Pt. Ronu Majumdar is considered the most respected name in the Indian Flute Playing of this era. When it comes to Flute, Pt. Ronu Majumdar is a style maker and has invented a unique style of rendering the Raga, which has a good mixture of ‘Drupad Gayaki’ with ‘Laykari’. Ry Cooder has rightly said ‘Ronu is definitely the Dr. Feelgood of the Indian Flute’.
Ranendra Majumdar, popularly known as Ronu Majumdar is a force to reckon with in the realm of Indian classical music both as a thinking musician and scintillating performer. Pt. Majumdar began playing the flute under the guidance of his father Dr. Bhanu Majumdar, late Pt. Lakshman Prasad Jaipurwale and finally the revered Pt. Vijay Raghav Rao. And also fortunate to receive training from his grand guru Pt. Ravi Shankar. A powerhouse performer and is firmly rooted in the Maihar Gharana which has also given shape to sturdy musical oaks like Pt. Ravi Shankar and Ustad Ali Akbar Khan. He has been felicitated with numerous remarkable accolades for his mesmerizing performances worldwide & also has a Grammy Nomination in 1996 to his credit.
He has composed music for India’s first I-Max film “Mystic India” and has also been named in the Guinness Book of World Records and has been awarded the ‘Sangeet Natak Academi Award for 2014’ for his contribution to Hindustani Instrumental Music – Flute.
Films Division of India has produced a documentary film on Pt. Ronu Majumdar called ‘Bansuriwala’