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Leading North Indian
Classical Female Vocalist India Subhra
Guha, Kolkata
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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
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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.
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Performances - Regular artiste
of the All India Radio and Doordarshan
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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."
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Music Albums
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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
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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
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