Musical artist
Papia Sarwar (née Rahman, born on 21 November) is a Bangladeshi singer. She is an exponent of Rabindra Sangeet , the songs written and composed by Rabindranath Tagore . She earned Rabindra Award from Bangla Academy in 2013, Bangla Academy Fellowship in 2015 and Ekushey Padak in 2021.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
Early life and education
Sarwar was born in Dhaka . She took music lessons from Atiqul Islam, Waheedul Haq , Sanjida Khatun and Zahidur Rahim at Chhayanaut in 1966 and later at Bulbul Academy of Fine Arts .[ 4] [ 5] She was a student of the Department of Zoology at the University of Dhaka . In 1973, she received a scholarship from the Government of India to study Rabindra Sangeet at Visva-Bharati University in Santiniketan . In Visva-Bharati University, she was trained in classical music under Dhrubotara Joshi and in Rabindra Sangeet under Santidev Ghosh , Subinoy Roy , Kanika Banerjee and Nilima Sen .[ 4]
Career
Sarwar established a musical troupe named "Geetoshudha" in 1996.[ 6]
Works
Albums
Purna Chander Mayay (2013)[ 7]
Chokher Dekha Praner Katha (2014)[ 8]
Personal life
The fifth of eight children of Sayed Bazlur Rahman and Fatema Rahman, she has been married to Sarwar A Alam since 1978.[ 9] [ 2] Together they have two daughters: Zaara Sarwar, Assistant Professor of Biology in The College of New Jersey, and Jisha Sarwar, a public executive at the Canadian Ministry of Finance .[ 8]
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