Who We Are
Dr. Ananda Gupta, Director
Dr. Ananda Gupta was born in the UK and brought up in Kolkata. He was educated in Delhi and studied medicine at CMC, Kolkata. After training in ophthalmology in Aiims, he settled in the UK working as Senior Opthalmic Surgeon with the NHS.
Music is his passion. His initial music training was in Delhi, the Bhavan and Chartiya Kala Kendra. He currently trains with Krishna Chakraborty. He specialises in Tagore music and was trained by Maya Sen and Shoilaja Ranjan Majumdar in Delhi, Sudeb Guhathakurta of Dakshinee, Kokata. He secured first position in the final diploma exam of Dajshinee in 2002, the first time an overseas candidate to receive such a position. At the same time, he received the Sunil Kumar Roy Memorial Prize and the Obhigyan Potro in the Convocation Ceremony.
Dr. Ananda Gupta has performed extensively on the BBC, TV and in concerts in the UK and abroad including the Rabindra Mela in the USA; the Gitabitan Live Workshops Year in the Washington DC area; workshops and concert tours with Sudeb Babu of Dakshinee in the USA; produced and directed Shapmochan, Shyama and Tasher Desh in London and the UK; performed Madhuritu at Madison Square Gardens for Banga Sammelan; directed Tagore's Abhishaar at the Bangladesh Centre; soirees in Kolkata and Delhi for Siri Fort, Sovabazar Raaj Bari, Calcutta Club, G.D. Birlasabha Ghar and international NGO's.
Dr. Ananda Gupta has recorded his singing for Saregama India Ltd. HMV – Madhuriti…Tagore's seasonal songs and readings from his works on nature with readings by Sharmila Tagore and Sounitra Chatterjee.
He also runs Dakshinayan, the London branch of Dakshinee aimed to promote Tagore music to second generation British Bengalis, non Bengali speaking Indians in the UK and anyone interested in this music.