This young Scottish-Indian artist has won multiple European competitions and makes his recital debut in London’s Wigmore Hall in 2026. A member of Britain’s prestigious YCAT program, we feature our Horizons Young Artist in a free concert of solo guitar works for all to enjoy.

Works by Bach, Schubert, Dowland, and others
Runtime: 1 hour, no intermission

Mont Pleasant Middle School
1121 Forest Road
Schenectady, NY

General Admission seating — doors open 45 minutes before the concert.
All kids and college students admitted free at the door.

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 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; he also holds an MMus from the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague (cum laude) with Professor Enno Voorhorst and a BMus with First Class Honors from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland with Professor Allan Neave. Prior to higher education he studied with Peter Stewart at the Junior School of the RCS.

A prolific prize winner, Samrat won first prizes at Concours International de Guitare d’Antony (including Audience prize) in 2025 and at Deutscher Guitarrenpreis, the International Martinez Guitar Competition Iserlohn, and LIGITA International Guitar Competition in Liechtenstein in 2024. He also received the Prix Savarez for best interpretation of music by Johann Sebastian Bach and the second overall prize at the Koblenz International Guitar Competition in Germany in 2024. During his time at the RCS, Samrat was awarded the Governors Recital Prize for Strings in 2020.

One of Samrat’s most meaningful projects is his work with young, aspiring Indian classical guitarists. He runs a mentorship program that offers select players regular lessons and opportunities to connect with professors and institutions in Europe, with the prospect of applying for higher education studies abroad. From 2022–2024, Samrat worked as one of the festival directors of the Art Guitar Festival Series, which ran for three consecutive years in Kolkata and Delhi and featured concerts from international artists from Chile, Italy, the USA, the UK, Germany, and India.

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

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