Samrat

Majumder

Scottish Indian

Guitarist

biography

Samrat Majumder is a Scottish-Indian classical guitarist. Currently studying Konzertexamen at the Robert Schumann Hochshule, 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 was an artist for the International Guitar Foundation (IGF) Young Artist Platform for the 2022-2023 season and is currently the Classical Guitar Ambassador for the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Samrat performs with guitars by renowned English luthier, Michael Gee.

samrat has won prizes in competitions across europe

1st Prize – XIV Baltic Guitar Festival International Competition (Lithuania, 2023)
1st Prize at the XVII Harmonia Cordis International Guitar Competition (Romania, 2022)
1st Prize at the XVII Twents Festival International Guitar Competition (The Netherlands, 2022)
1st Prize and Audience Award at the III Aalborg International Guitar Competition (Denmark, 2021)

2nd Prize – IV Plovdiv International Classical Guitar Competition “GuitArt” (Bulgaria, 2023)
2nd Prize at the XII Sarajevo International Guitar Competition (Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2023)
2nd Prize at the XIX Uppsala “International Young Talents Competition” (Sweden, 2022)
2nd Prize at the IX RAGO International Guitar Competition (Germany, 2017)

3rd Prize at the XXII Musicians’ Company “Ivor Mairants Guitar Award” (UK, 2019).

Classical guitar reach foundation of india

Samrat is very enthusiastic about the classical guitar in India. Along with fellow Indian classical guitarist Srijit Mukherjee, Samrat helped co-found the Classical Guitar Reach Foundation of India (CGRFI). CGRFI is a non-profit organisation that provides classical guitar education to selected Indian musicians on a scholarship basis. Samrat is also pursuing artistic research into investigating Eastern cultural influences in the solo classical guitar repertory for which renowned classical guitarist and composer Marco Ramelli has especially composed the solo work “Improvvisazione, Camino e Canto” (2023). Through both CGRFI and artistic research, Samrat strives to help strengthen the connection between the classical guitar and Indo-Asian cultures.

Schedule

25 JUNE 2023
Mela Performance with “Sodhi & Ilyas”
Glasgow, UK

22 JULY 2023
IGF Guitar Summit
Solo Recital at King’s Place
London, UK

10 AUG 2023
Harmonia Cordia International Guitar Festival
Solo Recital and Duo Recital (The Hague Guitar Duo)
Târgu Mures, Romania

17 AUG 2023
IGF Bath Guitar Festival and Summer School
Solo Guitar Recital
Bath, UK

12 OCT 2023
The Calcutta School of Music
Solo Guitar Recital
Kolkata, India

15-19 OCT 2023
Art Guitar Fest
Solo Guitar Recital, Masterclasses
New Delhi, India

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