Abraham Mazumder is an Indian conductor and

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ist. He is a former member of the Bengali band

Moheener Ghoraguli Moheener Ghoraguli (, literally "Moheen's horses") was an Indian rock group from Kolkata, established in 1975. Their music drew from wide variety of influences, including Bengali folk, Baul, urban American folk, and jazz. They sometimes descri ...

and has been active in

Kolkata Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comme ...

's western

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world since the 1980s.

Career

Abraham Mazumder started learning music in the 1970s under the guidance of Father Theodore Mathieson. He earned ATCL and LTCL degrees in

. Mazumder began teaching music at

Calcutta Boys' School The Calcutta Boys' School is an independent private day school located in Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal. was founded by the Rev. James Mills Thoburn (Methodist Missionary to India, and later Missionary Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church ...

in 1974. In early 1976, he met Goutam Chattopadhyay and became closely associated with his music. Later on he became the youngest member of the band

. He continued playing with the band until it broke up around 1982. Since 1983, Mazumder has taught music at La Martiniere for Boys. He formed his own

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at the premises of ''Alliance Francaise de Calcutta'' (Park Mansion), ''L'Atelier de Musique'' in 1983. Now, he has even opened his own music academy called the Abraham Mazumdar Academy in which many kinds of instruments will be taught to students. Instruments include, the violin, piano, guitar, and trumpet. Singing is also taught here.

Discography

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Shangbigno Pakhikul O Kolkata Bishayak ''Shangbigno Pakhikul O Kolkata Bishayak'' (', ''Anxious Feathers and Thematic Kolkata'') is the debut album by the Bengali rock band Moheener Ghoraguli. It was released in 1977 by Gathani Records. It was recorded at a local studio in Kolkata d ...

'' (1977)

References

* External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mazumdar, Abraham Living people Indian male composers Indian conductors (music) Indian violinists Indian pianists Moheener Ghoraguli members Musicians from Kolkata Year of birth missing (living people) Male pianists 21st-century conductors (music) 21st-century violinists