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Talim:-
Monir Hossain hails from a musical family, grandson of researcher and performer Ustad Kader Buksh of West Bengal, India. Born in Bangladesh, Monir was musically influenced at an early age by his father, a well known vocalist Ustad Hafiz Hossain, as well as his uncle Ustad Hamid Hossain, a well known hindustani classical music teacher in the East Coast, United States. His long term Guru is Pandit Samar Saha of Sangeet Research Academy (SRA), Kolkata, India, trained primarily in Benares style. Monir also received extensive talim from his Guru tabla stalwart Pandit Nayan Ghosh of Bombay as well as Pandit Anup Ghosh of Delhi. Other notable tabla maestro who briefly taught Monir is (late) Ustad Shawkat Ali Khan of Kolkata as well as a very brief tutelage from legendary (late) Pandit Jnan Prakash Ghosh of Kolkata.
Performances:-
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| After concert with Zakir Hussain monirhossain.net |
Monir has established himself as a dynamic tabla performer both as a solo and as an able accompanist with numerous prestigious performances to his credit. Some of his notable performances are with Sarod Maestro Pt. Budhadev Das Gupta, Legendary (Late) Ustad Villayet Khan, Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia, Pt. Budhaditya Mukherjee, Pandit Debashish Bhattacharya, Lakshmi Shankar, Ustad Fateh Ali khan, Pandit Rajiv Taranath, recently with sitar Maestro Ustad Shahid Parvez and numerous other musicians.
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| Concert with Ustad Shahid Parvez monirhossain.net |
Some of the major vanues include the Simthsonian Institution, Washington Conservatory of Music (WCM), Toranto Public Library, Colombia University, University of Alabama, Statson University, University of Maryland (UMBC) and numerous other prestigious venues. Monir also performed tabla solo in Berhampore, West Bengal, India on the occassion of his Grandfather (Late) Ustad Kader Buksh's birthday.
Some of the noteworthy vocal performers from Pakistan and Bangladesh that he has performed with include Pakistan's Pop sensation Alamgir, Shahanaj Rahmatullah, Sabiha Mahboob and Fatema Tuz-zuhrah among many others.
Movie and CD Release:-
Monir also scored music and appears in-person in the Hollywood movie American Chai. Monir has released CD with Pt. Budhadev Das Gupta, Rare Morning Ragas.
Teaching:-
Monir has long history of teaching tabla in the East Coast, United States. He has taught as a guest lecturer at the Department of South Asian Regional Studies, University of Pennsylvania in Philladelphia. Along with private lessons, he currently teaches at the India School Inc. in Bethesda, Maryland. He gives workshops and lecture demonstration on the art of playing tabla, accompaniment and solo performances.
Education and Engineering Profession:-
Monir completed his Master's degree in Electrical Engineering (MSEE) and Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He has been working as a senior Systems Engineer on high profile NASA and Aerospace Defense projects.
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