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{{short description|Indian flautist and composer (born 1976)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox musical artist
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| birth_name =
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|6|1|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Jalgaon]], [[Maharashtra]], India
| death_date = {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}}
| instrument = [[Bansuri]]
| genre = [[Hindustani classical music]], [[film score]]
| occupation = Musician
| years_active = 1997–present
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| website = http://www.viveksonar.com/
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'''Vivek Sonar''' (born 1 June 1976) is an Indian flautist and composer. He is a disciple of flautist [[Hariprasad Chaurasia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/date-with-bansuri/article23767266.ece|title=Date with bansuri |publisher=thehindu.com|date=4 May 2018}}</ref>

==Early life==

Vivek Sonar was born in [[Chalisgaon]], [[Jalgaon]]. He learned basic [[vocal music]] from his father and later switched to the [[bansuri]] as his instrument.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.viveksonar.com/about.html|website=viveksonar.com|title=About Vivek Sonar|date=|accessdate=2016-11-23}}</ref>

==Career==

Sonar started playing the flute as a hobby at age 8, and started learning formally at age 15. He graduated from [[Pune University]] in [[Commerce]] in 1996 and started working with the ''[[Indian Express]]''. In 1997, he started flute lessons with [[Hariprasad Chaurasia]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://meetkalakar.com/Artist/67-Vivek-Sonar|website=meetkalakar.com|title=Vivek Sonar - Flautist|date=|accessdate=2016-11-23}}</ref> He subsequently quit his job to become a musician. He graduated in music from the [[Gandharva Mahavidyalaya|Akhil Bharatiya Gandharv Mahavidhyalaya]].

Sonar founded the first annual [[music festival]], [[Bansuri Utsav]], dedicated to the bansuri.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gurukulpratishthan.org/initiatives.html|website=gurukulpratishthan.org|title=Bansuri Utsav|date=|accessdate=2016-11-23}}</ref> The festival also stages his flute symphony where more than 50 flautists perform compositions created by him.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/music/gurukul-prathishthan-s-bansuri-utsav-to-start-in-mumbai/story-K0VW619d6CVQhumLX0qlvM.html|newspaper=Hindustan Times|title=Gurukul Prathishthan's Bansuri Utsav to start in Mumbai|date=November 19, 2011}}</ref> The festival also gives an award to musicians who have contributed to Indian classical music.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/events/eighty-flautists-take-to-the-stage-together/articleshow/66179646.cms?from=mdr|title= Eighty flautists take to the stage together|publisher=timesofindia.indiatimes.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.knowyourstar.com/pandit-hariprasad-chaurasia/|website=knowyourstar.com|title=Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia|date=|accessdate=2016-11-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/events/pune/kalanubhava-sangeet-mahotsav-paid-tribute-to-pt-sangameshwar-gurav/articleshow/64076508.cms|title=Kalanubhava Sangeet Mahotsav paid tribute to Pt. Sangameshwar Gurav|publisher=timesofindia.indiatimes.com|date=8 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/playing-in-symphony/article18196284.ece|title=Playing in symphony |publisher=thehindu.com|date=23 April 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://dnasyndication.com/dna_photogallery_editorial_images/pid=DNMUM486817&filename=Bhawani_Shankar_Vivek_Sonar|title= Bhawani Shankar And Vivek Sonar|publisher=dnasyndication.com}}</ref>

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