Background
Chimmalgi was born in Mumbai to M.V. Chimmalgi, in a family hailing from Dharwad, Karnataka.
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Sanjeev Chimmalgi
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Career
He is a disciple of C. R. Vyas. His music reflects the voice culture of Kirana gharana as well as the bandish oriented singing of the Gwalior gharana/ Agra gharana. Chimmalgi is professionally trained as a computer engineer
He had his initial training from Madhava Gudi.
Later he came under the tutelage of C. R. Vyas. He is also receiving training in Carnatic music under T. R. Balamani and Balachandran in Mumbai and in Konnakol under Mridangam player T. South. Nandakumar.
He has performed at several venues in Mumbai, Pune, Indore, Kolkata, Miraj, Nagpur, et cetera 2007 - Best male playback singing for the marathi film "Aai Shappath".
Achievements
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2007 - Best male playback singing for the marathi film "Aai Shappath". 2006 - Nominated for Zee Gaurav Puraskar, V Shantaram Puraskar and Maharashtra Shasan Puraskar 2005-2006 - Sangeetha Shiromani Award consisting of a citation and Rs 25,000/- cash. 1995 to 98 - Awarded the National scholarship by the Government of India. 1993 - Winner of all India youth under-23 competition conducted by All India Radio.
