Ferdous Ara

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Ferdous Ara
ফেরদৌস আরা
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Background information
Born Brahmanbaria
Genres
InstrumentVocals
Years active1973–present [2]

Ferdous Ara is a Bangladeshi Nazrul Sangeet singer and winner of the Ekushe Padak, the second highest civilian award in Bangladesh. [3] [4]

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Early life and education

Ara, nicknamed Marine, was born in Brahmanbaria District to A.H.M. Abdul Hai, a classical singer of the early 1950s, and Mosharrefa Begum. [1] [2] She has three sisters, Jannat Ara, Nur-e-Jannat and Hur-e-Jannat. [5] She completed her bachelor's and master's in History from the University of Dhaka. [5]

Career

In 1973, Ara started her career as a regular vocal artist in Bangladesh Radio and afterward in Bangladesh Television. She has released numerous albums of Nazrul Sangeet, contemporary and patriotic songs. [5] In 1985, her first album was released by SARGAM. She became the first person in Bangladesh whose music video of Nazrul Sangeet was released. [5]

Ara teaches Nazrul songs at the Nazrul Institute, University of Dhaka and Dhaka Music College. She founded a music school, Sur Saptak in 2000. [5] She contributed as a background vocal in films, documentaries, and drama. She sang in a movie titled Meher Nigar by Impress Telefilm. [4]

Ara sang at the Gala Concert at Royal Albert Hall, London on an invitation of Inner London Education Authority in 1986. She also performed in Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. [2]

Ara authored the books Sangeet Bhubaney Nazrul (Nazrul in Music World) and Sanchitar Katha Barta (Conversation of Sanchita). [4] She also hosts Sanchita on Channel i and Ei Shomoy on nTV, both are television programs about Nazrul.

Albums

Personal life

Ara is married to Rafiqul Mohammed, a government officer(retired 2018). Together they have a son, Faisal Mohammed who was designated as one of the first Bangladeshi Sexton Scholar in the field of Electrical Engineering from Dalhousie University, Canada (2016/2017) and a daughter, Fahmi Ferdous. [2]

Awards

References

  1. 1 2 ""If not a singer I would have been a historian" - Ferdous Ara". The Daily Star (Bangladesh) . Dhaka. 4 January 2014. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "FERDOUS ARA RESUME AND BRIEF BIO". Archived from the original (DOC) on 10 December 2014. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  3. ↑ "Ferdous Ara to perform today at IGCC". The Daily Star (Bangladesh) . Dhaka. 17 May 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 "How to generate interest in Nazrul songs among the newcomers -- Ferdous Ara". The Daily Star (Bangladesh) . Dhaka. 25 May 2005. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Shawreen Rahman (3 June 2017). "Ferdous Ara". The Daily Star. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  6. ↑ Basher, Naziba (28 August 2017). "Nazrul Award 2017 conferred". The Daily Star. Retrieved 29 August 2017.


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