voc, *1954
Singer / Musician / Songwriter
A.k.a. বারী সিদ্দিকী
Bari Siddiqui (Bengali: বারী সিদ্দিকী ; born 15 November 1954) is a Bangladeshi singer-songwriter, flutist and folk musician of Bangladesh. He got his lesson on folk and classical music from Gopal Dutta and Ustad Aminur Rahman. He started his musical career in 1981 and got fame singing in the film Sharbon Megher Din in 2000. He was the only musician invited from the Indian subcontinent in the World Flute Conference at Geneva in 1999. Bari Siddiqui, born in Netrokona district of Bangladesh, comes from a family of musicians. His formal vocal training began at the age of 12 under Gopal Dutta of Netrokona. His career takes flight in 1981, when he was taken under the wings of Ustad Aminur Rahman, direct disciple of Pt. Pannalal Ghosh (1911- 1960) and Dabir Khan (Beenkar). Ustad Aminur Rahman sp