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Ronu Majumdar (born July 28, 1965) is a noted Indian flautist in the Hindustani Classical Music tradition.
Born in Varanasi on July 28, 1965, Ranendranath Majumdar, popularly known as Ronu, was trained under his father, Dr. Bhanu Majumdar, and later learned vocal music with the late Pt. Laxman Prasad Jaipurwale at whose behest he reverted to the flute. Pandit Vijay Raghav Rao, a music scholar, groomed Ronu into a concert flautist.
The bansuri flute was brought into the fold of Hindustani Classical music barely half a century ago by Pt Pannalal Ghosh, before which it was considered as a folk instrument. Ronu's speciality is the "Shank Bansuri", a 3-foot-long flute (0.91 m) of his own design, which adds an extra dimension at the lower scales.
In 1981, Ronu Majumdar won the first prize at the All India Radio competition, and the President's Gold Medal.
In 1996, Ronu received a Grammy nomination for his work on the album Tabula Rasa with Bela Fleck, the American banjo virtuoso. He has associated with Pandit Ravi Shankar in albums like Passages, and Chants of India. He has more than 30 audio releases to his credit. He has won the prestigious Aditya Vikram Birla Award for the year 1999 for his dedication to music. Sahara India Pariwar felicitated him with lifetime achievement award on occasion of Jyoti Diwas 2001. In 2014 he won the prestigious sangeet natak akademi award.