Samrat

Majumder

Scottish Indian

Guitarist

biography

Samrat Majumder is a Scottish-Indian classical guitarist. Currently studying Konzertexamen at the Robert Schumann Hochschule, Düsseldorf, with Professor Alexander Ramirez, Samrat also holds a MMus from Royal Conservatoire in the Hague (cum laude) under the tutelage of Professor Enno Voorhorst and a BMus from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS) (with Honours of the First Class) having previously studied with Professor Allan Neave. During his time at the RCS, Samrat was awarded the “Governors Recital Prize” for Strings in 2020. Prior to higher education, Samrat studied with Peter Stewart at the Junior School of the RCS.

Samrat is the Classical Guitar Ambassador for the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and a D’Addario sponsored artist. Samrat performs with guitars by renowned English luthier, Michael Gee.

First Prizes

VI Deutscher Gitarrenpreis (Germany, 2024)

XIII International Martinez Guitar Competition Iserlohn (Germany, 2024)

XII LIGITA International Guitar Competition (Liechtenstein, 2024)

XIV Baltic Guitar Festival International Competition (Lithuania, 2023)

XVII Harmonia Cordis International Guitar Competition (Romania, 2022)

XVII Twents Festival International Guitar Competition (The Netherlands, 2022)

III Aalborg International Guitar Competition, including Audience Award (Denmark, 2021)

Second Prizes

XXXII Koblenz International Guitar Competition Hubert Käppel, including Prix Savarez for the best interpretation of music by Johann Sebastian Bach (Germany, 2024)

IV Groningen Guitar Competition (The Netherlands, 2024)

IV Plovdiv International Classical Guitar Competition “GuitArt” (Bulgaria, 2023)

XII Sarajevo International Guitar Competition (Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2023)

XIX Uppsala “International Young Talents Competition” (Sweden, 2022)

IX RAGO International Guitar Competition (Germany, 2017)

Indian Mentorship Programme

One of the most important projects to Samrat is his work with young, aspiring, talented Indian classical guitarists. Samrat runs a mentorship programme that offers select Indian classical guitarist with regular lessons as well as opportunities to connect with Professors and Institutions in Europe with the prospect of them applying for higher education studies abroad in the future. Samrat hopes to promote and connect these young India talents to Western Institutions so that they may act as future ambassadors and role models to classical guitarists in India.

Event and Festival Organising in India

Alongside this mentorship programme, Samrat is involved in the organisation of classical guitar events and festivals in India. From 2022 – 2024, Samrat worked as one of the festival directors of the “Art Guitar Festival Series” which ran for three consecutive years in Kolkata and Delhi. This festival featured concerts from international artists from Chile, Italy, USA, UK, Germany and India. Samrat is currently working towards new ventures in festival organisation projects within India, soon to be announced.

Schedule

15 APRIL 2025
The Hague Guitar Duo Concert with Francisco Luís
TNO Science Academy
Utrecht, The Netherlands

11 JUNE 2025
Concert
Viva la Guitarra
Aachen, Germany

29 JUNE 2025
Concert
Musikhochschulen NRWs
Detmold, Germany

8 JULY 2025
Concert
LIGITA, Liechtensteiner Gitarrentage
Eschen, Liechtenstein

17 JULY 2025
Concert
Castell ‘Arquato, Italy

28 JULY – 3 AUGUST 2025
Concert and Masterclasses
Gitarrentage Friedrichsrode
Friedrichsrode, Germany

Samrat Majumder