Azad Rahman

Azad Rahaman is a Bangladeshi composer. He is a gold medalist from Rabindra Bharati University in Kolkata.

He 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 in films, radio and TV productions. He won several awards, including national ones.

He is one of the pioneers of Bangla Kheyal and has written lyrics for many well-known raagas. These have been performed on BTV in the Dhrupodi program. He produced the first-ever 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.

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

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