Abhirup Guhathakurta

Abhirup Guhathakurta is a singer in the field of Rabindra Sangeet.
Early life
Abhirup Guhathakurta was born in 1949. He is the youngest son of Nirmal Chandra and Kamala Guhathakurta, from Barisal district of East Bengal (now Bangladesh). Guhathakurta's early life exposed him to people active in Rabindra Sangeet including Kanika Banerjee, Nilima Sen and Sailajaranjan Majumdar, who used to visit his home and participate in musical sessions and rehearsals. He came in close contact with artists such as Debabrata Biswas, Subinoy Roy, Ritu Guha, Gita Ghatak and Maya Sen. Abhirup graduated from Dakshinee in 1971, and received his degree in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering from Jadavpur University.
Career and performances
Guhathakurta received training for ten years under the tutelage of Subinoy Roy, He was invited by Sangeet Natak Academy, Government of India to perform in the National Celebrations of Tagore's 125th anniversary in 1986 in Guwahati.
He visited England as a performing artist at the invitation of Nupur,mdash;a cultural organization based in London, in 1992. Under the aegis of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) and at the invitation of Abu Dhabi Cultural Foundation he performed at Abu Dhabi and Dubai in the Tagore Birth Anniversary programmes in 1995.
He was invited by the Tagore Society of Houston to perform at the North American Bengali Conference in 1996. He also performed in New York, Boston and London in the same year.
At the invitation of Bengali Association, of New South Wales and Victoria, Abhirup performed in Sydney and Melbourne in 2001.
He was invited to perform at the "Antarjatik Bhasha Dibash" festival in Dhaka in 2001.
Guhathakurta performed at Dhaka, Shilaidaha and Shahazadpur, Bangladesh in 2012 as a part of the Indian delegation for the 150th anniversary celebrations jointly organized by India and Bangladesh.
Guhathakurta has released albums with various music publishing companies.

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