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Ustad Yakub Ali Khan to be honoured with ‘Nazrul Award’

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22 May 2022 00:00:00 | Update: 22 May 2022 03:10:01
Ustad Yakub Ali Khan to be honoured with ‘Nazrul Award’

Renowned Nazrul singer, researcher, and music director Ustad Yakub Ali Khan will be honoured with 'Nazrul Award 2020'. The award will be handed over at the Sufia Kamal Auditorium of the National Museum on May 31.  

Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam Trustee Board has decided to honour him with the award because of his contribution to the research on Nazrul Islam’s life, literature, and music. 

“It has been five decades I am involving with music. During this long period of my music, I have devoted myself entirely to the promotion, dissemination, training, and performance of Nazrul Sangeet as well as classical music. This is the first time Kabi Nazrul Institute is going to honour me with this prestigious award, I am proud to be bestowed”, said Ustad Yakub Ali Khan.”

He also expressed his gratitude to his family and said, “My family has a big contribution too, especially my wife and children. They were always there like a shadow with me on this journey. I dedicate this achievement to my family, my fans, and all my students. I respectfully recall all, who had contributions behind today's Nazrul music practice in Bangladesh to where it is today.”

He also acknowledged the fact that is hard to become successful in the area of music. “Although it is very difficult to become financially successful in mainstream or classical music,” said Ustad Yakub Ali Khan. 

“It requires sacrifice, outstanding intelligence, and family support, I would hope that the young generations of music students will devote themselves more to the Nazrul genre of music,” he added.

At present Ustad Yakub Ali Khan is the principal of Nazrul Institute and since 1981, he has been performing on Bangladesh Radio and Television as a special Nazrul and classical music artiste.

Ustad Yakub Ali Khan was born at Nagarpur in Tangail. The artiste started to learn music under Purnachandra Sutradhar in 1972. After that, he took training under Prabir Kumar Chatterjee on Nazrul and classical music. Then he came to Dhaka in 1975 and studied music under Ustad Barin Majumder, Narayan Chandra Bosak, Sheikh Lutfar Rahman, and Khalid Hossain. For the last two decades, he has been performing as a judge for classical and Nazrul songs on BTV. 

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