Tejendra Narayan Majumdar

One of the best-known Sarod players of the present generation, Pandit Tejendra Narayan Majumdar has long achieved that order of excellence and popular acceptability which ensure one's place in posterity. Early initiation into music by his grandfather, the Late Bibhuti Ranjan Majumdar, and later his father, the Late Ranjan Majumdar, nurtured Tejendra's considerable talent. Vocal and rhythm training under the Late Pandit Amaresh Chowdhury and Sri Anil Palit further ensured a holistic musical development. Tejendra was then accepted by the Late Ustad Bahadur Khan as his disciple.

Eighteen years of intensive study under him matured his talent into true genius. Recognition of it came by in 1981, when he stood first in the All India Radio Music Competition and was awarded the President's gold medal and the Pandit D.V.Paluskar award. After the untimely demise of his guru, he studied under the Late Sri Ajay Sinha Roy and later under one of the legends of Indian Music--the world-renowned Ustad Ali Akbar Khan--from whom Tejendra is fortunate enough to receive his training today. One of the best equipped musicians to carry on the Senia Maihar mantle, Tejendra combines the intellectual density and technical virtuosity of his gharana with an extraordinary tone, touch and an ambient melody which transcends any qualification. Above all, he has in abundant measure that indescribable ability to take the listeners along with him--the rare quality that is the hallmark of genius. He is also a Top Grade artist of AIR and Doordarshan.

Pandit Tejendra Narayan Majumdar's brilliance and popularity as a classical artiste has not dimmed his interest in composing, arranging and experimenting in other areas of music. From composing the background score of meaningful films to musical ballets, Tejendra is always ready to take on any musical challenge.

Most of his time is, however, taken up in touring the country and abroad, presenting innumerable concerts, lecture demonstrations, doing recordings and taking up teaching assignments. Within the country he is a regular artiste in the premiere concert circuit, while in Europe, Canada and in the United States, his popularity has ensured his regular representation in some of the most prestigious concerts. Within Europe, Tejendra is very popular in the countries like France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, Denmark, Austria and the UK. He is also very much popular in the Asian countries like Japan and Bangladesh. Constraint of space will not allow an exhaustive catalogue, but only a short representative one. 

Anubrata Chatterjee 

Born in 1985 in the house of his illustrious father, Pt. Anindo Chatterjee, in Kolkata, Anubrata was nurtured from day one to be a Tabla player. He had the rare fortune of being the youngest and last "Ganda-Bandh" disciple of the great Guru Padmabhushan-Deshkottam Jnan Prakash Ghosh in 1992. Later on, because of an illness, Guruji advised Anubrata to continue under the tutelage of his "most successful" disciple who is none other than Anubata's father, Pandit Anindo Chatterjee, the world-class artiste of Indian Classical Music.

At his very first public performance, he accompanied Pandit Hari Prasad Chaurasia along with his father, Pandit Anindo Chatterjee. Since then, Anubrata has played many Tabla solos and duets with his father and has accompanied a lot of musicians including Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Ustad Rais Khan, Pt. Shiv Kumar Sharma, Pt. Hari Prasad Chaurasia, Ustad Shahid Parvez, Pt. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Tejendra Narayan Mujumdar, Debasish Bhattacharya, Amaan Ali Khan, Ayaan Ali Khan, Kala Ramnath,Shashank, Purbayan Chatterjee and many more in major cities in India including Kolkata, Mumbai, Delhi, Varanasi, Ahmedabad, Pune, Jallandhar, Ludhiana and Mysore in some of the world's most celebrated music festivals and venues including The Doverlane Music Conference , Swami Harballabh Mahotshav, Sawai Ghandharva , I.TC Sangeet Sammelan, Sankatmochan Sangeet Samaroh, The Mumbai Festival, Swami Haridas Sangeet Sammellan, The Habitat Centre, Purana Qila, Carnegie Hall, Koln Philarmonic, NABC, and The Esplanade Theatres.

Anubrata made his international debut with a solo performance at BBC World Radio in the UK in 1991. Since then he has performed in most of the major countries around the world including UK, USA, Germany, France, Scotland, Switzerland, the West Indies, Seychelles, Singapore, Malaysia, Qatar, Bangladesh and the UAE. In 2001, Anubrata performed at the Bard College Of Music, New Jersey. In 2003, he was invited to perform at the World Percussion Festival, Chicago; Stony Brook Music College, New York; the Ali Akbar College of Music, San Rafael and the Reit Burg Museum in Zurich. In the same year Anubrata was invited to perform in Seychelles along with Sitarist Purbayan Chatterjee by the ambassador of India in Seychelles. In 2006, Anubrata had the rare fortune of performing at the famous Carnegie Music Hall with the maestro Ustad Amjad Al Khan.

Anubrata's performance is marked by his Farukhabad style, his crisp tonal quality and the presentation of rare compositions with extreme clarity. His music has been highly appreciated by many of India's great musicians including Sarod maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khansaheb who said, "Anubrata has proved himself as one of the most accomplished Tabla players of his generation. His profound approach to Tabla touched me and I am confident that success and fame will always come his way."

Anubrata has been granted many awards and honors including the President's Gold Medal after winning the first prize in the All India Radio Music Competition and the Pandit Nikhil Ghosh Memorial Award for being the most promising musician of 2002. He is currently a graded artist of All India Radio and Doordarshan.