Mir Naqibul Islam
Mir Naqibul Islam is a young classical artist of this generation. Naqibul is a regular performer in the classical music arena of Dhaka and New York both as a soloist and an accompanist. Though trained in purely traditional style, he is open to any genre of music and love to incorporate those flavors in his playing. He has worked as a music teacher at Chhayanaut Sangeet Vidyatan with an equally active freelancing career.
Mir is a graduate of IBA, University of Dhaka. Recently he has moved to New York for his graduate studies in Data Science at Baruch College, The City University of New York. Within a short span of time, he has become an active member in the music scene of New York and New Jersey. He has performed in Brooklyn Raga Massive, Pandit Jasraj School of Music, Chhandayn Center for Indian Music, Sadarang Worldwide Music Center, Volunteer for Bangladesh etc.
Mir started learning tabla from an early age of six at Chhayanaut. He is fortunate to have Shri Ashoke Paul as his guru who is a senior disciple of Padmabhushan Pandit Jnan Prakash ghosh. Through the past fourteen years and counting, guidance of Shri Ashoke Paul has enabled Mir to learn the technical and aesthetical aspects of Tabla playing. He has completed a six year tabla course from Chhayanaut under Shri Madan Gopal Das. He was also lucky to have Pandit Gopal Mishra as his guru for two years. For last two years, he has taken talim from Padma Shree Talyogi Pandit Suresh Talwalkar at Bengal Parampara Sangeetalaya. is a young classical artist of this generation. Naqibul is a regular performer in the classical music arena of Dhaka and New York both as a soloist and an accompanist. Though trained in purely traditional style, he is open to any genre of music and love to incorporate those flavors in his playing. He has worked as a music teacher at Chhayanaut Sangeet Vidyatan with an equally active freelancing career.
Mir is a graduate of IBA, University of Dhaka. Recently he has moved to New York for his graduate studies in Data Science at Baruch College, The City University of New York. Within a short span of time, he has become an active member in the music scene of New York and New Jersey. He has performed in Brooklyn Raga Massive, Pandit Jasraj School of Music, Chhandayn Center for Indian Music, Sadarang Worldwide Music Center, Volunteer for Bangladesh, etc.
Mir started learning tabla at the early age of six at Chhayanaut. He is fortunate to have Shri Ashoke Paul as his guru, who is a senior disciple of Padmabhushan Pandit Jnan Prakash Ghosh. Over the past fourteen years and counting, the guidance of Shri Ashoke Paul has enabled Mir to learn the technical and aesthetical aspects of Tabla playing. He has completed a six-year tabla course from Chhayanaut under Shri Madan Gopal Das. He was also lucky to have Pandit Gopal Mishra as his guru for two years. For the last two years, he has taken talim from Padma Shree Talyogi Pandit Suresh Talwalkar at Bengal Parampara Sangeetalaya.