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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{infobox musical artist<br />
| name = Amaresh Roy Chowdhury<br />
| image = AmareshRoy.jpg<br />
| caption = Chowdhury during an award ceremony in Narayanganj<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1928|9|18|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Faridpur Sadar Upazila|Faridpur]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Amaresh Roy Chowdhury''' (born 18 September 1928)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tw.ichacha.net/mzj/amaresh%20roy%20chowdhury.html|title=Amaresh roy chowdhury造句_用"amaresh roy chowdhury"造句}}</ref> is a Bangladeshi classical vocalist of the Indian sub-continent.<ref name=star>{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/pandit-amaresh-roy-chowdhury-performs-at-igcc-26487|title=Pandit Amaresh Roy Chowdhury performs at IGCC|date=June 1, 2014|access-date=February 16, 2016|newspaper=The Daily Star}}</ref> He was awarded [[Ekushey Padak]] in 2016 by the [[Government of Bangladesh]] for his contribution to classical music.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/country/16-named-ekushey-padak-351484|title=16 named for Ekushey Padak|date=February 10, 2016|newspaper=The Daily Star|access-date=February 16, 2022}}</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
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Amaresh Roy Chowdhury was born in the village of Chouddoroshi in the district of Faridpur of the [[presidencies and provinces of British India]] on September 18, 1928. His parents were Avinash Roy Chowdhury and Rajlakshmi Roy Chowdhury. They belonged to the family of Roy Bahadur Mahendra Narayan Roy Chowdhury of Faridpur.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}<br />
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He moved to Rajshahi after the liberation war of Bangladesh in 1971, and has been living there with his wife Sonali Roy Chowdhury and family since then.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}<br />
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==Musical journey==<br />
When he was in fifth grade, he started learning classical music. He started training from Pandit Sudhir Lal Chakrabarty, a famous music composer of the subcontinent. After his sudden death, Amaresh went to Harihar Shukla, another famous musician from Sirajganj, father of the famous Indian singer [[Haimanti Sukla]], for vocal training. Afterwards he received training on ''Dhrupada'', ''Khayal'' and ''Thumri'' from Sangeetacharya [[Tarapada Chakraborty]]. He also learned modern songs and ''raagas'' from composer Nikhil Chandra Sen, and received vocal training from Manas Chakroborty. After passing his matriculation in 1945, he continued learning and practicing classical music.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}<br />
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==Career==<br />
He has taught music at ''Shilpashram Lalitkala Academy'' in Rajshshi.<ref name="banglanews24">{{cite news |title=Pundit Amaresh Roy's soiree at IGCC |url=https://www.banglanews24.com/english/entertainment/news/bd/21929.details |work=Banglanews24.com |date=28 May 2022}}</ref><br />
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==Notable contributions==<br />
Amaresh Roy Chowdhury noted down the tunes of the songs by [[Kazi Nazrul Islam]] from their original records and preserved them in notations.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}<br />
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==Awards==<br />
* Sanket Sangskritik Goshthi Award (1981)<br />
* Ustad Gul Mohammad Memorial Award by Sangeet Academy (1982)<br />
* Gunijan Sammanona by Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (1997)<br />
* "Pandit" Title given by Noborupi, Dinajpur(2000).<br />
* National Leader Shaheed “AHM Kamaruzzaman Sammanona Smarok” (2010)<br />
* "Rabindra Padak"” by Jatiya Rabindra Sangeet Sammilan Parishad (2014)<br />
* [[Shilpakala Padak]] by [[Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy]] (2014)<br />
* [[Ekushey Padak]] (2016)<br />
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