Sohini Alam has performed internationally on stage, radio, and television and worked on music for dance, theatre, and film.
18 Facts About Sohini Alam
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Sohini Alam was born in London, England and was brought up there and in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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Sohini Alam comes from a musical family and was trained by her mother Hiron Alam and by her aunts Jannat Ara and Ferdous Ara, leading Bangladeshi exponents of Nazrul Sangeet.
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Sohini Alam is trained primarily in Nazrul Sangeet but has since branched out into folk, Rabindra Sangeet and contemporary music.
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Sohini Alam sang in Tamil and Roma for a collaboration with the Mongooses Musical Playbox and in Yoruba for Lokkhi Terra's CubAfrobeat collaboration with Dele Sosimi.
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In 2018, Sohini Alam appeared on the British Bangladeshi Power and Inspiration list of influential British Bangladeshis.
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Sohini Alam formed the band Khiyo with Oliver Weeks in 2007.
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Sohini Alam worked with composer Jocelyn Pook for Akram Khan, recording vocals for his Olivier Award-winning dance piece DESH.
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Sohini Alam sang for the soundtracks of the films: The Last Thakur and Life Goes On.
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Sohini Alam has been involved in several theatre productions as a vocalist, notably:.
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Sohini Alam was acclaimed for her work in almost every review of each of these four productions.
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Sohini Alam, who sang for every single character as they mimed the words.
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Sohini Alam has been featured on BBC Radio a number of times, on programmes such as World on 3, The Verb, Introducing with Tom Robinson, and Woman's Hour.
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Sohini Alam has appeared on BBC London and on BBC 5 during their coverage of the London 2012 Olympics.
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Sohini Alam has appeared in television programmes in the UK and Bangladesh including The Curry House Kid, a documentary on Akram Khan, on Channel 4 and Khan's episode of Move on Netflix.
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In 2017, Sohini Alam performed with Mercury Prize-winning musician Talvin Singh at the Jazz Cafe in London.
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Sohini Alam has collaborated with British-Asian clarinettist Arun Ghosh, worked on an electro-acoustic project After Art, and was collaborating with State of Bengal on a new album until the death of Sam Zaman.
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In December 2015, Sohini Alam married lyricist and guitarist, Asif Asgar Ranjan, of popular Bangladeshi band Arbovirus at Dhaka's Rose Garden Palace.