Anand Bhate was born in Pune, India in 1971, in a family which had always had a great respect and interest in classical music. He inherited the singing tradition from his great grandfather Bhate Buva, who was a well known vocalist for Thumri and Natya Sangeet in the 19th century. Right from the age of 6, he showed acute interest and skill in music, especially in singing Marathi natyasangeet'. By the age of 10, he had started systematic training in classical singing from Chandrashekhar Deshpande.
He began his training under Yashwantbua Marathe, who introduced him to some of the intricacies of Khayal gayaki. Later he became a disciple of Bhimsen Joshi, with whom he has trained for 15 years.
He has recently sung all the tracks for the lead character of a Marathi bio-pic of Balgandharva.