Lucy Rahman

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| name = Lucy Rahman

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| native_name = লুসি রহমান

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| birth_date = 1960s

| birth_place = Dhaka, East Pakistan (now Bangladesh)

| origin = Ilford, Redbridge, London, England

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| occupation = Singer

| genre = Bengali

| instrument = {{flat list |

Vocals
accordion

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| years_active = 1998–present

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| associated_acts = Grand Union Orchestra

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Lucy Rahman ({{langx|bn|লুসি রহমান}}) is a Bangladeshi-born British singer.

Early life

Rahman was born in Dhaka, East Pakistan (now Bangladesh){{cite web|url=http://www.culturalco-operation.org/artist_network/artist/216/Lucy_Rahman|title=Lucy Rahman|publisher=Cultural Co-operation|access-date=24 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402214158/http://www.culturalco-operation.org/artist_network/artist/216/Lucy_Rahman|archive-date=2 April 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} into a family of famous musicians, artists and poets. From the age of six, she was trained in Indian Classical and semi-classical music by her father, Lutfor Rahman,{{cite book |last1=Karim|first1=Mohammed Abdul|last2=Karim|first2=Shahadoth|title=British Bangladeshi Who's Who|url=http://www.bbwhoswho.co.uk/whoswho_09.pdf|date=October 2009|publisher=British Bangla Media Group|page=104|access-date=24 September 2011}} who was a classical singer and a successful composer. She then enrolled at the Nazrul Academy, where she studied for six years and gained her diploma. Lucy was awarded "Sursaki" from her music college as the most promising vocalist of her generation.{{Cite web|title=Lucy Rahman – Grand Union Orchestra|url=http://grandunion.org.uk/lucy-rahman.php|access-date=2020-10-14|website=grandunion.org.uk}}

Career

In 1983, Rahman moved to London, England with her husband, Mohammad Habib Rahman. She has appeared on numerous television shows such as Channel 4's Eastern Eye and as well as performing in places such as Belgium, the Netherlands and the U.S.

Since 1998,{{cite web |url=http://www.towerhamletsarts.org.uk/?cat=22&cid=29014&guide=Artists|title=Lucy Rahman|publisher=Tower Hamlets Arts & Entertainment|access-date=24 September 2011}} Rahman has been one of the lead singers of the jazz music group Grand Union Orchestra.{{cite web |url=http://www.grandunion.org.uk/musicians/lucy-rahman.html|title=Lucy Rahman|publisher=Grand Union Orchestra|access-date=24 September 2011}} She has performed on numerous stage, television and radio shows both in Bangladesh and the UK. She has toured with the Grand Union Orchestra which has meant she has visited many places across the UK, including Sadler's Wells Theatre, Queen Elizabeth Hall and the Barbican Centre.

Rahman has also performed by herself on stage in the UK{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/asiannetwork/events/melas/2009/baishakhi/index.shtml|title=Baishakhi Mela|publisher=BBC Asian Network|date=10 May 2009|access-date=24 September 2011}} and various international venues, notably New York City, Berlin, Brussels and Paris. She also performed solo for BBC and Channel 4 television. She also sang as a playback singer for a number of television films, including A Kind of English and King of the Ghetto.{{cite web |url=http://aminakhayyamdance.co.uk/lucy-rahman|title=Lucy Rahman/vocalist|publisher=Amina Khayyam Dance Company|access-date=1 February 2015}}{{cite news |last=Mannikka|first=Eleanor|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/120791/A-Kind-of-English/overview|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150201021318/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/120791/A-Kind-of-English/overview|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 February 2015|title=A Kind of English (1986)|location=New York|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|date=2015|access-date=1 February 2015}}{{cite book |title=Variety Film Reviews|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DHNZAAAAMAAJ&q=Lucy+Rahman|volume=19|year=1988|publisher=R R Bowker Publishing|isbn=978-0-8352-2799-5}}

In 2015, Rahman was a vocalist in Amina Khayyam's adaptation of Federico García Lorca's play Yerma.{{cite news |last=Bruce|first=Keith|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts_ents/13617476.Fringe_Dance_review__Yerma__New_Town_Theatre/|title=Giving a voice to silent women through Kathak dance|location=Glasgow|newspaper=The Herald|date=12 August 2015|access-date=1 April 2016}}

Discography

'Notun Desh, Notun Jiban (New Land, New Life)' on Now Comes The Dragon's Hour – Grand Union Orchestra (RedGold Records, 1997)
'Tomar Basane' on 12 For 12 – Grand Union Orchestra (RedGold Records, 2011)
'The Notes of Perfume' on If Paradise – Grand Union Orchestra (RedGold Records, 2011)
'The Song of Separation' on If Paradise – Grand Union Orchestra (RedGold Records, 2011)
'The Perfumes of Paradise Blues' on If Paradise – Grand Union Orchestra (RedGold Records, 2011)