Santosh Ghante

Santosh Ghante (11 August 1983) is Indian harmonium player, soloist, accompanist and composer.

Santosh Ghante
Santosh Ghante
Santosh Ghante
Background information
Born(1983-08-11)11 August 1983
Latur, India
OriginIndia
GenresIndian classical Hindustani Classical Music
Occupation(s)Harmonium player, Composer
Instrument(s)Harmonium
Years active1999
Websitewww.santoshghante.com

Early life

Santosh Ghante was born to lower middle class family in Chinchwad.

Career

He is the disciple of Late Pt. Appa Jalgaonkar.[1] He did a series of workshops with school children during 10 to 30 September 2006, He was able to cover 50 schools from Latur district, these were introductory workshops around classical music.[2] He has performed solo in 22 countries.[3][4] He has taken harmonium from accompanied instrument to solo, with different experiments with it.[5][6] He has been trying to popularise folk music and providing platform for the neglected forms of music too.[7] work and career events[8] He edited a book to pay tribute to his Guru Appasaheb Jalgonkar, named Sursakha, which was published in 2011.[9][10][11]

Samvadini Kala Manch

He has established an organization for the popularize harmonium, with this organization, they organized events, provide training of harmonium to kids from dis-privilege background.[12][13]

References
  1. Suhasini, Lalitha (June 2, 2019). "On a solo trip: Musician from Pimpri- Chinchwad touring Italy, Germany and Switzerland to promote harmonium as a solo instrument". Pune Mirror. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
  2. "युवा कलाकाराची अनोखी संगीत यात्रा". Sakal Papers. 2006-10-20.
  3. "विदेशामध्ये शास्त्रीय संगीताचा मोठा चाहता वर्ग". Dainik Prabhat. 2019-11-02. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
  4. "संवादिनीचे सप्त सूर सातासमुद्रापार". Lokmat Paper. 2018-01-12.
  5. "हार्मोनियमचा प्रसार हेच उद्दिष्ट". Maharashtra Times (in Marathi). 2019-09-14. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
  6. "Making the harmonium go solo: An artiste's efforts to elevate the humble musical instrument". The Indian Express. 2022-02-22. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
  7. "अखिल भारतीय तिसरे मराठी लोककला संमेलन". www.lokmat.com. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
  8. "भारतीय संगीतास परदेशात उत्कट दाद - Marathi News | Indian musical fame abroad | Latest pune News at Lokmat.com". www.lokmat.com. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
  9. "अभिजात संगीत जपण्याचा प्रयत्न". www.lokmat.com. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
  10. "'सूरसखा' चे आज सवाईमध्ये प्रकाशन". Maharashtra Times (in Marathi). Retrieved 2020-06-17.
  11. Santosh Ghante, Parmeshwar Kamle (2011). Surasakha. Pune: Kshitij Prakashan, Pune.
  12. "पिंपरीत संवादिनी कला मंचाची स्थापना". Sakal Papers. 2010-10-03.
  13. Khan, Alifiya (2015-01-26). "Repaying His Guru's debt". Indian Express.
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