Priyanka Gope is a Bangladeshi singer. She won the

Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer () is the highest award for female film playback singers in Bangladesh. History Bangladesh National Film Award for best female playback singer has a long history. This is the most ...

for her performance in the film '' Anil Bagchir Ekdin'' (2015). It was her debut as a playback singer.

Early life and education

Gope was trained under Ananda Chakrabarty, Dr. Asit Roy, Pt. Arun Bhaduri, Pt. Urmi Dasgupta, and

Waheedul Haq Waheedul Haq (; March 16, 1933 – January 27, 2007) was a journalist, writer, and musicologist of Tagore songs. Early life Haq was born on March 16, 1933, at Bhawal Monoharia village under Keraniganj Upazila. His father, Mazharul Haq, was a mem ...

. She completed her B. Muse and M. Muse from the Department of Vocal Music at

Rabindra Bharati University Rabindra Bharati University is a public research university in Kolkata, India. It was founded on 8 May 1962, under the Rabindra Bharati Act of the Government of West Bengal in 1961, to mark the birth centenary of the poet Rabindranath Tagore. I ...

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as ICCR scholar. She did her Ph.D. degree from

University of Dhaka The University of Dhaka (), also known as Dhaka University (DU), is a public university, public research university located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Established in 1921, it is the oldest active university in the country. The University of Dhaka w ...

. Her thesis was entitled "The Aesthetics and Diversity of

North Indian Classical Music Hindustani classical music is the classical music of the Indian subcontinent's northern regions. It may also be called North Indian classical music or ''Uttar Bhartiya shastriya sangeet''. The term ''shastriya sangeet'' literally means classica ...

". She is an enlisted as a "special grade" artist of

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and

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Rabindra Sangeet ''Rabindra Sangeet'' (; ), also known as Tagore Songs, are songs from the Indian subcontinent written and composed by the Bengalis, Bengali polymath Rabindranath Tagore, winner of the 1913 Nobel Prize in Literature, the first Indian and also the ...

Nazrul Sangeet Nazrul Sangeet (), also Nazrul Geeti (; ), refers to the songs written and composed by Kazi Nazrul Islam, who is the national poet of Bangladesh. Nazrul Geeti incorporate revolutionary notions as well as more spiritual, philosophical and roman ...

, modern song, and classical music categories.

Career

Gope teaches as Professor at Music Department of the

. Recently she has become the chairperson of the Music Department. As of she got Channel I music award in 2017, 2018 for best Classical Vocalist and in 2020, 2022 for best Nazrul Sangeet Singer. Also she got Rtv Award in 2017 for best female Singer. She released four solo albums and many more mixed albums including the classical albums ''Sure Sure Dekha Hobe'' and ''Raga Delights'' from

Bengal Foundation The Bengal Foundation () is a Bangladeshi non-profit and charitable organization headquartered in Dhanmondi, Dhaka. It is mostly known for organizing local and international cultural events in the country. History Bengal Foundation was founded by ...

, ''Thumri Vol-1'' from G Series.

Playback

In 2015, she won the Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer for her performance in the film Anil Bagchir Ekdin. In 2023, she sung "Govire" with Rehana Rasool for the highest grossing Bangladeshi film of all time ''

Priyotoma ''Priyotoma'' is a 2023 Bangladeshi tragedy romantic drama film. The film was directed by Himel Ashraf, and is the second he has directed. It was produced by Arshad Adnan under the banner of Versatile Media. The film story was written by late F ...

'' with a Sajid Sarker composition, starring

Shakib Khan Masud Rana Sheikh (born 28 March 1979), better known by the stage name Shakib Khan, is a Bangladeshi actor and filmmaker who works in Bengali language, Bengali films. He is widely regarded as one of the most popular figures of all time in Benga ...

and

Idhika Paul Idhika Paul (born Tumpa Paul, 2 July 1998) is an Indian Bengali television and film actress. She works mostly in the Tollywood film industry, with a few ventures in the Dhallywood. In 2023, she rose to fame with the Tragedy Romantic Drama film ...

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