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Pandit Vijay Raghav Rao is a pioneering flautist, trend setting composer, spell binding choreographer, unforgettable musicologist and a conceiver of rare thoughts in poetry that philosophize on social domains from a perspective of solitude. Rooted for majority of the last decade away from his roots (in Bombay and Hyderabad) in Virginia, Georgia and California, his is a persona that wanes and grows with the beat of a generation gap, teaching subtleties of Indian music to distant yet sensitive foreign ears. For perennial connoisseurs and performers, he stands for all that is best about Indian culture - the vitality of dance, the beauty and technique of Hindustani music as demonstrated by him on flute and the magnificent commonality in global cultures emphasized through his writings and demonstrations that glorify Indian classical music.

India’s ace Flautist needs no introduction to music lovers all over the globe. By virtue of his phenomenal he and the bansuri are literally synonymous. If he flute is likened to a temple Pt. Ronu Majumdar known as Ronu Majumdar is a force to reckon with in the realm of Indian classical music both as a thinking musician and scintillating performer Ronu Majumdar late Pr. Lakshman Prasad Jaipurwale and finally the revered Pt. Vijay Raghav Rao. He was also fortunate to receive training from his grand guru Pt. Ravi Shankar. A powerhouse performer Ronu Majumdar is firmly rooted in Shankar and Ousted Ali Akbar Khan. He has created an enviable niche for himself in the field of contemporary popular music which is exemplified by his Grammy Nomination in 1996. He has been felicitated with numerous remarkable accolades for his mesmerizing performances worldwide namely all India Radio Award Aditya Vikram Birla Award National Kumar Gandharva Award Pandit Jasraj Gaurav Puraskar.