death_date ethnicity native_name background birth_date instrument genre article_title name occupation
1988 1901 indian অমিয় ঠাকুর solo_singer 1901 vocal rabindra sangeet amiya tagore
 amiya tagore singer
amiya tagore

amiya tagore née roy -lrb- 1901 -- 1988 -rrb- was a bengali singer , considered one of the most subtle singers of the songs of rabindranath tagore -lrb- rabindrasangeet -rrb- .
she was amongst the few singers to learn directly from rabindranath tagore .
she played the role of pramada in tagore 's dance drama mayar khela which was directed by the composer himself .
later she became a member of the tagore family through her marriage to tagore 's elder brother 's grandson .
amiya tagore used to give public performance after her wedding only on tagore 's birthdays .
she sang ' e parabase rabe ke hay ' for satyajit ray in the film kanchenjungha -lrb- 1962 -rrb- .
towards the end of her life , in 1979 , she enthralled the audience with her rendering of songs at rabindra sadan in calcutta .
shailajaranjan majumdar , the universal teacher of music at santiniketan writes in his memoirs that once when he expressed his desire to go to calcutta to learn the song ` mori lo mori amay banshite dekechhe ke ' from amiya tagore -lrb- since it was believed that no one can surpass amiya-di in this song -rrb- , tagore expressed a mock-envy for her .
