Tejendra Majumdar

Pandit Tejendra Narayan Majumdar (born 17 May 1961) is an Indian sarod player and pupil of Bahadur Khan. Majumdar is one of the most popular and celebrated modern sarod players.

In January 2025, he was honored with the Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian award, by the Government of India.

He also performed Sarod along with the Tabla Maestro Tanmoy Bose at the Ganga Manch, Kalagram MahaKumbh Festival on 19 February 2025, along with Pt.Akhilesh Gundecha on the Pakhawaj and Vidwan KG Prasad on the Ghatam.

Training

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

Duets

He has played duets with Shujaat Khan. The rendering of raag Charukeshi is especially notable.

Music direction

He directed music for a Bengali movie called Tollylights, directed by Arjun Chakraborty. He is also directing music for another Bengali movie Hanankaal due to be released in 2010.

Awards

He stood first in the All India Radio 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 for 2018.

• 2017: ITC SRA Award
• 2025: Padma Shri

Personal life

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

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