Tejendra Majumdar
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Tejendra Narayan Majumdar (born 17 May 1961) is an India
n sarod
player and pupil of Bahadur Khan
. Tejendra Narayan Majumdar is one of the most popular and celebrated modern sarod players.
. 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 under Ajay Sinha Roy and Ali Akbar Khan
.
music competition in 1981 and was awarded the President's gold medal and the Pandit D. V. Paluskar award.
Charukeshi is especially notable.
movie called Tollylights, directed by Arjun Chakraborty
. He is also directing music for another Bengali movie Hanankaal due to be released in 2010.
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n sarod
Sarod
The sarod is a stringed musical instrument, used mainly in Indian classical music. Along with the sitar, it is the most popular and prominent instrument in the classical music of Hindustan...
player and pupil of Bahadur Khan
Bahadur Khan
Ustad Bahadur Khan was a sarod player.-Early Life & Family:Ustad Bahadur Khan, a Bengali, was born on January 19, 1931 in Shibpur, Comilla, Bangladesh, , and died on October 3, 1989 in Calcutta, India...
. Tejendra Narayan 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 mandolinMandolin
A mandolin is a musical instrument in the lute family . It descends from the mandore, a soprano member of the lute family. The mandolin soundboard comes in many shapes—but generally round or teardrop-shaped, sometimes with scrolls or other projections. A mandolin may have f-holes, or a single...
. 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 under Ajay Sinha Roy and Ali Akbar Khan
Ali Akbar Khan
Ali Akbar Khan , often referred to as Khansahib or by the title Ustad , was a Hindustani classical musician of the Maihar gharana, known for his virtuosity in playing the sarod...
.
Awards
He stood first in the All India RadioAll India Radio
All India Radio , officially known since 1956 as Akashvani , is the radio broadcaster of India and a division of Prasar Bharati. Established in 1936, it is the sister service of Prasar Bharati's Doordarshan, the national television broadcaster. All India Radio is one of the largest radio networks...
music competition in 1981 and was awarded the President's gold medal and the Pandit D. V. Paluskar award.
Duets
He has played duets with Shujaat Khan. The rendering of raagRaga
A raga is one of the melodic modes used in Indian classical music.It is a series of five or more musical notes upon which a melody is made...
Charukeshi is especially notable.
Music direction
He directed music for a BengaliBengali language
Bengali or Bangla is an eastern Indo-Aryan language. It is native to the region of eastern South Asia known as Bengal, which comprises present day Bangladesh, the Indian state of West Bengal, and parts of the Indian states of Tripura and Assam. It is written with the Bengali script...
movie called Tollylights, directed by Arjun Chakraborty
Arjun Chakraborty
Arjun Chakraborty is an Indian actor and director presently based at Kolkata.He made is debut as an actor in the 1983 Hindi film Zara Si Zindagi, and his first major role was in the 1986 film Ankush starring Nana Patekar. Later he shifted mainly to the Bengali film industry starting with the 1989...
. He is also directing music for another Bengali movie Hanankaal due to be released in 2010.