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Subhra Guha, Kolkata India

Coming from a music loving family, Guha started showing signs of exceptional talent at a tender age. She received her earliest training from late Shri Satish Bhowmick.

During her growing years, Guha took advanced training from one of the learned Pandits of the Agra Gharana, Pandit Sunil Bose.

Later in 1982, she joined the prestigious Sangeet Research Academy in Kolkata where Bose was a guru. Subhra received uninterrupted training from her Guru, a scholar of the academy. She also received training from the stalwart, Late Pandit K.G Ginde.

Guha was fortunate enough to receive guidance under late Pandit D.T Joshi on musicality and aesthetics. It was from Joshiji that Guha learnt the art of thumri rendition. Special mention must be made of Pt Vijay Kichlu's constant support and valuable guidance in polishing and helping her to form the distinct structure in her style of gayaki.

 

Her Music Guha is acknowledged as one of the finest thumri singers of the Poorab Ang among the younger generation of singers.

Her voice is strikingly tuneful, exhibiting exquisite tonal malleability and is remarkably suited for khayal recital. Her style of rendition displays a mellow blending of vidya, impeccable raagdari and a rich gayaki that is both creative and aesthetically appealing. Her collection of rare thumri, dadra, kajri, chaiti, etc in pure Benaras tradition is also matchless.

 

 

Equally impressive is her exhaustive collections of some rare raagas and compositions. What is striking is that through the years, Subhra Guha has been able to maintain a fine balance between the two streams of khayal and thumri keeping intact the academic excellence with measured blend of aesthetics and musical semantics. Open throated 'akar', her taans and bol-bants are extraordinary features of her gayaki. Her command over laya is outstanding.

Performances - Regular artiste of the All India Radio and Doordarshan

- The only female scholar to have risen to the stature of a guru at the prestigious Sangeet Research Academy and remained so for 11 years.

- Subhra has been performing at major conferences all over the world. She regularly tours Canada, USA, UK, France and Germany as well as finds time to offer talim to students.

 

As she puts it herself, "My performances keep me busy. But as a student of Indian classical music, I see it as my aesthetic responsibility to pass on whatever I have learnt from my gurus to the next generation. Nothing surpasses the pleasure that one derives in initiating the young generation to our culture and show them how to love it as much as we and are ancestors have in the past." 

Music Albums - Subhra has cut Music Albums with reputed companies including HMV, RPG, Music Today and IAM

Awards Was awarded a challenger's trophy in the all India children's music competition organised by the PATHURIAGHATA ZAMINDAR HOUSE at the tender age of nine.

Awarded the national Scholarship by the Govt. of india in 1981.

Awarded a gold medal by the prayag Sangeet Samiti for her outstanding result in the "SANGEET PRAVEEN" examination in 1997.

 

Concerts in India include:
Classical international music Festival-Kolkata, ITC-UDCO Sammelan –Lucknow
Saptasur Music Festival- New Delhi, ITC Sammelan-Delhi, Kolkata, Jaipur, Nagpur, ITC mini Sangeet Sammelan-Agra, Allahabad, Bangalore, Gunidas Sangeet Sammelan- Kolkata, Gharana Sammelan-Bangalore, Serampore Music Festival, NCPA- Bombay
Gharana Sammelan- Bombay, Acharya S.N.Ratanjankar Foundation Festival –Lucknow
Bareilly Music Festival, Silver Jubilee Celebration of Pracheen Kala Kendra- Chandigarh
Dover Lane Music Conference-Kolkata, Sawai Gandharva Music Festival- Pune
Raag Rangs Gyan Samaroh- Bangalore, ”SHADAJ BAITHAK” at India Habitat Center- New Delhi, Sabrang Sangeet Sammelan- Kolkata (2004), Sur Sagar - Bangalore
Allaudin Khan Sangeet Sammelan: Bhopal, Tansen Sangeet Sammelan: Gwalior
India International Centre: Delhi, Mandu Utsav - Mandu, ITC Sangeet Sammelan - Hyderabad, Harballabh Sangeet Mahotsav - Jalandhar, 36th Bhaskar Rao and Nrtiya and Sangeet Sammelan - Chandigarh, Sangeet Piyasi - Kolkata

Contact Subhra Guha - shubhraguha@yahoo.co.in

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