Bangladeshi violinist Dr. Nusrat Mumtaz Ruposhi ( http://www.violinistruposhi.com/ ) in a music video here jamming violin with Shafins (lead vocal/guitar from the most popular BD rock band "Miles") guitar. Dr. Mumtaz helping the promotion of academic learning of Violin tremendously in Bangladesh through her research, creation of fusion themes and by making violin the lead musical instrument in her pop and rock bangla/bengali songs.
During the early 90s Dr. Mumtaz played drums professionally in a band lead by her brother. Soon Dr. Mumtaz lead Bangladeshs very first "all female" rock band "NSB", yet her involvement in music didnt just start then. Being the daughter of once famous Dancer/Dance Director Late Mrs. Alpana Mumtaz, sister of Dance Director Dr. Shoma Mumtaz, and the niece of a Bangladesh house-hold name actress Late Mrs. Rowshan Jamil, Dr. N Mumtaz grew up in a musical family starting to perform on BTV at the age of 3. During her childhood she trained in vocals, dancing and playing Tabla.
Due to adverse social pressure the "all female" NSB would split up soon and Dr. Mumtaz would go solo. Her first singles album came out soon after the split of NSB. At this point, her mother encouraged her to pursue formal education in music under an Indian gov. scholarsip program. She would go on to completeing her Bachelors and Masters in Violin.
Later, under the Indian government scholarship program, and the guidance of Professor DK. Bhonsle, Ruposhi would complete her Ph.D thesis in the faculty of performing arts at the Maharaja Sayaji Rao University, India. Her Ph.D research topic was "Forms and Styles of North Indian Classical Music in Bangladesh".
Dr. Mumtazs interests and talents in music extend far beyond not placing herself only as a classical violinist but also to direct and experiment with music. Her compositions range from pure classical compositions to fusion music where she liberally applies and blends touches of modern, folk and/or western music styles on her strong classical base music. On one hand, Ruposhi fervently promotes classical music in violin in Bangladesh, on the other hand, she works to popularize music with creativity and fusion, without losing the classical chord in her music. Since 2004, Ruposhi has been presenting her fusion music compositions on many occasions on stage and television.
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4.82 mins | Tags:
bengali+songs
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