Aanon Siddiqua

Aanon H Siddiqua is a London based Bangladeshi musician and a performing artist. She specialises in Bengali folk but her musical repertoire also includes traditional Bengali songs, Tagore songs and Nazrul Sangeet which remains instrumental in her work in theatre and dance. She is a former vocalist of Kishon Khan's Afro-Cuban Bengali jazz band "Lokkhi Terra" and has performed in festivals, radios and television internationally. She has collaborated with various performing artists from around the globe including veteran Pakistani Sufi rock band "The Mekaal Hasan Band", iconic Indian folk musician Arko Mukherjee and has contributed in the musical journey of the acclaimed documentary "The Saints of Sins". Her song from the documentary was used in a campaign that won India's first Gold at Cannes Industry Craft Lions 2023. As a Dancer she is trained in Indian classical dance forms (Bharat Natyam & Kathhak) and has been performing for over two decades. Life in Other Words is her first work in a short film, as an adult actor. She has previously appeared as a child artist in a television series on network TV in Bangladesh called "Bubuner Baba", written by Md Zafar Iqbal and directed by Morshedul Islam. Her work in theatre includes plays such as "Women of Shakespeare" and "Bonbibi" by London based production company, "Komola Collective and Culturepot Global".

Aanon is also an intellectual property lawyer and specialises in music copyright law. She practices as a counselor and an academic.