Tejendra Majumdar
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Background information | |
Birth name | Tejendra Narayan Majumdar |
Born |
India | 17 May 1961
Genres | Hindustani classical music |
Instruments | Sarod |
Associated acts | Bahadur Khan, Ali Akbar Khan |
Pandit Tejendra Narayan Majumdar (born 17 May 1961) is an Indian sarod player and pupil of Bahadur Khan. Majumdar is one of the most popular and celebrated modern sarod players.[1]
Training
He started his music training under his grandfather Bibhuti Ranjan Majumdar with mandolin. He also received vocal and tabla training under Amaresh Chowdhury and Anil Palit.[2] Later he trained under Bahadur Khan for 18 years until the latter died. He then continued training under Ajay Sinha Roy and Ali Akbar Khan.[3]
Duets
He has played duets with Shujaat Khan. The rendering of raag Charukeshi is especially notable.[4]
Music direction
He directed music for a Bengali movie called Tollylights, directed by Arjun Chakraborty.[5] He is also directing music for another Bengali movie Hanankaal due to be released in 2010.[6]
Awards
He stood first in the All India Radio music competition in 1981 and was awarded the President's gold medal and the Pandit D. V. Paluskar award.[2]
Personal life
He is married to Manasi Majumdar and has one son, Indrayudh.[7]
References
- ↑ Dasgupta, Priyanka (17 June 2007). "Beyond barriers". The Times of India. Retrieved 2009-04-30.
- 1 2 "ITC Sangeet Sammelan — Hyderabad, 2006". ITC Sangeet Research Academy. Retrieved 2009-09-02.
- ↑ Nair, Chitra (16 December 2008). "Classical music here to stay...". The Times of India. Retrieved 2009-06-16.
- ↑ Raja, Deepak (18 September 2002). "Shujaat Khan – "Most duets are a farce"". Deepak Raja's world of Hindustani Music (Blog). Retrieved 2009-09-04.
- ↑ Das, Mohua (3 March 2008). "Filmi froth". The Telegraph. Calcutta, India. Retrieved 2009-06-16.
- ↑ Chatterji, Shoma A. "Hanankaal 2010 Bengali Film by Saibal Mitra First Look". Calcutta Tube (Blog). Retrieved 2010-02-02.
- ↑ "Rashid's latest crush". The Times of India. 21 March 2003. Retrieved 2009-06-22.