Sanjeev Chimmalgi

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Sanjeev Chimmalgi
Genre(s)	Indian Classical music
Occupation(s)	Singer, composer
Years active	1993-present
Website	Official Website

Sanjeev Chimmalgi is a Hindustani vocalist and a leading disciple of the master composer, musician and revered guru, the Padmabhushan Late Pandit C.R. Vyas.

[edit] Biography

Sanjeev's music reflects the voice culture of Kirana gharana as well as the bandish oriented singing of the Gwalior gharana/ Agra gharana which Late Pandit C. R. Vyas belongs to.

Sanjeev had his initial training from Pandit Madhava Gudi, one of the senior-most protégés of the Kirana Maestro Pandit Bhimsen Joshi. Later he came under the tutelage of the late Pandit C R Vyas, the eminent maestro, whose vocalism embodied a rare fusion of three outstanding Hindustani vocal traditions – those of Kirana, Gwalior and Agra. Sanjeev has ably imbibed the spirit of eclecticism exemplified by Pandit Vyas. It is his endeavor to find his own expression through music that makes his concerts interesting and presents a style that is his own.

Sanjeev lives in Mumbai but originally belongs to Dharwad, in Karnataka. His grandfather, Late Chimmalgi Master, was a noted tabla player and an ardent music lover from Dharwad. Coming from a music loving family, he has chosen to pursue it full time (in spite of being a qualified engineer and CAD specialist). While he continued his music training along with his academic and professional interests in the field of computers, he has now chosen to single-mindedly pursue his passion - music.

Sanjeev has performed at several conferences in Mumbai, Pune, Indore, Kolkata, Miraj, Nagpur, etc. He topped the All India Youth Competition in 1993 conducted by AIR. He was also awarded the National scholarship (1995-98) by the Government of India.

Sanjeev also has considerable interest in Carnatic music and is currently studying under vidvans Smt. T.R. Balamani and Sri Balachandran in Mumbai. He is also learning ‘Konnakol’ under mrindangam vidwan Sri T.S. Nandakumar.

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Aai Shappath (2006) – Audio release of the film by Sagarika.

Four of the eight songs have been sung by Sanjeev

Rise (2005) - Grammy nominated album featuring compositions of Anoushka Shankar.

Sanjeev has given vocals to this album

Aroha-the rising stars (2004) - Solo classical vocal album released in India, Sony naad & Navras
Sanjeev Chimmalgi (vocal) (2004) – Two CDs of live concert recordings released in Mumbai by Musician’s guild
Quest (2003) – Solo classical vocal album world-release in London, Navras Records
Kaamana Purti (2002), Sony Music

Three cassette album of spiritual music sung by Sanjeev Chimmalgi and his wife, Neha Majumdar-Chimmalgi.

Tapasya (2002) - Three CD album featuring live concerts of Pt. Jasraj, Pt. C. R. Vyas & Pt. Bhimsen Joshi.

Released by Sony naad. Sanjeev’s vocal accompaniment to his guru Pandit C. R. Vyas earned him a thunderous applause and appreciation from a 3000 strong audience at the Shanmukhananda auditorium.

Monsoon Magic (1997), Plus music

Album of monsoon melodies created by four accomplished musicians, Rupak Kulkarni (flute), Taufeeq Qureshi (keyboard/rhythm), Sridhar Parthasarathy (mridangam/kanjira) and Sanjeev Chimmalgi (vocal).

Karadi Tales (1996, 1997) - Children’s audio-story book.

Songs sung by Sanjeev in two of their releases “The monkey king” released by Sky music in 1997 and “The musical donkey” released by Karadi Tales company in 1996.