| Armeen Musa | |
| Native Name: | আরমীন মূসা |
| Background: | solo_singer |
| Years Active: | 2008–present |
Armeen Musa is a Bangladeshi music director, composer, singer-songwriter, and actor. She is the first Bangladeshi composer to be part of a Grammy Nominated album, Shuruat by Berklee Indian Ensemble.[1] [2]
During her teenage years, Armeen was deeply inspired by musicians like Shayan Chowdhury Arnob, Sahana Bajpaie, and Anusheh Anadil.[3]
Armeen started her first band at the age of 14 and released her debut album Aye Ghum Bhangai in 2008. She gained wider recognition with her hit single Bhromor Koiyo Giya, a modern rendition of Radharaman Dutta's classic song.[4]
Armeen received training from her Guru Sujit Mustafa and graduated from the Berklee College of Music in 2014. Her passion for world music and western fusion led her to create her own choir band, the Ghaashphoring Choir, which performed in the second season of Coke Studio Bangla under her direction for Pritom Hasan’s Deora
Armeen has had many notable achievements during her stay at Berklee College of Music, including the opportunity to perform in front of A. R. Rahman. She was part of the Berklee Indian Ensemble that performed remakes of Rahman's songs during the occasion of his receiving a doctorate degree from the college. She also performed as part of the choir with Bobby McFerrin,[5] and Indian composer Clinton Cerejo; both as part of Berklee’s student-artist exchange programs.
Her album Live from Space was released in 2019.[3] The album was composed of Armeen's own tracks and renditions of popular songs. It was recorded and completed with both audio and video done by Dewan Anamul Islam Raju and Tanzim Ahmed Bijoy respectively, in just two days.[6]
In 2022, Armeen made history by becoming the first Bangladeshi composer to be part of a Grammy-nominated album, Shuruat by Berklee Indian Ensemble for the 65th Annual Grammy Awards in the category of Best Global Music Album. The album featured a song composed by Armeen and written by her mother, Nashid Kamal, titled Jaago Piya. The song was performed alongside famous musicians such as Ustad Zakir Hossain, Shankar Mahadevan, and Shreya Ghoshal.
In 2023, Armeen made her debut in acting. Under the direction of Syed Jamil Ahmed, she performed as an actor in his theatre production of Nilima Ibrahim’s Ami Birangona Bolchi and as composer to the soundtrack, that was performed live by Ghaashphoring Choir in the Studio Theatre Hall at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, June 2023.[7]
Apart from music, Armeen enjoys blogging about food, sharing her love for recipes and restaurant reviews on her IG account, 'dhakadelicacy'.
Her Grandfather was Mustafa Kamal and her Grandmother was Husne Ara Kamal. Armeen's family has a rich musical heritage. Her Great-Grandfather was the renowned Bengali folk singer Abbasuddin Ahmed, while her Great Uncle Mustafa Zaman Abbasi and Great Aunt Ferdausi Rahman are also highly regarded musicians.