Lucy Rahman is a British

British people

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 singer

Singing

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 of Bangladeshi origin

Bengali people

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Background and education

Lucy Rahman was born in Dhaka

Dhaka

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, Bangladesh

Bangladesh

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 into a family of famous musicians, artists and poets. From the age of six she was trained in Indian Classical

Indian classical music

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 and semi-classical music

Semi-classical music

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 from her father, Lutfor Rahman, who was a classical singer and a successful composer. She then studied at the Nazrul Academy where she studied for six years and gained her diploma.

Career

Rahman moved to London

London

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 with her husband in 1983. She has appeared on numerous television shows such as Channel 4

Channel 4

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's Eastern Eye and as well as performing in places such as Belgium

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, Holland and America

United States

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Since 1998, she has been one of the lead singers of the jazz music group Grand Union Orchestra. 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 United Kingdom including Sadler's Wells Theatre

Sadler's Wells Theatre

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, Queen Elizabeth Hall

Queen Elizabeth Hall

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 and the Barbican Centre

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She has also performed by herself on stage in the UK and various international venues, notably New York

New York

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, Berlin

Berlin

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, Brussels

Brussels

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 and Paris

Paris

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