Biography

Ronu Majumdar is a professional flautist based out of the finance capital of India, Mumbai. He is known to be one of India's ace flute-players. Ranendranath Majumdar, popularly known as Ronu Majumdar, is both as a thinking musician and scintillating performer. He began flute-playing under the tutelage of his father, Dr Bhanu Majumdar, and then Pt Lakshman Prasad Jaipurwale and Pt Vijay Raghav Rao. He has been fortunate enough to receive guidance from Pt Ravi Shankar. Ronu's playing style hails from the Maihar gharana of music that has given shape to many music maestros like Pt Ravi Shankar and Ustaad Ali Akbar Khan. His playing reminds you of the mythological Ras Leela by Lord Krishna and his gopis. Played At: The Kremlin, Moscow The Palais de Beaux Arts, Brussels Sawai Gandharva Mahotsav, Pune ...and many more. Pt Majumdar has brought major innovation in new-age music by introducing a new aesthetic in the Indian music, through his album 'Song of Nature/A Traveller's Tale'. He got nominated for Grammy Awards for his superb work with Banjo virtuoso Bela Fleck, in the album 'Tabula Rasa' in 1996. Achievements: Performed and composed for Hollywood film 'Primary Colours' Collaborated with artists like George Harrison, John Hassels, Ry Cooder, Lary Coryell Collaborated with Indian musicians like Pt Bhimsen Joshi, Pt Ravi Shankar, Pt Jasraj and Kishori Amonkar Recorded for Bollywood legends like RD Burman, Khayyam, Vishal Bharadwaj, Gulzar Recorded for Merchant Ivory movie 'In Custody' – music composed by Ustad Zakir Hussain (1994) Scored music for India's first I-Max film, Mystic India Opened Sadhana School of Music in Chicago, US