Subhra Guha

Subhra Guha
Born	1956 (1956)
Origin	Kolkata, India
Genres	Hindustani classical music, Semi classical music, Thumri
Occupation	Vocalist
Years active	1968–present

Subhra Guha (born 1956) is a vocal musician in the Indian Hindustani classical music tradition who has trained in the Agra gharana style of singing. Her repertoire covers khayals, thumri and dadra.

Biography

Subhra Guha was born in Calcutta in 1956. Her family encouraged her to pursue classical music, as she showed talent in music from a young age. Initially, she learnt music from Satish Bhowmick. From 1970, she trained in singing in Agra gharana style under Sunil Bose. From 1982, for ten years, she was a student at the ITC Sangeet Research Academy in Kolkata where she was taught by Bhowmick and K. G. Ginde. She learned thumri rendition from D. T. Joshi. In spite of the macho nature of the Agra gharana style of music, with her own sense of layakari (rhythmic play) and strong tone, she became proficient by creating her own style of gayaki under the guidance of Vijay Kichlu, director of the academy. She joined the academy as guru and taught between 1992 and 2003 and again in recent years.

Guha has performed in many concerts nationally, and internationally in USA, Europe, and Asia. She has recorded albums for HMV and many other recording companies. She recorded playback music for the Goutam Ghose's film, Yatra. She gives performances regularly on All India Radio and Doordarshan.

Awards

In 2015, Guha received the Girija Shankar Smriti Puruskar award from the Government of West Bengal.