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Tejendra Narayan Majumdar in concert at Spring Hall, Eastshore Unitarian Church, Bellevue, Washington as part of the Seattle-area Ragamala series |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Tejendra Narayan Majumdar |
| Born | 17 May 1961 |
| Origin | India |
| Genres | Hindustani classical music |
| Instruments | sarod |
| Associated acts | Bahadur Khan, Ali Akbar Khan |
Tejendra Narayan Majumdar (born 17 May 1961) is an Indian sarod player and pupil of Bahadur Khan. Tejendra Narayan Majumdar is one of the most popular and celebrated modern sarod players.[1]
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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 under Ajay Sinha Roy and Ali Akbar Khan.[3]
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]
He has played duets with Shujaat Khan. The rendering of raag Charukeshi is especially notable.[4]
He is married to Manasi Majumder and has one son, Indrayudh.[5]
He directed music for a Bengali movie called Tollylights, directed by Arjun Chakraborty.[6] He is also directing music for another Bengali movie Hanankaal due to be released in 2010.[7]