“Definitely the Dr. Feelgood of Indian flute. Ronu's music just is. You connect with the sound, not the idea. How rare is that!” -  Ry  Cooder

“My flute is my temple” says Pandit Ranendranath Majumdar, known as Ronu, the Indian Master Player of the Bansuri. His speciality is the “Shank Bansuri”, a 3 ½ ft long flute of his own design which adds that extra dimension of sensitivity.

EARLY  DAYS
Ronu grew up in Varanasi where he was originally taught flute by his father Dr. Bhanu Majumdar and then Pt. Vijay Raghav Rao. Ronu's father was a close disciple of Pt. Pannalal Ghosh, the first Indian flautist to take the flute to concert level and the musician responsible for bringing this folk and pastoral instrument into the classical era.

COLLABORATIONS
The survival of an art depends on the artist's ability to adapt to the changing times, without compromising on originality and those who adapt are the ones who enter the realm of greatness. Here, put together Art with an Instrument the “Bansuri” and the artist with a name Pandit Ronu Majumdar and things begin to fall in place.

Pt. Ronuji's grand guru is the legendary Pt. Ravi Shankar. Ronu has recorded on         the groundbreaking Private Music {BMG}album titled “Passages” with Pt. Ravi Shankar and Philip Glass. He also performed on Pt. Ravi Shankar's 1997 release “Chants of India” on Angel {EMI}and toured with him in 1988. He has also recorded with legends like Beatles' George Harrison, Ry Cooder, Zakir Hussain etc. He enjoyed a close association with R. D. Burman, the illustrious music director. He has also recorded with Zakir Hussain and Ustad Sultan Khan on the 1994 Merchant Ivory film “In Custody”. In 2002, Ronu joined Michael Stipe of REM, Robbie Williams,        Asha Bhonsle, Baaba Maal and a host of other notables on the genre crossing “1 Giant Leap” CD/DVD on Palm Pictures. He is a featured artist on Trilok Gurtu's Universal Records CD “Remembrance” with Shankar Mahadevan, Shobha Gurtu, Zakir Hussain and Sultan Khan.