Ronu Majumdar

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Ronu Majumdar
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Ronu Mujumdar performing in Pune
Background information
Occupation(s) Flute player
Instruments Flute
Ronu Majumdar is an Indian flautist in the Hindustani classical music tradition.

Awards, nominations, and music collaborations

In 1981, Ronu Majumdar won the first prize at the All India Radio competition, and
the President's Gold Medal.[1][2]

He has associated with Pandit Ravi Shankar on albums like Passages and Chants of
India. He has more than 30 audio releases to his credit. He won the prestigious
Aditya Vikram Birla Award in 1999 for his dedication to music. Sahara India Pariwar
felicitated him with a lifetime achievement award on the occasion of Jyoti Diwas
2001. In 2014 he won the prestigious Sangeet Natak Akademi award.

Today, Ronu Majumdar is among the more popular musicians on this instrument, and is
especially popular with the younger generation for his creative improvisations. Pt
Majumdar's music is rooted in the Maihar gharana which has musicians of eminence
like Pt Ravi Shankar and Ustad Ali Akbar Khan to its credit. Apart from his
concerts all over India in different music festivals, he also participated in the
Festival of India in Moscow and Asiad '82 in New Delhi. He has toured extensively
in Europe, the United States, Canada, Japan, Singapore, Thailand, Australia, New
Zealand and the Middle East.

Majumdar is also known for a number of collaborations and jugalbandis with other
leading instrumentalists. An innovative composer, he has also composed several
pieces in a fusion of Hindustani classical with other forms of music, particularly
Western classical music, including the projects Carrying Hope (Music Today), A
Traveller's Tale, Song of Nature (Magnasound), Kal Akela Kahan (Plus Music).

He has also provided short training sessions to budding young artists like
Raghavendran Rajasekaran from Singapore. Most recently Pt. Ronuji has conducted a
concert of 5,378 flautists on one stage called Venu Naad under the banner of �Art
of Living�. This event was recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records.

References
"Sounds Of Indian Flute To Fill Cabell Hall On Oct. 2". University of Virginia
News. 17 September 1999. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
"Flute Concert by Pt. Ronu Majumadar". SPIC MACAY, IIT Kanpur. Archived from the
original on 14 July 2007. Retrieved 30 May 2008.
External links
Official website
Ronu Majumdar at AllMusic. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
Authority control
WorldCat Identities VIAF: 23740075 ISNI: 0000 0001 1488 8467 SUDOC: 08945538X
MusicBrainz: ade7c988-0cbf-4d78-9472-76d001086195 SNAC: w6455f4v
Categories: 1965 birthsIndian flautistsBansuri playersMusicians from
VaranasiHindustani instrumentalistsIndian male classical musiciansIndian classical
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