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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Farida Parveen
| image = Farida Parveen.jpg
| caption = Parveen at the Universal Sufi Festival 2017
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|12|31|df=y}}
| origin = [[Natore District]], [[East Bengal]], [[Dominion of Pakistan]] (now [[Bangladesh]])
| genre = [[Lalon]], folk
| occupation = singer
| instrument = instrumental, vocal
| years_active = 1968–present
}}
'''Farida Parveen''' (born 31 December 1954)<ref name=fukoka>{{cite news |url=http://fukuoka-prize.org/en/laureate/prize/cul/parveen.php |title=Farida Parveen [ Arts and Culture Prize 2008 ] |publisher=Fukuoka |access-date=11 November 2022}}</ref> is a Bangladeshi folk singer. Referred to as "the Queen of [[Lalon|Lalon song]],"<ref name="ds2Dec2017">{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/showbiz/through-the-eyes/through-the-eyes-farida-parveen-1499194|title=Through the Eyes of Farida Parveen|last=|first=|date=2017-12-02|work=The Daily Star|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2018-12-17|quote=Farida Parveen is an indistinguishable name in the Bangladeshi folk music arena. Known as the Queen of Lalon songs, she was born at 31st December, 1954 in Natore, Bangladesh and was brought up in Kushtia.}}</ref> she received [[Ekushey Padak]] in 1987<ref name=ekushey>{{cite news|url= http://www.moca.gov.bd/site/page/c706da0c-29ee-4f0f-95d9-fa6705e19001/|script-title=bn:একুশে পদকপ্রাপ্ত সুধীবৃন্দ|publisher=Government of Bangladesh|language=bn|trans-title=Ekushey Padak winners list|access-date=23 August 2022}}</ref> and [[Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer]] for the film ''Andho Prem'' (1993) in 1993.<ref name=nfa>{{cite web|url=http://www.fdc.gov.bd/site/page/f3bb17fe-d9ad-4b61-bd8a-5824262691ad/১৯৭৫-২০১২|script-title=bn:জাতীয় চলচ্চিত্র পুরস্কার প্রাপ্তদের নামের তালিকা (১৯৭৫-২০১২)|language=bn|trans-title=List of the winners of National Film Awards (1975-2012)|website=Bangladesh Film Development Corporation|publisher=Government of Bangladesh|access-date=25 March 2022}}</ref>

==Early life==
Parveen was born in [[Natore District|Natore]] and was brought up in [[Kushtia]]. Her father worked in the health service. As a child she used to play a [[harmonium]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ghosh |first1=Avijit |title=Music knows no borders, says Bangladesh singer Farida Parveen |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Music-knows-no-borders-says-Bangladesh-singer-Farida-Parveen/articleshow/47557997.cms |newspaper=Times of India |publisher=Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd |access-date=10 July 2022}}</ref> In 1968, she was enlisted with Rajshahi Betar as a Nazrul singer.<ref name=dstar>{{cite news |author=Ershad Kamol |date=27 July 2005 |title=Lalon singer Farida Parveen is a class apart |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/2005/07/27/d507271401129.htm |newspaper=The Daily Star |access-date=24 June 2022}}</ref> She graduated from Kushtia Government College under [[Rajshahi University]].<ref>{{cite news |script-title=bn:'অচিনপাখি': ফরিদা পারভীন |url=http://glitz.bdnews24.com/details.php?catry=2&showns=545 |work=Glitz |publisher=bdnews24.com |language=bn |access-date=24 January 2013 |archive-date=11 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311061142/http://glitz.bdnews24.com/details.php?catry=2&showns=545 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Parveen first took lesson from Komal Chakrabarti. Later on, she received lessons in classical music from Ustaad Ibrahim Khan, Ustad Rabindranath Ray, Ustad Osman Goni and Ustad Motaleb Biswas. She then learnt Nazrul songs from Ustad Mir Muzaffar Ali and Ustad Abdul Qadir. She was introduced to Lalon music by Moksed Ali Shai.<ref name="ds2Dec2017" />

==Career==
Parveen started her career with [[Nazrul Sangeet]]. In 1973, she performed the patriotic song ''Ei Padma Ei Meghna'' and the Lalon song ''Shatyo Bol Shupothey Chol''. Her other songs are ''Tomra Bhulei Gechho Mallikadir Naam'', ''Nindar Kanta Jodi'' and several Lalon classics. {{Citation needed|date=March 2022}} She sings mostly Lalon songs.<ref>{{cite news |title=Farida Parveen to perform at IGCC |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/music/farida-parveen-perform-igcc-85798 |newspaper=The Daily Star |access-date=10 July 2022}}</ref> In 2014, she performed in a [[sufi]] festival organized by Bangladesh embassy and the Centre for Fine Arts in Belgium.<ref>{{cite news |title='Sufi Night' in Belgium |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/sufi-night-in-belgium-47822 |newspaper=The Daily Star |access-date=10 July 2022}}</ref> In 2015, she performed in [[New Delhi]] at an program organized by Bangladesh High commission on [[Pohela Boishakh]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bhattacharya |first1=Pallab |title=Naboborsho in Delhi |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/event/naboborsho-delhi-77637 |newspaper=The Daily Star |access-date=11 November 2022}}</ref>

==Works==

===Songs===
* "Ei Padma Ei Meghna"
* "Barir Kache Arshi Nogor"
* "Shatyo Bol Shupothey Chol"
* "Tomra Bhulei Gechho Mallikader Naam"
* "Nindar Kata Jodi"
* "Porga Namaz Jene Shune"

===Albums===
* ''Khachar Vitor Ochin Pakhi''
* ''Kishoree Bou''
* ''Milon Hobe Koto Dine''
* ''Nindar Kata''
* ''Pap Punner Kotha''
* ''Shomoi Gele Shodhan Hobena''
* ''Tomra Vule Gacho''

==Awards==
* [[Feroza Begum Memorial Gold Medal]] (2019)
* [[Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize]] (2008)
* [[Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer]] (1993)<ref>{{cite news |title=An evening of Lalon song with Farida Parveen |url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/entertainment/2015/may/23/evening-lalon-song-farida-parveen |newspaper=Dhaka Tribune |access-date=11 November 2022}}</ref>
* [[Ekushey Padak]] (1987)
* [[Anannya Top Ten Awards]] (2008)

==References==
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{{Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer}}
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[[Category:People from Natore District]]
[[Category:Kushtia Government College Alumni]]
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[[Category:20th-century Bangladeshi singers]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Ekushey Padak]]
[[Category:Honorary Fellows of Bangla Academy]]
[[Category:Best Female Playback Singer National Film Award (Bangladesh) winners]]

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