Monir Hossain

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About Monir Hossain

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 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.