Profile of a Dedicate upcoming Star musician Mr. Imtiaz Ahmed Harris

Born: - February-14,1981
Dhaka, Bangladesh.

During his childhood, he used to listen various types of pop songs. From Michael Jackson, Modern Talking, George Michael to Madonna, and lots more.

During his early teen years, he started to listen and get addicted with the rock and metal artists of Bangladesh. His main influence (and also the very first) among all the other bassists is none other than Shelly bhai, bassist of Winning.

Besides, his other influences are Shelly Bhai (Winning), Arshad Amin (Rockstrata), Babna Karm (Warfaze, solo), Shafin Ahmed (Miles), the late Mobin Bhai (Winning, Souls), Moto (Renaissance), Tanim (Souls, Renaissance, Obscure, Dolchut), Buno (Bangla), Khayem Ahmed (Nogor Baul), Swapan (LRB), Aurangozeb Babu (Feelings, Akhra), Khoka (Feedback,Maqsood O Dhaka), Bulbul (Ark, Feedback), Biplob (Prometheus), Schuman (Paper Rhyme, Shadhinota), Shams (Trap), Shamim (Ark), Roger bhai (Metalmaze, Warfaze), etc.

In 1997, he started listening to rock and metal musics from the bands of other countries. Starting with the song, "Wildchild" by Scorpions. His influences started to rise once he listened to Roger Glover of Deep Purple and Rainbow.

From then on his influences have increased into a more higher level. His lists included bassists like Randy Meisner (Eagles), Timothy B. Schmit (Eagles), Steve Harris (Iron Maiden), Roger Glover (Episode Six, Deep Purple, Rainbow, Gillan & Glover, Ian Gillan Band), Geezer Butler (Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne, GZR, Heaven And Hell), Sting (The Police, solo) , Stuart Hamm / Stu Hamm (Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, solo), George Roger Waters (Pink Floyd, Jeff Beck, solo), Sir James Paul McCartney (The Beatles, solo), John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin, Donovan, Foo Fighters, solo), John Deacon (The Queen), Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple, Black Sabbath), John Illsley (Dire Straits), Gene Simon (Kiss), Glen Cornick (Jethro Tull), Geddy Lee (Rush), Adam Charles Clayton/Adam Clayton, etc.

Beside his band, he is also the bassist of Fahmida Nabi, the famous singer of modern/adhunik songs.

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Members Of TablaRaj Bangladesh

Tablaraj Bangladesh has just completed its second meeting and conference on 9th September, 2009 along with Iftar. Tablaraj has made a successful discussion session with members and famous artists and person superior in wisdom. The chief guest was the pre-eminent cultural personality Biren Soum, special guests were Shahidulla Foraji, renowned lyrist and music composer of Bangladesh, Mahbubur Rahman Ansary, the great freedom fighter, Krshnokoli, famous singer of the time and Pintu Ghosh, music director and others.Every personality has kept their important speech along with the founder of the association of Tablaraj Bangladesh Rajan Saha, for how to achieve the goals of Tablaraj Bangladesh that is to hold and bring the people who are actually carrying the identity of Bangladesh culture.

Tablaraj Bangladesh had born in 13 February, 2009 and its has stood up with more than two thousand members at its age of seven months which came out through ‘Facebook’ of internet technology. Tablaraj Bangladesh has been successful in its journey till now with its motto as it has already come up with findings from different corners of Bangladesh of few artists who are not the star yet but they are attached with culture and literature of Bangladesh.

In the meeting, Krishnokoli has said that the attempt of Tablaraj Bangladesh is very good but few issues should be concerned by the members of the this association; 1) culture is what we live with in the society and on the land, that is, society, politics, economy, all that encompass the entire country and its consequences for the aftermath of those effect and all these were appeared profoundly in our songs of Jari, Sari, Lalon etc (original culture of Bangladesh) 2) culture is not detached from the politics as it is a part of our life, 3) we are suppressed with the culture that is imposed on us and acting in a leading character which is draining out the original culture of Bangladesh. Pintu Ghosh said about the busy life which we lead and corporate attitude that has taken us in a state that we are not about to look anywhere with emotions but for any business interest which is another reason that people can not make the future or present generation aware of the original identity of Bangla culture. Shahidullah Foraji explained the culture with few statements; culture comes with purifying the soul that attach with the root of the soil. He also said that song has captured a greater area of culture that has taken people in a passionate stage with its lyrics and tune; music is a matter of feeling and realization by the soul and it goes on with the eternity. Mahbubur Rahman Ansary also kept important speech that stated about our core culture and the unique and specialty of the outcomes of our culture that still makes perfect scenery of our lives or the reality. He said that advancement of science and technology has given us the speed but taken away the emotions; we just move with black batch to celebrate the International Mother Language day but we forget to take steps or keep an active action to boost the language and language is also a part of the culture, hence this fact should be kept in our heart for days and years. Final speech was given by the respected personality of the country, Biren Soum, who praised the mission and motto of the association and suggested to form a committee as the association becomes more clear objectives and more number of active members. Today the total number of population reached about 80 people including the 6 of the guests presented today. The conference was ended with fabulous speech from Rajan Saha, the founder and the chairperson of the association. He said that we must have strong patriotism in our heart and approach ahead with bold step to revive our culture. “This is the only country which has sacrificed their lives for the language and it is our duty that we respect their blood through stepping in the field to work such that we can actually revive our own and original culture”, Rajan Saha said. He completed his speech giving thanks to every members and guests.

09-09-09

Conference with Iftar.

Profile of a Dedicate Great Bhavabhushan Mitra

Born in the village of Balarampur in Jhenaidah District, now in Bangladesh, Bhavabhushan was son of Shyamacharan Mitra. As a student at Jhenaidah Government High School, Bhavabhushan excelled in sports. During a rough football match in about 1900 he crashed into an adversary, who was Bagha Jatin. Bhavabhushan later wrote: "In those days, colliding with the opponents and fracturing each other’s legs were not considered as foul play".

Jatin and Bhavabhushan became close friends. Bhavabhushan discovered Swami Vivekananda’s teachings, which had inspired the physical fitness programme in which Jatin was assisted by his boyhood friend, Kunjalal Saha of Kushtia. Soon, Jatin’s club came to include other future celebrities like Baladev Ray (Kushtia), Phani Ray (Kushtia), Deviprasad Ray alias Khuro (Kushtia), Sisirkumar Ghosh (Sagardari, Jessore), Jyotish Majumdar alias Chandi (Jessore), Amaresh Kanjilal (Jessore), Suresh Majumdar alias Paran (Krishnagar), Atulkrishna Ghose (Jadu-Bayra) and his cousin Nalinikanta Kar (Etmampur), Kshitish Sanyal (Pabna), Satish Sarkar (Natore), Jnan Mitra (Kolkata), Charu Ghose (Chetla), Nanigopal Sengupta (Howrah).

Jatin introduced Bhavabhushan to Suren Tagore, a nephew of Rabindranath Tagore. While looking after their estates at Silaidaha, the Tagores often consulted their solicitor Basantakumar Chatterjee, Jatin’s maternal uncle and father of Phanibhushan and Nirmalkumar. And, like Rabindranath and Basantakumar, Suren not only held classes for the members of Jatin’s club, but also practised riding, rowing and self-defence with them. Fond of Jatin and his friends, Suren taught them to think not only in terms of India’s freedom but, especially, of Asian unity.

In 1900, invited by Suren at his Kolkata residence, Jatin and Bhavabhushan attended a meeting where Kakuzo Okakura, the Japanese dreamer of the movement "Asia is One", was presented to dignitaries like Sister Nivedita, the barrister P. Mitter, Shashibhushan Raychaudhuri including members of the Tagore family (Sarala Devi Tagore, Rabindranath, Abanindranath Tagore). Like other patriots, too, Bhavabhushan was to be impressed by the Japanese victory over Russia in 1905, and admired Japan as an Asiatic power. Even in 1937, as a tribute to the Japanese admiral, he christened one of Jatin’s grandsons as Togo. At Kolkata, Bhavabhushan noticed young Jatin’s popularity among the seasoned personalities. Especially he found Mitter encouraging Jatin in his mission of preparing youths for an extremist uprising against the colonial rulers. As soon as the Kolkata Anushilan Samiti was inaugurated in 1902, with the help of Bhavabhushan and other associates, Jatin opened its branches in Kushtia and neighbouring towns. As Jatin’s messengers, on several occasions Bhavabhushan and Chandi Majumdar used to meet Sarala Devi, Nivedita, P. Mitter, Bepinchandra Pal, Krishnakumar Mitra.

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Profile of a Dedicated Famous Tabla Maestro Proshonno Kumar Banik

Famous Tabla Maestro Proshonno Kumar Banik was born at Dhaka in a “Gandhobanik” family in 1957. His father name was Madonmohon Banik.

Though Proshonno Kumar Banik was not born in a music lover family then his father took him to the famous Tabla & Mridongo artist of that time named Gourmohon Boshak to be introduced with The instrument Tabla. At that time Proshonno was just 9 years old. After the hardworking in learning Tabla for 9 years to Gourmohon Boshak he sent Proshonno to have better schooling under Ata Hossain Khan who was the royal musician of Nobab Amir-ul-Umrah. Ata Hossain Khan was so glad to observe Proshonno Banik’s skill in Tabla. He prepared Proshonno with his own care by teaching him carefully to make Proshonno a great Tabla artist. Proshonno Banik decided to earn the livelihood as a Tabla artist after finishing his studying. Within very short time his glory spreads all over everywhere. He achieved the glory by playing Tabla in many royal meeting in Bangladesh. He was so immensely popular as an instrumentalist & singer. His musical & instrumental excellence inspired both other singers & audiences. Without Tabla he was equally excellent in playing Pakhoaz. He was elected as a professor in “Bharat Shangeet Shamaj” in Bengali 1334 at that time.

Within his student whom were originally very famous they are Raybahadur Keshobchondro Bondopadhay, Harendrakishor Raychowdhury, Pranbollov Goshwamy & Aksay Karmakar.

Proshonno Banik wrote two famous books as “Tabla Torongini” & “Mridanga Probeshika” for the Tabla & Mridanga lover students.

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Profile of a Dedicated Ustad Khan Ayet Ali (1884-1967)

Ustad Khan Ayat Ali was born in a music gharana in the village of Shibpur in the district of Brahmonbaria. He took music lessons from his elder brother, fakir aftabuddin khan, at the age of ten. He subsequently went to Maihar and took lessons in the Sitar and the surbahar from his elder brother, Ustad Alla Uddin Khan..

Alla uddin Khan then sent him to Rampur, to his teacher, Ustad Wazir Khan, who taught Ayet Ali Khan for thirty years at a stretch. With the blessings of his guru, Ayet Ali joined the court of Maihar State as a court musician. Along with his brother, he formed an orchestra with indigenous musical instruments. Ustad Ayet Ali Khan later became the poet of the Nawab of Rampur. At the invitation of Rabindranath Tagore, He joined Santiniketan in 1935 as the head of the department of instrumental music. Ill health, however, obliged him to give up the post and return to Brahmanbaria.

Ustad Ayet Ali Khan's guidance and encouragement helped a host of classical musicians to develop. He also established a workshop for manufacturing musical instruments. He developed two new musical instruments, the manohara and the mandranad, and also improved the surbahar and the sarod. Another instrument, which he developed on the advice of Ustad Alauddin Khan, was the chandrasarang. He also invented a number of ragas: Varis, Hemantika, Aol-Basanta, Omar-Sohag, Shiva-Behag, Basanta-Bhairon, Mishra Sarang etc.

Ustad Ayet Ali Khan founded the Alla uddin Music College at comilla (1948) and Brahmanbaria (1954). He regularly performed the surbahar on Radio Pakistan from 1951 to 1965. He also participated in classical music conferences held in different cities of India. In 1960 he received the Governor's medal for his extraordinary contributions to the field of music. He was given the Tamgha-i-Imtiaz in 1961 and the Pride of Performance Award in 1966 by the Pakistan Government. He was honoured with the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy Award and the Independence Day Award posthumously in 1976 and 1984 respectively.

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Profile of a Dedicated Artist Sheikh Mohammed Sultan

After only five years of schooling in Victoria Collegiate School in Narail, Sultan joined his father to work as a mason. He began to draw the buildings his father used to work on and developed an artistic disposition. He wanted to go to Kolkata to study art, but his family did not have the means to send him there. Eventually, Sultan went to Kolkata in 1938 with monetary support from the local zamindar (landlord).

Having inadequate qualifications for admission into the Art School in Kolkata, Sultan only managed to get in through the help of Renowned Poet and art critic Hasan Shahid Suhrawardy(1890-1965)(Who introduced Jamini Roy to the world) a member of the governing body of the School also known as elder brother of Shahid Suhrawardy,former Prime Minister of Pakistan . Sultan also stayed at Suhrawardy's house and was allowed use of his library. Sultan, however, never completed his education. After three years in the school, his bohemian nature had the better of him and off he went travelling around India and working as a freelance artist. During his travel, he made a living by drawing the portraits of allied soldiers who had camped at the place he was visiting. During this period, his first exhibition was held in Simla, though none of these works have survived, mainly due to Sultan's own indifference towards preserving his work. After living and working in Kashmir for a while, Sultan returned to Narail in the wake of the Partition of India, Narail now part of Bangladesh.Then again, in 1951, he left for Karachi. There he taught as an art teacher at a school, and came in contact with artists like Abdur Rahman Chughtai and Shaker Ali, with whom he developed lasting friendship. In 1950 Sultan had gone to USA - exhibiting his work in New York, Washington, Chicago, and Boston, and later in London. In 1953 he returned to Narail. There he built a school for children, and a menagerie. He lived in a house full of cats and snakes. Except for occasional visits to Dhaka (where he had his first exhibition in 1976) he lived in the quiet isolation of his house.

A confirmed bachelor, Sultan settled down in an abandoned building in Narail overlooking the river Chitra, where he lived ever since with an adopted family and pets of his own including dogs, mongoose and monkeys. Sultan would later build a mini-zoo near his home. Apart from occasional visits to Dhaka, the capital, Sultan only once left Narail for any substantial period of time. He became interested in a ruined house in Sonargaon, pretty much like his own home in Narail, and lived there for a period.
Sultan's first exhibition in Dhaka was in 1976, inordinately late for a painter of his stature. Sultan died in 1994.

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Profile of a Dedicated Singer RUMI AJNABI

Rumi Ajnabi was born on 7th August, 1955 at Dewanpara, Jamalpur. Son of Fazlur Rahman Ajnabi, a poet and lyricist, and Zohura Khatun, he is the youngest of brother Didarul Alam Khurram and two sisters Hasna Zahan and Ferdous Rahman. Father Fazlur Rahman Ajnabi was a strident advocate of music – the performance of which was a taboo among Muslims during most of his life.

Rumi Ajnabi was a student of Jamalpur Zilla School and Asheq Mahmud College. He developed a passion for music from his childhood and was inspired by his father. He formally began studies in music in 1970, at the Surbani Lolitkala Niketon – the only school at the time – established by music teacher Shahidur Rahman.saju.

Later, he learned music in various genres under Sree Bhanu Das, Sree Amal sen, Abdul Latif, Prof. Pradeep Kanti Mojumder, Mohiuddin Sripuri and many others. In classical music, his initiation was from Ustad Abinash Goswami of Sherpur. He also undertook lessons from renowned music Maestros of Mymensingh Ushad Bijoy Krishna Bhattacharya. In 1975, he had lessons on classical music from renowned MusicianUshad Fazlul Haque in Dhaka.

In March, 1976, he enrolled himself as a classified singer in Bangladesh Television (BTV), after passing the voice audition; and in July this same year, he appeared for the first time in BTV when he presented a modern song. Sometime later, he became a regular singer of Bangladesh Betar (Radio).

It was hard for him to live permanently in Dhaka depending on his music career, so he returned to Jamalpur in 1978. Despite many odds, he pursued musical career. He returned to Dhaka in 1979, this time with an intention to find a small job or start a business, while continuing his musical aficionados. After fretting for two years in Dhaka, he landed a job at a packaging firm in Singapore in 1981. During this time, he performed some on-stage programmes. But as ill luck would have it, he had to return to Bangladesh after two years because of an accident he met while on the job. With a paltry sum, he started a business in Jamalpur. He married Rokeya Begum Dolly. He fought for eight years to save his physically impaired son. Business failure and debts dogged him.

Still, he was indomitable in music. His audio album on modern songs from the DISCO RECORDNG made its debut in 1987. He also continued his TV programmes while staying in Jamalpur. He attended a workshop in Dhaka in 1987, conducted by music maestro of the sub-continent Pandit Ajoy Chakravarty.

Rumi Ajnabi was appointed a music teacher at the Jamalpur Zilla Shilpakala Academy in 1994. He was also appointed a teacher in Bangladesh Shishu Academy in 1997. During this period, he received higher training on classical, Nazrul, Rabindra and folk songs organized by the Shilpakala Academy. The teachers in these courses included Khalid Hussain (Nazrul songeet), Rezwana Chowdhury Banya (Rabindra songeet), Dr. Mridul Kanti Chakravorty, Ajit Roy and Indramohan Raj Bangshi (folk songs). At the Nazrul Institute, he received special training from Sudhin Das, Sohrab Hassain and many others.

On classical music, Rumi Ajnabi received lessons under Gopal Dutt, Azad Rahman, Dr. Harun-or- Rashid and Ustad Yasin Khan.

Rumi Ajnabi established “Ajnabi Songeet Academy” in Jamalpur in 1994 in memory of his father Fazlur Rahman Ajnabi. Financial depression and outstanding loans compelled him to close down his business, and sell his own home to pay off debts. In June 2000, he came to settle in Dhaka in order to take up music as his only profession. To begin with, he worked as a teacher in “Satya Saha Sangeet Niketon” in Uttara for two years. In 2003, he resumed his “AJNABI SANGEET ACADEMY”in Uttara. The Commitment Product brought out his two albums on “Ay Juger Devdas” under his direction, CDs were brought out on Nazrul’s Dance Song “Natun Patar Nupur Bajiy” and a CD on “Rupkather Desh”.

Rumi Ajnabi himself has written many lyrics and composed numerous songs. His third album containing 10 songs was produced in 2008 by ATN Music “Kottay amar shamoray”.

Many of his talented students have become enlisted singers in radios and TV. While in Jamalpur, he headed as president many cultural organizations including “Saptarshi” “Fair Music” and “Lokoj”. Presently, he is a “Up grade” singer of BTV and an “A grade” singer in Bangladesh Betar.

His wife Rokeya Begum Dolly and his only daughter Rejwana Shrabon make his three-member family. Rumi Ajnabi seeks Doa from everybody for his continued success....................For more information anybody can contact with

RUMI AJNABI

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E-mail : ajnabi.gaan@gmail.com

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