“...the congregation listened in rapt silence to Dasgupta's mellifluous rendering of Raghupati Raghava Raja Ram. Her singing floated through the Abbey whose stained glass windows were lit up brightly on a sunny morning...” The Telegraph, India

Unnati literally means “prosperity” in Hindi. Unnati was blessed to have been surrounded by the gift of music from a young age. Her father was the late Shri Nitai Dasgupta, a versatile Indian Classical vocalist & Music Director. Unnati’s first public performance was at the tender age of 4 years old in front of an audience of 3,000 people singing for Janmashtami (Krishna’s Birthday). Unnati released her debut album “Vishwa – The Universe of Music” in India with a 6 City tour of Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad, Chennai, Bangalore & Coorg in 2002. In 2005, Unnati was one of six semi finalists of the Glastonbury Unsigned Artistes Jazz World heat and her track “Baarish Mein – In the Rain” released on "The Glastonbury Unsigned Artistes of 2005" compilation album.

Unnati has performed extensively at prestigious venues and festivals around the world including Mexico’s Cervantino Festval & Boubou’s Music Festival in the Caribbean. More recently, Unnati has been involved in a music, dance & audio-visual production of Tagore’s Gitanjali directed by Sangeeta Datta (Life Goes On) which has been touring UK at Alchemy Festival, Southbank Centre, London’s prestigious Royal Albert Hall as support act to Bollywood Music Trio Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy and Tagore’s Festival in Dartington.

Unnati has also collaborated and co-written tracks for producer Shammi Pithia for his album Audio Descriptive and has performed as guest vocalist at Indigo O2 Centre, Southbank Centre and London Mela as part of this project.

Unnati is about to launch her first solo album Indigo Soul - a unique blend of global music encompassing Hindi contemporary, light Indian Classical, Folk & Jazz and Soul influences reflecting Unnati’s international background.

Recently, Unnati was invited to perform Raghupati Raghav from the film Gandhi at Westminster Abbey, in memory of Sir Richard Attenborough (CBE). Unnati also took part in a concert on India’s Republic Day, Gandhi Remembrance at London’s Cadogan Hall.

“Unnati is a shining example of talent, perseverance and the power of tradition”* Viram Jasani, Asian Music Circuit UK