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Tejendra Narayan Majumdar (born 17 May 1961) is an

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sarod The sarod is a stringed instrument, used in Hindustani music on the Indian subcontinent. Along with the sitar, it is among the most popular and prominent instruments. It is known for a deep, weighty, introspective sound, in contrast with the swe ...

player and pupil of

Bahadur Khan Ustad Bahadur Khan (born Bahadur Hossain Khan; 19 January 1931 – 3 October 1989) was an Indian sarod player and film score composer. Early life and family Ustad Bahadur Khan, a Bengali, was born on 19 January 1931 in Shibpur, Brahmanbaria, ...

. Majumdar is one of the most popular and celebrated modern sarod players.

Training

He started his music training under his grandfather Bibhuti Ranjan Majumdar with

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. He also received vocal and tabla training under Amaresh Chowdhury and Anil Palit. 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 Ali Akbar Khan (14 April 192218 June 2009) was a Indian Hindustani classical musician of the Maihar gharana, known for his virtuosity in playing the sarod. Trained as a classical musician and instrumentalist by his father, Allauddin Khan, he a ...

Duets

He has played duets with

Shujaat Khan Shujaat Husain Khan (born 19 May 1960) is one of the greatest North Indian musicians and ''sitar'' players of his generation. He belongs to the Imdadkhani ''gharana'' school of music. He has recorded over 100 albums and was nominated for a Gram ...

. The rendering of raag Charukeshi is especially notable.

Music direction

He directed music for a

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movie called ''

Tollylights ''Tolly Lights'' ( bn, টলি লাইট "Tolly Lights") is a 2008 Bengali-language Indian film directed by Arjun Chakraborty and starring Sreelekha Mitra, Abhishek Chatterjee, Priyadarshini Chatterjee and Arjun Chakraborty. It is based ...

'', directed by

Arjun Chakraborty Arjun Chakraborty ( bn, অর্জুন চক্রবর্তী) is an Indian actor and director based in Kolkata. He made his debut as an actor in the 1983 Hindi film '' Zara Si Zindagi'', and his first major role was in the 1986 fil ...

. He is also directing music for another Bengali movie '' Hanankaal'' due to be released in 2010.

Awards

He stood first in the

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music competition in 1981 and was awarded the President's gold medal and the Pandit D. V. Paluskar award. He was awarded the

Sangeet Natak Akademi Award Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (IPA: Saṅgīta Nāṭaka Akādamī Puraskāra), also known as the Akademi Puraskar, is an award given by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy of Music, Dance & Drama. It is the highest Indian recogni ...

for 2018.

Personal life

He is married to Manasi Majumdar and has one son, Indrayudh.

References

1961 births Hindustani instrumentalists Sarod players Living people Indian classical musicians of Bengal Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award Musicians from Kolkata {{India-musician-stub