Anand Bhate is one of the most promising artists in the new generation of the great Kirana Gharana tradition. He started his musical journey in the childhood, and since then he has continued to present different exponents of Hindustani Classical Music. He has a privilege of being a disciple of the great classical vocalist, Bharat-Ratna Pandit Bhimsen Joshi. Anand has given several vocal classical music performances all over India and abroad, which include many prestigious music conferences like Sawai Gandharva Sangeet Mahotsav, Pandit Jitendra Abhisheki Sangeet Samaroha, Saptak Music Festival, NCPA concerts, LearnQuest Music Conference (Boston, USA), etc. He also gave playback for the multi-award winning Marathi film Balgandharva. His exemplary work earned him both the National and State Awards for the Best Playback Singer for the year 2011. Anand has shown a remarkable versatility in being able to present a wide variety of music, right from the classical Khayal gayaki to the semi-classical exponents like Thumri, Natyageet and Bhajans/Abhagas. He has also contributed to the Marathi stage by performing the role of Shri Krishna in the highly successful musical play ‘Sangeet Saubhadra’. He has been felicitated by numerous prestigious awards like Dr. Prabha Atre puraskar, Pt. Sangameshwar Gurav puraskar, Vidushee Manik Verma puraskar, etc. RagaNXT is happy to present Pandit Anand Bhate’s new recordings.