Arif Rana

he East-meets -West blend in him so when he restarted his music career there…He started collaborating with musicians from multitudes of cultures – hence giving birth to a new world-beat,he adds a bengali perspective to his collaborations. United, their work soon became a cocktail of French,Spanish,Portuguese, Algerian, Tunisian, Moroccan,African, traditional European and Bangla folk – using varieties of instruments such as Dotara, Ektara,Khamak,Guitar, Oud, Morchung, Darbuka and Saxophone. Rana has composed few songs for some bangladeshi films (Porobashinee, Bangladesh-the birth of a flag…) & french film-( « de l’usage du se**oy en temp de crise »…)

He has performed in prestigious venues like Unesco,Zenith de Paris,Palais des Congrès Paris-Est, ……Oslo-Norway,Maison de la culture Mouloud Mammeri-Tizi-ouzou, Algérie.He has also participated and represented Bangladesh in several International festivals. His previous albums are « Bishonno ebong Eka » (Label- Commitment production-1995), « Rong kora Putul » ( Label - Bengal music-2010 ), « Bhabona » ( Label - Agniveena/G-series-2016)