Mir Naqibul Islam

Mir Naqibul Islam is a New York based tabla player from the Farukhabad gharana. Mir has been 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.

Mir presents tabla solo recitals and regularly accompanies vocalists, instrument players and dancers from the Indian tradition. He also performs regularly with musicians from a wide variety of other genres, bringing tabla to Jazz, Chamber Music, Middle-Eastern music, hip hop and other contexts. 

He is continuing his talim with the legendary Farukhabad maestro Pt Anindo Chatterjee. His style has also been enriched by training with Pt. Gopal Mishra and Pt. Suresh Talwalkar in past as well.