Aladin

:This article is about the artist/magician by the name aladin. For the story from 1001 Arabian Nights and the character of the same name, see Aladdin.

Other artforms

For two years in his childhood aladin trained in Kolkata/Calcutta in classical Indian music during an active period in that city for the Tagore, Shankar and Nasrul Islam musical dynasties, who were well known to aladin's family.

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Kolkata - Calcutta - Indian music - Tagore - Shankar

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In some circles in Britain, aladin is noted also as a member of the growing band of Asian artists making significant contributions to the contemporary heritage and culture of the country across the artforms - their numbers including sculptor Anish Kapoor, writer Hanef Qureshi, film-maker Shehar Kapoor and musician Nitin Sawnhey. aladin inspired and was executive producer of the Whitechapel Gallery's innovative ZeroZeroZero exposition of 1999, showcasing and introducing the work of new and old luminaries of the cultural world who happened to be Asian.

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Asian - Sculptor - Anish Kapoor - Writer - Film - Musician - Whitechapel Gallery - 1999

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