Join us for an evening of Hindustani classical music featuring Suman Laha on Veena and Monir Hossain on Tabla.
We will start the evening with a tabla solo and then together Suman and Monir will take us through a timeless journey of rhythm and strings exploring ragas and talas!
Seating is very limited, so secure your tickets now for this unique musical experience.
Details:
Doors at 6:30 PM
Tabla Solo followed by Concert: 7:00 PM
$25
*Limited Capacity and Seating
Bossa Bistro & Lounge
2463 18th Street NW
Washington, DC 20009
Upstairs (2nd Floor)
BIOS
Suman Laha – Veena
Suman Laha was born in Kolkata, where he was inspired by his great grand uncle, late Shri Nadu Mullick, to pursue his love for music. Shri Mullick was a close friend of Pt. Ravi Shankar and Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, and was very well known in the U.S. music circle, having toured with Pt. Ravi Shankar for many years.
Taught in the purest senia tradition by his teacher Pt. Shyamal Chattopadhyay, Suman has become one of the most accomplished practitioners of stringed Indian Classical music. Suman’s instrument of choice is a variation of the more traditional veena, a design that Suman himself crafted. True to his musical upbringing, his style of music stays true to traditional Dhrupad, maintaining strict grammar and rules. He is especially skilled at maintaining his grammatical excellence even when performing uncommon ragas and talas.
Suman has performed in many prestigious musical conferences and concerts in India. He has also extensively toured Europe, performing in concerts, workshops and music festivals.
A few of his favorites were the Lute Festival in Dresden, the Deutsche Indische Gesellschaft in Germany, and the Tagore Center in Berlin.
In the US, Suman has been performing in concerts for musical organizations and universities, as well as teaching Indian Classical music since 2001. Suman has had the privilege of performing with legendary masters and gurus of percussion like Pandit Anindo Chatterji, Pt. Kumar Bose, Pt Arup Chattopadhyay, Pt. Abhijit Banerjee, Abhiman Kaushal, Parimal Chakraborty and many more.
As a music teacher Suman continues the old Indian tradition of ‘Guru Shishya Parampara’, an age-old practice and one of the oldest methods of teaching Indian music. His students are spread out in Los Angeles, Arizona, Nevada and in the surrounding states. He is the music director of Cerritos Music Circle, also giving Indian Classical Music lessons and performing.
Monir Hossain - tabla
Monir Hossain hails from a musical family, grandson of researcher and performer of the well-known Ustad Kader Buksh of Murshidabad, West Bengal, India. Born in Bangladesh, and migrated to US with his family at a very early age, Monir was musically influenced at an early age by his father, vocalist Ustad Hafiz Hossain, a regular classical vocalist at All India Radio in Calcutta. His long term Guru is Pandit Samar Saha of Sangeet Research Academy, Calcutta. Though trained in Benaras style, Monir expanded to other styles and also received brief but extensive tutelage from tabla stalwarts such as Pandit Nayan Ghosh, Pandit Anup Ghosh, Pandit Anindo Chatterjee as well as (late) Ustad Shawkat Ali Khan.
Monir played tabla and appeared in person in Hollywood film American Chai and has been performing since his teen years. Some of the notable musicians includes well-known musicians such as Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia, Ustad Vilayat Khan, Ustad Shahid Parvez, Smt. Anupama Bhagwat, Guitarist Pt. Debashish Bhattacharya the late Smt. Laxmi Shankar and many others. Some of the notable venues he has performed are John F. Kennedy Center Millenium Stage, The Smithsonian Institute, The Strathmore, Washington Conservatory of Music, Brown University, University of William and Merry, UPenn (guest lecturer) and many more all over USA and Canada. He has released CDs with sarod maestro late Pt. Budhadev Das Gupta, Pt. Debojyoti Bose and sitar maestro Ustad Shahid Parvez. Monir is the creator of unique Indian Classical Music (ICM) app called Saathsangeet that is now used by classical music students and practitioners world wide. Monir continues to explore creative ways to infuse his traditional training with his evolving style of accompaniment as he continues to mature musically, both as a soloist and as an accompanist. Monir is also a Radar Systems Architect, a private pilot, a painter and travels widely.
Monir lives in Maryland with family and teaches and performs frequently.