Samrat Majumder

Samrat Majumder is a Scottish-Indian classical guitarist who is an ambassador for the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and co-founder of the Classical Guitar Reach Foundation of India.

Samrat Majumder is a Scottish-Indian classical guitarist 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. In 2026, Samrat was named as one of Classic FM’s ‘Rising Stars’ and a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship Artist.

During the 2025/26 season Samrat will perform throughout the UK culminating in a debut recital at the Wigmore Hall, as well as in concerto with the de Havilland Orchestra.

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.

Samrat is the Classical Guitar Ambassador for the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and D’Addario sponsored artist. Samrat performs with guitars made by renowned English luthier, Michael Gee and Martinez-Lazaro.
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