhaka.

Rahman's wife, Selina Azad, is also a singer. The couple has three daughters.

References

1. ^{{cite web|title=BAS Gold Medal Award Ceremony 2011|url=http://www.bas.org.bd/news/news-archive/256-bas-gold-medal-award-ceremony-2011.html|publisher=Bangladesh Academy of Sciences|accessdate=14 November 2016}}
  • {{cite news |last=Haq |first=Fayza |date= 4 April 2006 |title=We want to link our music with the rest of the world ---Azad Rahman |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2006/04/04/d60404140194.htm |newspaper=The Daily Star}}
  • {{cite news |title=Channel i Bangla classical festival |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/showbiz/lifes-lyrics/channel-i-bangla-classical-festival-510052 |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=13 February 2016}}

Further reading

  • {{cite news |last=Fakhruddin |first=A. U. M. |date=21 December 2012 |title=Effervescent music that mesmerises |url=http://www.weeklyholiday.net/homepage/pages/UserHome.aspx?ID=9&date=12/21/2012 |newspaper=Weekly Holiday}}
  • {{cite news |title=Second Bangla Kheyal Festival ends in city |url=http://www.observerbd.com/2016/02/02/134228.php |newspaper=The Daily Observer |location=Dhaka |date=2 February 2016}}
{{Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Music Director}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Rahman, Azad}}

3 : Bangladeshi composers|Year of birth missing (living people)|Living people

随便看

 

开放百科全书收录14589846条英语、德语、日语等多语种百科知识,基本涵盖了大多数领域的百科知识,是一部内容自由、开放的电子版国际百科全书。

 

Copyright © 2023 OENC.NET All Rights Reserved
京ICP备2021023879号 更新时间:2024/9/30 22:38:09