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Born in Gujarat, India, Chintan Upadhyay started his training in singing from his parents at a very early age. He is a Dhrupad vocalist from Dagar Baani tradition, disciple of Pt. Uday Bhawalkar, Chintan studied under Guru Shishya Parampara at his residence in Pune after passing M.A. in classical vocal from Pune University, Lalit Kala Kendra.
He did his masters under Dr. Vikas Kashalkar and Pt. Vijay Koparkar. He did his Sangeet Alankar under Late Shri Laxmipati Shukla (a disciple of Pt. Omkarnath Thakur) and learned Kirana Gharana Khayal from Shri Ashvin Andhariya (nephew of Late Shri Rasiklal Andhariya) Received Scholarship for young artists from Government of India in 2002 and was awarded Junior Research Fellowship from Government of India in 2014 for Dhrupad Music. He has been performing solo concerts since 2006. He performed in Canada in 2016 and 2017.
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