Ronu Majumdar Biography In English
Birth Details –
Nationality-Indian
Teacher – Pandit Vijay Raghav Rao
Early Life –
- Ronu’s father was a homeopathic doctor by profession and a great oil painter of his time, but he played the flute as a hobby.
- Ronu’s father learned from late Pandit Pannalal Ghosh, the pioneer of flute playing and introduced it in classical music. Ronu’s father was his first guru and later he became a disciple of the late Pandit Vijay Raghav Rao ji, the most famous flute player of all time.
Career-
- Ronu Majumdar is among the more popular musicians on this instrument, and is especially popular with the younger generation for his creative improvisations.
- Pandit Majumdar’s music is rooted in the Maihar Gharana, which includes eminent musicians like Pandit Ravi Shankar and Ustad Ali Akbar Khan.
- Apart from his concerts across India at various music festivals, he also participated in the Festival of India in Moscow and Asiad ’82 in New Delhi.
- He has toured extensively in Europe, United States, Canada, Japan, Singapore, Thailand, Australia, New Zealand and the Middle East.
- Majumdar is also known for many collaborations and jugalbandis with other major instrumentalists.
- He has also provided short training sessions to budding young artistes like Raghavendran Rajasekharan from Singapore.
Awards-
- Gold medal
- Aditya vikram birla award
- Sangeet natak akademi award
- Achievement award
- Pandit jasraj gaurav award
- National kumar gandharva award
Question Related to Ronu Majumdar
Who was the teacher of Ronu Mazumdar?
Ronu Majumdar’s teacher was Pandit Vijay Raghav Rao.
Ronu Mazumdar was honored with which award?
Ronu Majumdar was honored with Gold Medal, Aditya Vikram Birla Award, Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, Achievement Award, Pandit Jasraj Gaurav Award, National Kumar Gandharva Award.
