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His Guru, Pandit Ravi Shankar said " Barun is an outstanding Hawaiian guitar player of North Indian Classical Music. I recommend him as a top concert artist and teacher.... He has a very sweet temperament."
George Bush, President of USA wrote to Barun on 2nd July,1991.-"Best wishes for an enjoyable conference and for every further success. God bless you."
Barun has a number of albums on L.P,E.P, S.P records, Audio Cassets and CDs to his credit, all of which were highly praised by discerning music critics and music lovers all over the globe.
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Awards and Honours came to Barun effortlessly. His interview programme and lecture demonstrations on BBC Radio, BBC TV, TV Asiad of UK, Radio France, Radio Denmark, TV of San Francisco of USA, Music Academy of Basel, Switzerland, Indian Music Association, Italy and Music Academy of Milano, Italy, Cultural Centre of France (Mandapa), ATN TV channel of Canda were highly appreciated. As a senior artiste of Radio and TV, Barun performed a number of times on All India Radio, Doordarshan National programme, CPC National TV Channel concerts, Interview program("Focus")and "Ragrang" in national network channels program in Indian TV.
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As a child prodigy, he had the privilege of playing solo, duet, trio and orchestras of Indian Classical Music on Guitar for All India Radio. He performed before eminent personalities like Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi and International Leaders like Chau-en Lai. As a child Barun's fascination towards the Hawaiian Guitar led to his single-minded dedication towards this instrument. He decided to devote his heart and soul to this instrument. His efforts and earnestness to bring recognition and status as an Indian Classical Musical Instrument to Hawaiian Guitar moved the Great Musician and Guru, Pandit Ravi Shankar and he took Barun under his tutelage.