Pandit Ronu Majumdar
Bansuri (Bamboo Flute)

Ronu Majumdar, born in 1963 in Varanasi, received lessons from his father, the flutist Dr. Bhanu Majumdar, since his earliest childhood. Later he received lessons from the famous singer Pandit Laxman Prasad Jaipurwale, through whose instigation he was to become a disciple of the flute master Pandit Vijay Raghav Rao.

In 1981, Ronu Majumdar was awarded the first prize of the All India Radio Music Competition. In 1982, within the context of the Asian Festival and during the Indian Festival in the USSR, he performed in the orchestra of Pandit Ravi Shankar, who from that time on gave him advanced lessons.

Today, Pandit Ronu Majumdar´s yearly agenda comprises performance locations in the whole world. He regularly tours Europe, the USA, Japan, Australia and India.

In 1996 he was nominated for the Grammy.

The bamboo flute (Bansuri) is said to be the primordial instrument because it comes closest to the human singing voice. The richness of subtle and subtlest pitch nuances is accomplished through a refined blowing technique and gradual covering of the 7 grip holes, which, however, requires decades of practice. Pandit Ronu Majumdar inspires his listeners in all parts of the world since the 1980s, when he was on a tour with his master Pt. Ravi Shankar. Today he is one of the leading authorities on the bamboo flute.

Press Review - Pandit Ronu Majumdar (Bansuri):

"Master sounds from India… For Thursday, Pandit Ronu Majumdar, Master of the bansuri flute, and tabla player Abhijit Banerjee have announced themselves - a top-class duo." - Hamburger Abendblatt, May 14th 2003

"Mr. Majumdar draws deep, melting tones from the bansuri in the meditative preludes to the ragas, as if dreaming the melodies, and when the tempo picks up and the drums join in, his phrases still hover with an otherworldly tenderness." - The New York Times, February 23rd, 2001 Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.