Ali Razwan

{{Multiple issues|{{Like resume|date=April 2024}} {{BLP sources|date=April 2024}} {{EngvarB|date=April 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}} {{Infobox person }} }} Ali F. M. Razwan is an Indian classical musician in the Hindustani tradition. He belongs to the Gwalior-Jaipur-Agra gharana.
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 * occupation = Classical vocalist
 * years_active = 1983–present
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He is the only non-Indian to have received the Sangeet Acharya degree. Ali's style of rendition has influences from laya, chhanda, bolbaat, boltan, layakari of Gwalior, and Binkari alap.

Early life
Razwan Ali was born as the sixth child of A. B. Lutfi Ali.

At the age of fifteen, he commenced music lessons from Bholanath Bhattacharya of Magura at the Shilpakala Academy. Subsequently, until 1983, he studied under Professor Chandi Prashad Chatarjee. From 1984 to 1988, he was under the tutelage of Ustad Abdul Bari Khan. Concurrently, he received training in Nazrul Sangeet at Bulbul Lalitakala Academy.

He was awarded the ICCR scholarship in 1988 and pursued Bachelors and Masters degrees at the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda. There, he received training in classical music of the Gwalior gharana from musicians like Pandit Shikantha Garage, Pandit Anilbhai Vaishnav, Pandit Ishwarbhai Yadav, and Pandit Dwarakanath Bhosle. He also studied Jaipur gharana under Subhada Desai and Kirana gharana under Pandit Lakshmikant Pyarelal Bapat. He learned Nauhar bani (stylistic variants) Dhrupad Sangeet from Pandit Harishchandra Chaturvedi during his research in Mumbai and trained under Pandit V. R. Athwale and Pandit Arun Kashalkar in Gwalior gharana-Jaipur gharana.



Ali's style was influenced by laya, chhanda, bolbaat, boltan, and layakari of Gwalior gharana. Most importantly, the style he follows as a classical artiste, his seven-year training from Pandit Narayan Patwardhan Rao of progressive Gwalior Gharana, and training from Kalpana Bhattacharya in Agra Gharana.

Education
Ali earned a Bachelor of Performing Arts (Vocal Music) with distinctions in 1991 and a Masters of Performing Arts (Vocal Music) with distinctions in 1993 from the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda. He obtained a Doctorate of Philosophy in 2016 from Gandharva Mahavidyalaya. His dissertation was "Diffusion and Diffraction of Raga in Bangladeshi Folk Music," supervised by Pt. Sudheer H. Pote. Ali is the first non-Indian to be conferred the title of Sangeet Acharya in vocal music from Akhil Bharatiya Gandharva Mahavidyalaya Mandal—the highest academic degree.

Career
Assistant Professor of Classical Music (Vocal), Jagannath University, Bangladesh, 2016–present

Chairman, Department of Music, Jagannath University, Bangladesh, 2019–2021

Senior Guru, Department of Vocal Music, Chhayanaut Sangeet Vidayatan, 1995–present

Visiting Scholar and Guru, Department of Classical Music, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy

Awards

 * Gyanacharya Pt. Vishnudigambar Award, 2016
 * Pt. Vinayakrao Patwardhan Award, 2016
 * Srimati Sitabai Palekar Award, 2016
 * Dr. S. Jaysree Samudra Award, 2016
 * Sangeetacharya G. D. Joshi Award, 2016
 * Srimati Asha Bhaskar Nimme Award, 2016
 * Pt. Jashwantbua Mirashee Award, 2016
 * Shankar-Anant Tengshe Award, 2016
 * Shammadini Satyantrabadan Certificate, 1998

Film and Other Works
Music direction for the film Rupantor, directed by Abu Sayeed Rupantor

Background music director for the cartoon series Meena, directed by UNICEF Meena Cartoon

Music direction for documentary films on Sufia Kamal and Hena Das

Music directions at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy

Conferences and Workshops
Keynote speaker at the "Artistic Presentation of Khayal" workshop, organized by Bengal Foundation

Keynote speaker on "The Musical Life of Pt. Ravi Shankar," organized by Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy

Keynote speaker on "The Life of Ustad Allauddin Khan," organized by Bangla Academy

Published Books and Articles
"রাগ সন্দর্শন," published by Jagannath University Publishing House

"দশ ঠাট-প্ৰেক্ষকাপটে রাগ- বর্গীকরণে বর্তমান বাধা," Volume 11.1, January–June 2021, Jagannath University Journal of Arts.