Sanjeev Abhyankar

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Background information
Birth nameSanjeev Abhyankar
Born (1969-10-05) 5 October 1969 (age 55)
Pune, India
Genres Khayal, Bhajans
Occupation(s)Indian Classical and Devotional Singer
Instrument Vocal
Years active1980–1983, 1989–present
Website www.sanjeevabhyankar.com

Pandit Sanjeev Abhyankar (born 5 October 1969) is a Hindustani classical music vocalist of the Mewati Gharana. [1] Trained under Pandit Jasraj, he was a child prodigy and started his singing career at age 11. Since then has recorded over 60 solo albums and performed in over 200 cities across the world. [1]

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He won the National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer in 1999 for his song, Suno Re Bhaila, in the Hindi film, Godmother [1] and also the Kumar Gandharva National Award 2008 from the Govt. of Madhya Pradesh for sustained excellence in the field of Classical Arts. [1] [2]

Early life and musical training

Abhyankar was born in Pune, India to Shobha Abhyankar, a musicologist and teacher of the Mewati Gharana. [1] He started learning Hindustani classical music at the age of eight, groomed by his mother, followed by his guru Pandit Gangadharbua Pimpalkhare of the Gwalior Gharana and later from Pandit Jasraj (Mewati Gharana). [3] [4]

Career

Abhyankar rendered his first stage performance in Mumbai at the age of 11 in 1981. [1] [5] Sanjeev has given vocal for Essence of Life, a dance group conceptualized by Dega Deva Kumar Reddy to spread Jiddu Krishnamurti's teachings across India. [6]

Awards

Film discography

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Jasrangi: Sanjeev Abhyankar & Ashwini Bhide Deshpande". The Hindu. 22 November 2021.
  2. ↑ "Sanjeev Abhyankar to enchant with meditative music this Friday". Gulf Times. 22 September 2019.
  3. ↑ Sanjeev Abhyankar Profile Archived 26 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ "'Music is a gateway to connect to our spiritual self': Vocalist Pandit Sanjeev Abhyankar". SBS Australia . 6 March 2024.
  5. ↑ A flight of his own [usurped] The Hindu, 8 December 2006.
  6. ↑ "A Melange of Mediums". The New Indian Express. 14 August 2014. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  7. ↑ "46th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  8. ↑ "This Week, That Year: Godmother who hit a sixer". Mumbai Mirror . 20 September 2018.
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