Anima Roy
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| native_name = অনিমা রায় তারেক
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| origin = Bangladesh
| genre = Rabindra Sangeet
| occupation = Singer, professor
| instrument = Singing
| years_active = 2009–present
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Anima Roy is a Bangladeshi Rabindra Sangeet singer and Professor of music at Jagannath University.
Biography
Roy learned music from Debasish Chakrabarty, Sadhon Chandra Barman and Surbani Lalitakala Academy. Then she was trained under Waheedul Haq, Sanjida Khatun and Mita Haque.{{cite news |title=Tagore singer Anima Roy performs at IGCC |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/uncategorized/2014/08/29/tagore-singer-anima-roy-performs-at-igcc |work=Dhaka Tribune |date=29 August 2014 |access-date=2 June 2021}} She completed a Rabindra Sangeet course from Chhayanaut.{{cite news |last1=Shazu |first1=Shah Alam |title=Rabindra Sangeet will live forever |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/rabindra-sangeet-will-live-forever-23298 |work=The Daily Star |date=9 May 2014 |access-date=15 January 2018}}
In 2013, Roy joined the faculty at Jagannath University as a lecturer in the Department of Theatre and Music. Two years later, she was promoted to associate professor.{{cite news |last1=Bulbon |first1=Sheikh Arif |title=Tales of two singers, university teachers |url=https://thedailynewnation.com/news/311011/Tales-of-two-singers,-university-teachers |work=The New Nation |date=8 January 2022}} By 2019, she was chair of the Department of Music,{{cite news |title=Remembering Rabindranath Tagore with Anima Roy |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/music/news/remembering-rabindranath-tagore-anima-roy-1740127 |work=The Daily Star |date=8 May 2019}} which had split from the Department of Theatre in 2016.
Discography
- Kotha Jao (2009){{cite news |title=Tagore's reflections on women |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-128527 |work=The Daily Star |date=4 March 2010}}
- Ami Chitrangada (2010)
- Icchamoti{{cite news |title=Anima's homage to Liberation War martyrs |url=https://www.theindependentbd.com/post/70583 |work=The Independent |location=Dhaka |date=30 November 2016}}
- Robir Alo (2014)
- Tomaro Birohe
- Praner Majhe Aay (2015){{cite news |title=Anima Roy releases new solo album |url=https://www.theindependentbd.com/arcprint/details/24058/2015-11-23 |work=The Independent |location=Dhaka |date=23 November 2015}}
- Matribhumi (2016)
Awards
Roy received the award for Rabindra Sangeet at the 12th Channel i Music Awards for her album Matribhumi.{{cite news |title='12th Channel i Music Award' conferred |url=https://www.theindependentbd.com/printversion/details/116692 |work=The Independent |location=Dhaka |date=1 October 2017 |access-date=2 June 2021}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|16748626}}
- [https://jnu.ac.bd/profile/portal/web/143 Personal profile] from Jagannath University website
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Category:20th-century Bangladeshi women singers
Category:20th-century Bangladeshi singers
Category:University of Dhaka alumni
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)