Dr. Nusrat Mumtaz Ruposhi was born in Dhaka, Bangladesh on June 11, 1975, in a renowned cultural family. Her mother, Late Mrs. Alpana Mumtaz was a celebrated dancer, dance director and founder of the music and dance school, Kothakali Sangeet Bidalaya. Her aunt LateMrs. Rowshan Jamil was a house-hold name for actingin countless movies and dramas. Dr. Mumtaz began her training in music and dance when she was 3 years old from Kothakali Sangeet Biddalaya. She has been engaged in various forms of performing arts before she began her training as a classical violinist. She has performed professionally as a dancer, percussionist, and singer. As a vocalist she has performed in two Music Albums, a Pop Music record called "Ties" and a Bengali Music Album known as "Money Porey" released in 1995 and 1996, respectively. Ruposhi has been playing the drums since 1989 and still continues to engage herself as a drummer in her music compositions.
In 1994 Dr. Mumtaz began her long training as a violinist under an Indian government scholarship program. She completed her Bachelor of Performing Art and Masters of Performing Arts in 1997 and 1999 respectively from Maharaja Sayaji Rao University, Baroda, Gujarat, India. She graduated with flying colors. For example, in her MPA she not only secured the first position in her own department, she was ranked as the top most graduate among all students from four departments of performing arts at the university. During her bachelors and masters training, Rusposhi specialized in North Indian Ragas in violin in 'Gayaki Style' under the eminent classical violinist, Sri Neelkanth Nahar Ghaneker.
Dr. Mumtaz is the first Bangladeshi violinist to pursue for a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) in performing arts. Under the Indian government scholarship program, and the guidance of Professor DK. Bhonsle, Ruposhi has completed and submitted her Ph.D thesis in the faculty of performing arts at the Maharaja Sayaji Rao University, India. Her Ph.D research topic is "Forms and Styles of North Indian Classical Music in Bangladesh".
Dr. Mumtaz's interests and talents in music extend far beyond. placing herself only as a classical violinist. Ruposhi loves to compose, 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.
Dr. Mumtaz's aim is to create a broader audience for music as a whole, and classical music in violin in particular. through her teaching, performances, music omposition, direction and advocacy. She also believes that presenting fusion music based on strong classical base, played side by side with classical music, can reach and stir the interest of a much larger population. Ruposhi is young, bright, extremely dedicated and hard working, and full of energy. She has set for herself the goals to establish herself as a quality classical violinist, a music director and composer for dance and theme based orchestration, and to create a large number of future. Violinists in Bangladesh.