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An avid student of the tabla, Mir Naqibul Islam has trained in the traditional guru-shisya style of Indian classical music from Pt. Ashoke Paul, disciple of the great tabla guru Pt. Jnan Prakash Ghosh. Now living and working in New York, he performs regularly with musicians from a wide variety of other genres, bringing tabla to jazz, Middle Eastern music, and other contexts. By listening, learning and playing with musicians from around the globe, Mir is developing a unique musical aesthetic bringing together the musical influences of traditional Farukhabad style tabla and 21st century New York. Mir has studied with Pt. Gopal Mishra and Pt. Suresh Talwalkar in past and continuing his talim with the great Farukhabad Mastero Pt Anindo Chatterjee and Pt. Ashoke Paul.

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