Amaresh Roy Chowdhury

Amaresh Roy Chowdhury was born in the village of Chouddoroshi in the district of Faridpur, Bengal Presidency, British India on 18 September 1928,^[3] to Avinash Roy Chowdhury and Rajlakshmi Roy Chowdhury. They belonged to the family of Roy Bahadur Mahendra Narayan Roy Chowdhury of Faridpur.^{[citation needed]} He moved to Rajshahi after the liberation war of Bangladesh in 1971, and has been living there with his wife Sonali Roy Chowdhury and family since then.^{[citation needed]}

When he was in fifth grade, he started learning classical music. He started training from Pandit Sudhir Lal Chakrabarty, a famous music composer from the subcontinent. After his sudden death, Amaresh went to Harihar Shukla, another famous musician from Sirajganj, father of the famous Indian singer Haimanti Sukla, for vocal training. Afterward, he received training Dhrupada, Khayal and Thumri from Sangeetacharya Tarapada Chakraborty. He also learned modern songs and raagas from composer Nikhil Chandra Sen, and received vocal training from Manas Chakroborty. After passing his matriculation in 1945, he continued learning and practicing classical music.^{[citation needed]}

Chowdhury taught music at Shilpashram Lalitkala Academy in Rajshahi.^[4]

Chowdhury noted down the tunes of the songs by Kazi Nazrul Islam from their original records and preserved them in notations.^{[citation needed]}