{"id":5915,"date":"2022-01-20T15:45:49","date_gmt":"2022-01-20T10:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalmusicinstitute.in\/?p=5915"},"modified":"2022-01-20T15:45:49","modified_gmt":"2022-01-20T10:15:49","slug":"in-conversation-with-vasundhara-gupta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalmusicinstitute.in\/v1\/in-conversation-with-vasundhara-gupta\/","title":{"rendered":"In Conversation with: Vasundhara Gupta"},"content":{"rendered":"

The \u2018In Conversation with\u2019 series brings to you the stories of musicians and their musical journeys. Today’s piece features Vasundhara Gupta.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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EARLY YEARS<\/i><\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

Known to her audience by her artist moniker VASU, <\/span>Vasundhara Gupta<\/span><\/a> exemplifies the notion of an all-rounded musician. A vocalist, composer, producer, and sound designer, Vasundhara\u2019s sonic and musical journey began in India\u2019s cultural hub, Kolkata, attending weekly kathak and singing classes. Her interaction with kathak was fleeting, but in singing she found a home. An ardent admirer of Indian Classical music, her early associations with the art form has shaped the core of her musical sensibilities. Speaking about her love for the same, she says, \u201cIndian classical music is very spiritual and I feel easily connected to it. It is very easy for me to hear it, and be transported immediately to a place that\u2019s not very easy to go to. It is sort of like a meditation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Surrounded by a rich spread of music in her household from early on, her exposure to music included a vast and diverse palette of Indian Classical, French music, western classical, rock and roll, orchestral music, jazz, and popular music from all corners of the world. \u201cThrough them, I learned the art of appreciating all sorts of music and I learned to like being around music. My ears are very sensitive and I catch fine things quickly which I feel is because I was exposed to all of it at a young age. The intricacies of ABBA harmonies, the chord progressions of western classical music, following the cadences and the phrasing\u2026 all of these things built my love for all kinds of music and I enjoy any genre except for metal!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n