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{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians --><br />
| name = Santosh Ghante<br />
| caption = Santosh Ghante<br />
| image = File:Santosh Ghante At Bhimsen Joshi Natyagriha Aundh, Pune 02.jpg<br />
| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1983|8|11}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Latur]], India<br />
| origin = [[India]]<br />
| instrument = [[Harmonium]]<br />
| genre = [[Indian classical music|Indian classical]] Hindustani Classical Music<br />
| occupation = [[Harmonium]] player, Composer<br />
| years_active = 1999<br />
| associated_acts = <br />
| notable_instruments = <br />
| website = {{URL|http://www.santoshghante.com}}<br />
}}<br />
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'''Santosh Ghante''' (11 August 1983) is an Indian [[Harmonium|harmonium player]], soloist, [[Accompaniment|accompanist]] and [[composer]].<br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Santosh Ghante was born to lower middle class family in [[Chinchwad]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-02-26 |title=Night school dreams: From factory floors to stardom |url=https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/night-school-dreams-from-factory-floors-to-stardom-23490600 |access-date=2025-02-26 |website=Mid-day |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
He is the disciple of Late Pt. [[Appa Jalgaonkar]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Suhasini|first=Lalitha|date=June 2, 2019|title=On a solo trip: Musician from Pimpri- Chinchwad touring Italy, Germany and Switzerland to promote harmonium as a solo instrument|url=https://punemirror.indiatimes.com/others/sunday-read/on-a-solo-trip/articleshow/69615813.cms|access-date=2020-02-27|website=Pune Mirror|language=en|archive-date=2020-08-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814023233/https://punemirror.indiatimes.com/others/sunday-read/on-a-solo-trip/articleshow/69615813.cms|url-status=dead}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2006-10-20|title=युवा कलाकाराची अनोखी संगीत यात्रा|work=Sakal Papers}}</ref> He has performed solo in 22 countries.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-11-02|title=विदेशामध्ये शास्त्रीय संगीताचा मोठा चाहता वर्ग|url=https://www.dainikprabhat.com/a-big-fan-of-classical-music-abroad/|access-date=2020-02-27|website=Dainik Prabhat|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=2018-01-12|title=संवादिनीचे सप्त सूर सातासमुद्रापार|work=Lokmat Paper}}</ref> He has taken harmonium from accompanied instrument to solo, with different experiments with it.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-09-14|title=हार्मोनियमचा प्रसार हेच उद्दिष्ट|url=https://maharashtratimes.indiatimes.com/maharashtra/pune-news/this-is-the-purpose-of-the-spread-of-harmonium/articleshow/71129502.cms|access-date=2020-02-27|website=Maharashtra Times|language=mr}}{{Dead link|date=January 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-02-22|title=Making the harmonium go solo: An artiste's efforts to elevate the humble musical instrument|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/harmonium-artist-maharashtra-santosh-ghante-7785425/|access-date=2022-02-23|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref> He has been trying to popularise folk music and providing platform for the neglected forms of music too.<ref>{{Cite web|title=अखिल भारतीय तिसरे मराठी लोककला संमेलन|url=https://www.lokmat.com/pune/akhil-bhartiy-marathi-lokkala-sammelan-will-be-organize-chinchwad/|access-date=2020-02-27|website=www.lokmat.com|date=10 April 2018 }}</ref> work and career events<ref>{{Cite web|title=भारतीय संगीतास परदेशात उत्कट दाद - Marathi News {{!}} Indian musical fame abroad {{!}} Latest pune News at Lokmat.com|url=https://www.lokmat.com/pune/indian-musical-fame-abroad/|access-date=2020-02-27|website=www.lokmat.com|date=29 November 2014 }}</ref> He edited a book to pay tribute to his Guru Appasaheb Jalgonkar, named Sursakha, which was published in 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|title=अभिजात संगीत जपण्याचा प्रयत्न|url=https://www.lokmat.com/pune/classical-music/|access-date=2020-02-27|website=www.lokmat.com|date=9 December 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title='सूरसखा' चे आज सवाईमध्ये प्रकाशन|url=https://maharashtratimes.com/maharashtra/pune-news/-/articleshow/11037134.cms|access-date=2020-06-17|website=Maharashtra Times|language=mr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Santosh Ghante|first=Parmeshwar Kamle|title=Surasakha|publisher=Kshitij Prakashan, Pune|year=2011|location=Pune}}</ref><br />
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== Samvadini Kala Manch ==<br />
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.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2010-10-03|title=पिंपरीत संवादिनी कला मंचाची स्थापना|work=Sakal Papers}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Khan|first=Alifiya|date=2015-01-26|title=Repaying His Guru's debt|work=Indian Express}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=परदेशातील नागरिकांना भारतीय वाद्याची भुरळ |url=https://epaper.pudhari.news/editionname/MyPimpri/PUDHARI_PMP/page/1/article/PUDHARI_PMP_20241231_01_4 |access-date=2025-02-25 |website=epaper.pudhari.news}}</ref><br />
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