Indro Roy-Chowdhury & Mir Naqibul Islam: Sitar & tabla duo

Live from St. Paul’s Chapel, Columbia University.
PROGRAM
Kedar (evening raag)
Bhairavi (morning raag)
Indrajit Roy-Chowdhury is one of the most talented young exponents of Rampur Senia Gharana in the venerated lineage of Pandit Birendra Kishore Roy Chowdhury and Pandit Subroto Roy Chowdhury. Primarily trained in the Veen-Kar style of Sitar which draws techniques and idioms of the Veena, Indrajit has been able to carve a niche for himself with his eclecticism and versatility. Indrajit strives for a fine balance of traditionalism coupled with innovation and is renowned for his meditative alaap and brilliant taans.
Indrajit is based in New York and maintains a rigorous tour schedule across the continents. As an international artist, Indrajit has performed in a range of distinguished venues, notably: Dover Lane Music Conference, Kolkata; Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington DC; Lincoln Center, New York; The Hammerstein Theater of New York; Toronto National Convention Center; Berlin Indian Embassy; Concordia Arts Poznan, Poland; Chayanaut Auditorium, Dhaka; and Ramakrishna Mission Cultural Centre, Kolkata.
An avid student of Tabla, Mir Naqibul Islam has trained in the traditional guru-shisya style of Indian Classical music from Pt. Ashoke Paul, a disciple of the great tabla guru Pt. Jnan Prakash Ghosh.
Now living and working in New York City, 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.