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. We are delighted to be welcoming him back to Jersey Arts Centre!
Programme:
John Dowland: Three Fancies: A Fancy, P.5 | Folorn Hope Fancy, P.2 | Fantasia, P.73
J S Bach: Lute Suite No.1 (BWV 996)
John Dowland: Three Songs – The Earl of Essex, His Gaillard; Lachrimae Pavan; The Frog Gaillard
Various: Scottish Lute Manuscripts
Arthur Keegan: The Girl with the Yellow Coat (YCAT Composer Fellow Commission) (c.5′)
J S Bach: Lute Suite No.2 (BWV 997)
John Dowland: A Dream
