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| education = [[Visva-Bharati University]], ([[B.A]], [[M.A]]) | | education = [[Visva-Bharati University]], ([[B.A]], [[M.A]]) | ||
| years_active = 1972–present | | years_active = 1972–present | ||
| relatives = [[Shobha Raju]](sister), | | relatives = [[Shobha Raju]](sister), Sreyash Sarkar(grand-nephew), [[Phulrenu Guha]](grand aunt-in-law) | ||
| website = {{URL|http://www.sumitraguha.in/}} | | website = {{URL|http://www.sumitraguha.in/}} | ||
| awards = [[Padma Shri]] | | awards = [[Padma Shri]] | ||
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==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
Sumitra Guha, née Raju, was born in Andhra Pradesh<ref name="The Hindu">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/expressive-singing/article5096343.ece | title=The Hindu | date=5 September 2013 | access-date=15 November 2014}}</ref> to a locally known singer, Smt. Rajyalakshmi Raju and R. G. Narayana Raju, a retired Deputy Collector, a native of Tirumala Reddypalle, Chitoor Dist. Her sister is the noted Carnatic vocalist and exponent of the sankirtana of gospel of the 15th-century saint-composer, Annamacharya, Smt. [[Shobha Raju]]<ref name="Profile">{{cite web | url=http://www.sumitraguha.in/profile.html | title=Profile | publisher=Sumitraguha.in | date=2014 | access-date=16 November 2014}}</ref> and her [[grandnephew]], is | Sumitra Guha, née Raju, was born in Andhra Pradesh<ref name="The Hindu">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/expressive-singing/article5096343.ece | title=The Hindu | date=5 September 2013 | access-date=15 November 2014}}</ref> to a locally known singer, Smt. Rajyalakshmi Raju and R. G. Narayana Raju, a retired Deputy Collector, a native of Tirumala Reddypalle, Chitoor Dist. Her sister is the noted Carnatic vocalist and exponent of the sankirtana of gospel of the 15th-century saint-composer, Annamacharya, Smt. [[Shobha Raju]]<ref name="Profile">{{cite web | url=http://www.sumitraguha.in/profile.html | title=Profile | publisher=Sumitraguha.in | date=2014 | access-date=16 November 2014}}</ref> and her [[grandnephew]], is Sreyash Sarkar. Guha took to music at an early age, receiving the first lessons in music from her mother.<ref name="Maharishi Gandharva">{{cite web | url=http://maharishigandharva.wordpress.com/2012/08/08/vidushi-sumitra-guha/ | title=Maharishi Gandharva | publisher=Maharishi Gandharva | date=2014 | access-date=15 November 2014}}</ref><ref name="Lokvani">{{cite web | url=http://www.lokvani.com/lokvani/cal.php?stage=1&event_id=1409 | title=Lokvani | publisher=Lokvani | date=2014 | access-date=16 November 2014}}</ref> Her formal education in music started at the age of eleven from S. R. Janakiraman, a renowned music guru of [[Carnatic Classical Music]].<ref name="University of Massachusetts" /><ref name="Maharishi Gandharva" /><ref name="Under Score Records">{{cite web | url=http://www.underscorerecords.com/artistes/detail/145/Sumitra_Guha | title=Under Score Records | publisher=Under Score Records | date=2014 | access-date=16 November 2014}}</ref> Having grown up in a small village of Andhra Pradesh, she wanted to become a [[Doctor of Medicine|doctor]] because of the nobility of the profession. Her father, having been transferred to Nepal, suggested that she join [[Visva-Bharati University]], [[Shantiniketan]].<ref name="In Tune with Destiny">{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/In-tune-with-destiny/article15913996.ece | title=The Hindu | date= 7 May 2009}}</ref> She carried on with her academic education, pursuing graduate studies in philosophy.<ref name="Maharishi Gandharva" /><ref name="Lokvani" /><ref name="Under Score Records" /> She started learning [[Hindustani classical music|Hindustani]] music in 1964 and continued her music studies under Pandit [[A. Kanan]] and Vidushi [[Malabika Kanan]] of [[Kirana Gharana]], and later received some guidance from Sushil Kumar Bose, a renowned exponent of music who learned under the tutelage of [[Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan]] of the [[Patiala Gharana]], all in the culturally enriching atmosphere of [[Calcutta]].<ref name="University of Massachusetts" /><ref name="Maharishi Gandharva" /><ref name="Lokvani" /><ref name="Under Score Records" /> | ||
Guha continued her studies even after her marriage in a [[Bengalis|Bengali]] family <ref name="In Tune with Destiny"/> at the age of 19, and in 1972, became a B-grade artist of the [[All India Radio]].<ref name="Under Score Records" /> The same year, she debuted as a performer with her concert at [[Tirumala Temple|Thirumala temple]] in Tirupati. At AIR, she got the opportunity to participate in four chain concerts of the station in 1982, 85, 89 and 90 and several Radio Sangeet Sammelans and national programmes for AIR and Doordarshan. By 1995, she got the title of ''Vidhushi''.<ref name="University of Massachusetts" /><ref name="Lokvani" /> and the same year she became a Top Grade artist of the [[All India Radio]].<ref name="Under Score Records" /> | Guha continued her studies even after her marriage in a [[Bengalis|Bengali]] family <ref name="In Tune with Destiny"/> at the age of 19, and in 1972, became a B-grade artist of the [[All India Radio]].<ref name="Under Score Records" /> The same year, she debuted as a performer with her concert at [[Tirumala Temple|Thirumala temple]] in Tirupati. At AIR, she got the opportunity to participate in four chain concerts of the station in 1982, 85, 89 and 90 and several Radio Sangeet Sammelans and national programmes for AIR and Doordarshan. By 1995, she got the title of ''Vidhushi''.<ref name="University of Massachusetts" /><ref name="Lokvani" /> and the same year she became a Top Grade artist of the [[All India Radio]].<ref name="Under Score Records" /> | ||
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[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Shri in arts]] | [[Category:Recipients of the Padma Shri in arts]] | ||
[[Category:Singers from Andhra Pradesh]] | [[Category:Singers from Andhra Pradesh]] | ||
[[Category:Indian | [[Category:Indian women classical singers]] | ||
[[Category:Hindustani singers]] | [[Category:Hindustani singers]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Women Carnatic singers]] | ||
[[Category:Carnatic singers]] | [[Category:Carnatic singers]] | ||
[[Category:20th-century Indian singers]] | [[Category:20th-century Indian singers]] | ||