A leading female vocalist of the country, Subhra Guha is regarded as one of the finest female exponents of the Agra gharana. Hailing from a music loving family, Subhra received her early training from Late Shri Satish Bhowmick and subsequently, took advanced training from one of the veterans of the Agra gharana, Late Pandit Sunil Bose. In 1982, she joined ITC Sangeet Research Academy in Kolkata where Pandit Sunil Bose was a Guru. For ten years, she received uninterrupted training from him as a scholar of the Academy. Later, she received training and valuable guidance from the stalwarts Late Pandit K G Ginde, Late Pandit D T Joshi and Pandit Vijay Kichlu.

She went on to become a Guru of the Academy between 1992 and 2003 and has recently rejoined the Academy in the same capacity.

Today, Subhra has gained recognition for her thumri renditions in the Poorab Ang. Thumris in the Poorab Ang are of several types: Bol Banao ki, Bol-Baant ki, Ghanakshari and Bandishi thumri. The Benares Poorab Ang style that Subhra follows is that of Siddeshwari Devi, Rasoolan Bai, Badi Motibai and Girija Devi. Her style of rendition displays a mellow blend of vidya, impeccable raagdari and a rich gayaki that is both creative and aesthetically appealing. Her collection of rare thumris, dadras, kajris, chaitis etc. in pure Benares tradition is impressive; as is her exhaustive collection rare ragas and compositions.

A regular artiste of AIR and Doordarshan, Subhra has been performing regularly at prestigious platforms both in India and abroad – most notably in North America, across Europe and throughout Asia. She has also had numerous teaching assignments in the US. In 2006, she sang thumris and dadras as the playback for the actress Rekha, in the film ‘Yatra’ which was directed by the famed film maker, Goutam Ghosh.

She went to London this year to Bharitiya Vidya Bhavan which is an institution for Music & Dance as a visiting professor. The last time she visited there was in the year 2007. This year she was there for the month of July-August 2011.

She has again joined ITC Sangeet Research Academy, a prestigious institution in Calcutta as a guru in the month of November 2010.

Recently she has performed in Delhi at Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts in Gharana Samelan. She performed for Agra Gharana with other musicians like Vidushi Girija Devi, Shri Ajay Chakrovarthy. As well as again in Delhi she has performed on the 22nd of Jan at VSK Baithak where she sang an entire range of Purab Ang Gayaki (thumri, dadra, kajri etc.) where it was her great honour to have Mrs. Manmohan Singh in the audience.

In the month of April she performed in Delhi at Kamani Auditorium with Indo Occidental Symbiosis which was a very good concert.

After that she has performed in Lucknow, Khairagarh and went to Bangladesh, Singapore & Jakarta for my international concerts.

In the month of July - August she was in London in Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan as metioned above. After her return she has again performed in delhi with the Department of Art & Culture in the Thumri Festival which was indeed well recieved. After that she performed in Lucknow.

She was often heard on AIR & Doordarshan & haa recorded several albums with HMV, RPG, Music Today & IAM.