YCAT presents... Samrat Majumder

We are thrilled to welcome Scottish-Indian classical guitarist, Samrat Majumder, to Royal Holloway this season. An ambassador for the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and co-founder of the Classical Guitar Reach Foundation of India, Samrat is a prolific prizewinner and global advocate for the classical guitar, and we are pleased to showcase him in this concert celebrating the art of transcription.

This event is presented as part of the International Concert Series 2025-26 at Royal Holloway, in collaboration with the Young Classical Artists Trust.

Event programme

Luis de Narváez (b. 1490, d. unknown): Canción del Emperador
John Dowland (1563-1626): Praeludium & Fantasia No. 7
John Dowland: Three Songs; The Earl of Essex, His Galliard ("Can She Excuse My Wrongs"), Lachrimae Pavan ("Flow My Tears"), The Frog Galliard ("Now O Now I Needs Must Part")
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Prelude, Fugue and Allegro, BWV998
Franz Schubert (1797-1828): Lob der Tränen (D. 711), Der Wanderer an den Mond (D.870), Litanei auf das Fest Aller Seelen (D.343)
Weng Ching-hsi (arr. R. Dyens): The Moon Represents My Heart (月亮代表我的心)
Robert Burns (arr. Rabindranath Tagore): Ye Banks and Braes, Phule Phule Dole Dole
Yoko Kanno (arr. Y. Koseki): Hana wa Saku (花は咲く)

About the performers

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. Read more.

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