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{{Short description|Bangladeshi singer}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Rezwana Choudhury Bannya
| name = Rezwana Choudhury Bannya
| image = Rezwana Choudhury Bannya New Jersey 2.jpg
| image = Rezwana Choudhury Bannya New Jersey 2 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Bannya performing in [[New Jersey]], June 2017.
| caption = Bannya in 2017
| native_name = রেজওয়ানা চৌধুরী বন্যা
| native_name = রেজওয়ানা চৌধুরী বন্যা
| native_name_lang = bn
| native_name_lang = bn
| birth_date = 13 January<ref name=own/>
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1957|1|13}}<ref name=own/>
| birth_place = [[Rangpur, Bangladesh|Rangpur]], Bangladesh<ref name=own>{{cite web|url=http://www.rezwanabannya.com/Bannya%20di%20site/My%20Life.html|title=My Life|publisher=Rezwana Choudhury Bannya's official website|access-date=29 July 2017}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Rangpur, Bangladesh]]<ref name=own>{{cite web|url=http://www.rezwanabannya.com/Bannya%20di%20site/My%20Life.html|title=My Life|publisher=Rezwana Choudhury Bannya's official website|access-date=29 July 2017|archive-date=3 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103151952/http://rezwanabannya.com/Bannya%20di%20site/My%20Life.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| genre = [[Rabindra Sangeet]]
| genre = [[Rabindra Sangeet]]
| occupation = Singer, Professor
| occupation = Singer, professor
| instrument = Vocal, [[Pump organ|harmonium]], [[esraj]]
| instrument = Vocal, [[Pump organ|harmonium]], [[esraj]]
}}
}}


'''Rezwana Choudhury Bannya''' is a Bangladeshi singer and academic. She is an exponent of [[Rabindra Sangeet]], the songs written and composed by [[Rabindranath Tagore]]. She is regarded as a legendary Tagore singer by Tagore music aficionados. She has won numerous awards including Bangladesh's highest civilian award the [[Independence Award|Independence Day Award]] (2016).
'''Rezwana Choudhury Bannya''' is a singer from Bangladesh. She is an exponent of [[Rabindra Sangeet]], the songs written and composed by [[Rabindranath Tagore]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.anandabazar.com/entertainment/rezwana-choudhury-bannya-plans-to-teach-tagores-songs-and-thoughts-to-children-of-prostitutes-in-bangladesh-dgtl/cid/1317877|script-title=bn:Rezwana Choudhury Bannya: বাংলাদেশে যৌনকর্মীর সন্তানদের রবীন্দ্রনাথের গান শেখাবেন রেজওয়ানা|date=10 December 2021|accessdate=21 Dec 2023|newspaper=anandabazar |language=bn}}</ref> She has won many awards including Bangladesh's highest civilian award, the [[Independence Award|Independence Day Award]] (2016) and [[India]]'s fourth highest civilian award, [[Padma Shri]] (2024).<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/backpage/14-individuals-navy-get-independence-award-2016-787987|title=14 individuals, Navy picked for Independence Award 2016|date=2016-03-08|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2018-01-15|language=en}}</ref>


==Early life==
==Early life==
Rezwana was born in Rangpur, Bangladesh to her parents Mazharuddin Khan and Ismat Ara Khan.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://bangla.bdnews24.com/glitz/article1129023.bdnews|script-title=bn:সংগীত শিল্পী রেজওয়ানা চৌধুরী বন্যার মায়ের মৃত্যু|date=31 March 2016|accessdate=3 May 2016|newspaper=bdnews24.com |language=bn}}</ref> Her early singing lessons began with her uncle [[Abdul Ali]] that continued later under the tutelage of [[Sanjida Khatun]] and Atiqul Islam at [[Chhayanaut]] and [[Bulbul Lalitakala Academy|Bulbul Academy of Fine Arts]] (BAFA) in [[Dhaka]]. As she continued taking lessons in music and singing, she also joined the Economics Program at the university of Dhaka after completion of her schooling. However, soon her inner self came to the realization that music was her destiny. She received a scholarship from the [[Indian Council for Cultural Relations]] (ICCR) to study in [[Sangit Bhavana]] at [[Santiniketan]], the university that was founded by Tagore himself. She took lessons from artistes including [[Kanika Bandyopadhyay]], [[Nilima Sen]], [[Sailajaranjan Majumdar]], [[Santidev Ghosh]], [[Gora Sarbadhikary]], [[Manju Bandyopadhyay]] and [[Asesh Bandyopadhyay]]. Years after receiving her Master's degree fro
Rezwana was born in [[Rangpur, Bangladesh]] to her parents Mazharuddin Khan and Ismat Ara Khan.<ref>{{citation |url=https://www.rezwanachoudhurybannya.com |title=Welcome to Rezwana Choudhury Bannya's website |accessdate=6 July 2024}}</ref> Her early singing lessons began with her uncle [[Abdul Ali]] and continued later under the tutelage of [[Sanjida Khatun]] and Atiqul Islam at [[Chhayanaut]] and [[Bulbul Lalitakala Academy|Bulbul Academy of Fine Arts]] (BAFA) in [[Dhaka]]. As she continued taking lessons in music and singing, she also joined the Economics Program at the university of Dhaka after completion of her schooling.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kallol |first1=Hashibur Reza |title=My life is blessed, I do not have any regrets: Rezwana Choudhury Bannya |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/entertainment/music/news/my-life-blessed-i-do-not-have-any-regrets-rezwana-choudhury-bannya-3585161 |access-date=25 June 2024 |work=The Daily Star |date=9 April 2024 |language=en}}</ref> However, soon her inner self came to the realization that music was her destiny. She received a scholarship from the [[Indian Council for Cultural Relations]] (ICCR) to study in [[Sangit Bhavana]] at [[Santiniketan]], the university that was founded by Tagore himself. She took lessons from artistes including [[Kanika Bandyopadhyay]], [[Nilima Sen]], [[Sailajaranjan Majumdar]], [[Santidev Ghosh]], [[Gora Sarbadhikary]], [[Manju Bandyopadhyay]] and [[Asesh Bandyopadhyay]]. Years after receiving her master's degree from Visva-Bharati, she trained under Kanika Banerjee (Mohor Di) in private sessions for an extended period of time, as she recalled in the Musiana episode, "Meeting Mohar Di", hosted by Srikanto Acharya.{{citation needed|date=April 2023}}
isva-Bharati, she trained under Kanika Banerjie (Mohor Di) in private sessions for an extended period of time, as she recalled in the Musiana episode, "Meeting Mohar Di", hosted by Srikanto Acharya.


In 2021 she completed her research on Rabindra Sangeet at the University of Dhaka, for which she received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
In 2021 she completed her research on Rabindra Sangeet at the University of Dhaka, for which she received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.{{citation needed|date=April 2023}}


==Career==
==Career==
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Bannya is currently Professor and founding chair of the Department of Dance at the University of Dhaka; previously, she had been a professor in the Department of Music at the same university.<ref name=du>[http://www.du.ac.bd/department/common/facultymemberdetail.php?memberid=FMTMU93015&bodyid=DMUSIC The University of Dhaka, Department of Music] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150603011947/http://www.du.ac.bd/department/common/facultymemberdetail.php?memberid=FMTMU93015&bodyid=DMUSIC |date=2015-06-03 }}</ref> Inspired by Kanika Bandyopadhyay, she founded in 1992 ''Shurer Dhara'', a prestigious music school in Dhaka. with a focus on Ranbindra Sangeet. Bannya is currently Honorary Dean, Faculty of Performing Arts & Chairperson of Music Department of [[Tagore University of Creative Arts]]. In 2010, in order to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore, she brought out a complete audio version of 2,233 songs in Tagore's ''Gitobitan'', which was titled ''Sruti Gitobitan.<ref>{{cite web | title='Shruti Gitobitan' (শ্রুতি গীতবিতান) | url=http://shurerdhara.ac.bd/shruti-gitobitan | access-date=11 February 2018}}</ref>
[[File:Evening on Tagore - Kolkata 2011-05-09 3084.JPG|thumb|right| Bannya performing to commemorate 150th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore in [[Kolkata]] (May 2011).]]
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Bannya is currently Professor and founding chair of the Department of Dance at the University of Dhaka; previously, she had been an Associate Professor in the Department of Music at the same university.<ref name=du>[http://www.du.ac.bd/department/common/facultymemberdetail.php?memberid=FMTMU93015&bodyid=DMUSIC The University of Dhaka, Department of Music] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150603011947/http://www.du.ac.bd/department/common/facultymemberdetail.php?memberid=FMTMU93015&bodyid=DMUSIC |date=2015-06-03 }}</ref> In 1992 she founded ''Shurer Dhara'', a prestigious music school in Dhaka. with a focus on Ranbindra Sangeet. Bannya is currently Honorary Dean, Faculty of Performing Arts & Chairperson of Music Department of [[Tagore University of Creative Arts]]. In 2010, in order to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore, she brought out a complete audio version of 2,233 songs in Tagore's ''Gitobitan'', which was titled ''Sruti Gitobitan..<ref>{{cite web | title='SHRUTI GITOBITAN' (শ্রুতি গীতবিতান) | url=http://shurerdhara.ac.bd/shruti-gitobitan | access-date= February 11, 2018}}</ref>


==Awards==
==Awards==
* ''Ananda Sangeet Puroshkar'' for being the best female Rabindra Sangeet artist (2002)<ref name=bikkhato>{{cite web|title=Rezwana Choudhury Bannya {{!}} Most Popular Bangladeshi Rabindra Sangeet Singer|url=http://bikkhato.com/rezwana-choudhury-bannya-popular-bangladeshi-rabindra-sangeet-singer/|publisher=bikkhato.com|accessdate=10 January 2014}}</ref>
* ''Ananda Sangeet Puroshkar'' for being the best female Rabindra Sangeet artist (2002)<ref>{{cite news |title=Rezwana Chowdhury Bannya speaks on Rabindra Sangeet |url=https://www.voabangla.com/a/a-16-2007-09-01-voa6-94408354/1392925.html |work=VOA |date=1 September 2007 |language=en}}</ref>
* ''Gaane Gaane Gunijon Shongbardhona'' (2011)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dhakanews.info/rezwana-choudhury-bannya-awarded/ |title=Rezwana Choudhury Bannya awarded |date=1 October 2011|accessdate=29 July 2017}}</ref>
* ''Gaane Gaane Gunijon Shongbardhona'' (2011)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dhakanews.info/rezwana-choudhury-bannya-awarded/ |title=Rezwana Choudhury Bannya awarded |date=1 October 2011|accessdate=29 July 2017}}</ref>
* ''Sangeet Samman Puroshkar'' from the Ministry of Culture, India in 2013<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archive.prothom-alo.com/detail/news/341415|script-title=bn:বন্যাকে ‘সংগীত সম্মান পুরস্কার’|newspaper=Prothom Alo|language=bn|date=2 April 2013|accessdate=29 July 2017}}</ref>
* ''Sangeet Samman Puroshkar'' from the Ministry of Culture, India in 2013<ref>{{cite news |script-title=bn:বন্যাকে ‘সংগীত সম্মান পুরস্কার’ |url=http://www.prothom-alo.com/detail/news/341415 |newspaper=Prothom Alo |date=2 April 2013 |language=bn |access-date=29 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130405042730/http://www.prothom-alo.com/detail/news/341415 |archive-date=2013-04-05}}</ref>
* [[Independence Day Award]] (2016)
* [[Independence Day Award]] (2016)
* [[Banga Bhushan]] (2017)
* [[Banga Bhushan]] (2017) by the Government of West Bengal
* Firoza Begum Memorial Gold Medal (2017)
* Firoza Begum Memorial Gold Medal (2017)
*Sangeet Maha Samman (2017) by the Government of West Bengal
*Sangeet Maha Samman (2017) by the Government of West Bengal
*Doctorate of Arts ''honoris causa'' from [[Asian University for Women]] (2019)<ref>{{cite web |title=AUW Confers a Doctorate of Arts, honoris causa, Upon Rezwana Chowdhury Bannya |url=https://asian-university.org/who-we-are/history/ |publisher=Asian University for Women |accessdate=10 June 2019}}</ref>
*Doctorate of Arts ''honoris causa'' from [[Asian University for Women]] (2019)<ref>{{cite web |title=AUW Confers a Doctorate of Arts, honoris causa, Upon Rezwana Chowdhury Bannya |url=https://asian-university.org/who-we-are/history/ |publisher=Asian University for Women |accessdate=10 June 2019}}</ref>
*Lifetime Achievement Award conferred by Oikko.com.bd Channel I (2022)
*[[Padma Shri]] by the Government of India (2024)


== Albums ==
== Albums ==
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* Baaje Rammyabina
* Baaje Rammyabina
* Sarasha Sangeet Madhurima (Songs Of Tagore) (2001)
* Sarasha Sangeet Madhurima (Songs Of Tagore) (2001)
* Keno Chokher Jole Song Poetry Synthesis with [[Samiul Islam Poluck]]
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== External links ==
== External links ==
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* {{cite web|url=https://www.parabaas.com/rabindranath/articles/mBonya1.html|title=Article on Tagore by Rezwana Choudhury Bannya}}
* {{cite web|url=https://www.parabaas.com/rabindranath/articles/mBonya1.html|title=Article on Tagore by Rezwana Choudhury Bannya}}
{{Bachsas Award for Best Female Singer}}
{{Bachsas Award for Best Female Singer}}
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Latest revision as of 17:55, 31 October 2024

Rezwana Choudhury Bannya
রেজওয়ানা চৌধুরী বন্যা
Bannya in 2017
Bannya in 2017
Background information
Born (1957-01-13) 13 January 1957 (age 67)[1]
Rangpur, Bangladesh[1]
GenresRabindra Sangeet
Occupation(s)Singer, professor
Instrument(s)Vocal, harmonium, esraj

Rezwana Choudhury Bannya is a singer from Bangladesh. She is an exponent of Rabindra Sangeet, the songs written and composed by Rabindranath Tagore.[2] She has won many awards including Bangladesh's highest civilian award, the Independence Day Award (2016) and India's fourth highest civilian award, Padma Shri (2024).[3]

Early life

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Rezwana was born in Rangpur, Bangladesh to her parents Mazharuddin Khan and Ismat Ara Khan.[4] Her early singing lessons began with her uncle Abdul Ali and continued later under the tutelage of Sanjida Khatun and Atiqul Islam at Chhayanaut and Bulbul Academy of Fine Arts (BAFA) in Dhaka. As she continued taking lessons in music and singing, she also joined the Economics Program at the university of Dhaka after completion of her schooling.[5] However, soon her inner self came to the realization that music was her destiny. She received a scholarship from the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) to study in Sangit Bhavana at Santiniketan, the university that was founded by Tagore himself. She took lessons from artistes including Kanika Bandyopadhyay, Nilima Sen, Sailajaranjan Majumdar, Santidev Ghosh, Gora Sarbadhikary, Manju Bandyopadhyay and Asesh Bandyopadhyay. Years after receiving her master's degree from Visva-Bharati, she trained under Kanika Banerjee (Mohor Di) in private sessions for an extended period of time, as she recalled in the Musiana episode, "Meeting Mohar Di", hosted by Srikanto Acharya.[citation needed]

In 2021 she completed her research on Rabindra Sangeet at the University of Dhaka, for which she received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.[citation needed]

Career

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Bannya is currently Professor and founding chair of the Department of Dance at the University of Dhaka; previously, she had been a professor in the Department of Music at the same university.[6] Inspired by Kanika Bandyopadhyay, she founded in 1992 Shurer Dhara, a prestigious music school in Dhaka. with a focus on Ranbindra Sangeet. Bannya is currently Honorary Dean, Faculty of Performing Arts & Chairperson of Music Department of Tagore University of Creative Arts. In 2010, in order to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore, she brought out a complete audio version of 2,233 songs in Tagore's Gitobitan, which was titled Sruti Gitobitan.[7]

Awards

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  • Ananda Sangeet Puroshkar for being the best female Rabindra Sangeet artist (2002)[8]
  • Gaane Gaane Gunijon Shongbardhona (2011)[9]
  • Sangeet Samman Puroshkar from the Ministry of Culture, India in 2013[10]
  • Independence Day Award (2016)
  • Banga Bhushan (2017) by the Government of West Bengal
  • Firoza Begum Memorial Gold Medal (2017)
  • Sangeet Maha Samman (2017) by the Government of West Bengal
  • Doctorate of Arts honoris causa from Asian University for Women (2019)[11]
  • Lifetime Achievement Award conferred by Oikko.com.bd Channel I (2022)
  • Padma Shri by the Government of India (2024)

Albums

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  • Swapner Aabhashe (2014)
  • Sokal Saajhe
  • Bhorer Aakashe (2012)
  • Laguk Haowa (2012)
  • Apan Pane Chahi
  • Pran Khola Gaan (2011)
  • Elem Nutan Deshe
  • Sudurer Mita
  • Maatir Daak
  • Khelar Saathi
  • Gethechinu Anjali
  • Moner Majhe Je Gaan Baaje
  • Mor Dorodiya
  • Surer Ashonkhani
  • Surer Kheya
  • Patar Bhela Bhasai
  • Shraban Tumi
  • Chinnopotro (2004)
  • Kabi Pranam (2008)
  • Baaje Rammyabina
  • Sarasha Sangeet Madhurima (Songs Of Tagore) (2001)
  • Keno Chokher Jole Song Poetry Synthesis with Samiul Islam Poluck

References

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  1. ^ a b "My Life". Rezwana Choudhury Bannya's official website. Archived from the original on 3 January 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  2. ^ Rezwana Choudhury Bannya: বাংলাদেশে যৌনকর্মীর সন্তানদের রবীন্দ্রনাথের গান শেখাবেন রেজওয়ানা. anandabazar (in Bengali). 10 December 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  3. ^ "14 individuals, Navy picked for Independence Award 2016". The Daily Star. 8 March 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  4. ^ Welcome to Rezwana Choudhury Bannya's website, retrieved 6 July 2024
  5. ^ Kallol, Hashibur Reza (9 April 2024). "My life is blessed, I do not have any regrets: Rezwana Choudhury Bannya". The Daily Star. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  6. ^ The University of Dhaka, Department of Music Archived 2015-06-03 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ "'Shruti Gitobitan' (শ্রুতি গীতবিতান)". Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  8. ^ "Rezwana Chowdhury Bannya speaks on Rabindra Sangeet". VOA. 1 September 2007.
  9. ^ "Rezwana Choudhury Bannya awarded". 1 October 2011. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  10. ^ বন্যাকে ‘সংগীত সম্মান পুরস্কার’. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 2 April 2013. Archived from the original on 5 April 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  11. ^ "AUW Confers a Doctorate of Arts, honoris causa, Upon Rezwana Chowdhury Bannya". Asian University for Women. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
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