Samrat Majumder
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“During the four years of my undergraduate studies, the Guitar department – headed by the incomparable Professor Allan Neave – provided me with the resources, motivation and expertise to develop both my technical and musical skills on the instrument.
The guidance of the renowned teaching faculty and the supportive peer group of students, that I was fortunate enough to be a part of, also prepared me in becoming an independent learner which taught me to value the importance of social connections in this cross-cultural field. A lot of these first connections were, themselves, forged at RCS.
I can say, with confidence, that RCS nurtured my ambitions and provided the perfect springboard for a career in the arts.”
About Samrat
RCS Programme: BMus Classical Guitar, 2021
Biography:
Samrat Majumder is a Scottish-Indian classical guitarist. He is currently studying for his Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland under the guidance of Professor Manuel Barrueco. In May 2025, Samrat was announced as the inaugural Young Classical Artists Trust (YCAT) 40th Anniversary Artist at the YCAT International Final Auditions at Wigmore Hall, also becoming a joint YCAT-Concert Artists Guild (USA) Artist for 2025. During the 2025/26 season Samrat will perform throughout the UK culminating in a debut recital at the Wigmore Hall. He will also make his UK concerto debut with the de Havilland Orchestra playing Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez.
Samrat previously studied Konzertexamen at the Robert Schumann Hochschule, Düsseldorf, with Professor Alexander Ramirez, having also achieved a MMus from the Royal Conservatoire in the Hague (cum laude) under the tutelage of Professor Enno Voorhorst and a BMus with First Class Honours from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland with Professor Allan Neave. Prior to higher education Samrat studied with Peter Stewart at the Junior Conservatoire at RCS. A prolific prize winner, Samrat has won the first prizes at Concours International de Guitare d’Antony (inc. Audience prize) in 2025 and at Deutscher Guitarrenpreis, the International Martinez Guitar Competition Iserlohn and LIGITA International Guitar Competition in Lichtenstein in 2024.
He also runs a mentorship programme that offers select Indian classical guitarists regular lessons as well as opportunities to connect with Professors and Institutions in Europe, with the prospect of them applying for higher education studies abroad in the future.
Links
Classical Guitar Reach Foundation of India (CGRFI)
