Santosh Shrestha
सन्तोष श्रेष्ठ
Background information
BornFebruary 3, 1981 (1981-02-03) (age 42)
Dang, Nepal
Occupation(s)Musician

Santosh Shrestha (Nepali: सन्तोष श्रेष्ठ) (born 1981) is a Nepalese musician, singer and song writer. He was awarded the Natikaji National Music Award by President Bidya Devi Bhandari.[1] He has also made a Guinness World Records in 2020 after performing music in 12 languages of the world. Since 1962, the number of solo albums he has composed has reached 29.[2]

Early life

He was born in Ghorahi, Dang Nepal. Santosh is an eyewitness of the suppression imposed on Tharus, the indigenous people inhabiting Banke, Bardiya, Kailali, and Dang districts of Nepal. He has observed closely the social conflict as a result of the exploitation over the indigenous people by the elites dropped from uphill Nepal.[3]

Career

In 1962 he started his musical career. His popular songs include "Timle parai thane pachhi", "Aauchhi bhani nisthuri le", "Timile bhulna sake pani, and "Timro dilma chot lagda".[4] He has composed over 700 film tunes and hundreds of folk songs He composed music in twelve languages. Guinness World Records awarded Shrestha a certificate as a record-breaking musician.[1] His music has been recorded in 14 languages, including Nepali, Hindi, Chinese, Japanese, English, Russian, Korean, French, Spanish, Italian, German, and Thai.[5] Sargam composed and recorded Nepali songs A Santi.[6] He broke another Guinness World Record[7] by writing music in 50 languages. He earlier set a Guinness World Record by writing music in 12 languages.[8] Santosh appears with his social novel Faraina written on the peasant-elite conflict and leadership development of Tharu girl, known as Kamalari (female slave). Novel Faraina introduces him as a music composer taking up the social concern in the field of Nepali literature.[3]

Awards

S.N Date (BS) Awards Title Awards Category Results
1 2056 Open Folk Song Competition First won
2 2062 Best National Dohori Singer Award won
3 2063 National Award Best Singer won
4 2069 Music Khabar Music Award Best Composer won
5 2077 Natikaji National Music Award[1][9] Best composer won
6 2078 Honored by European Book of Records America won

Album

SN Name of album Published Date (BS) Number of tracks
1 Chinaari[4] 2062
2. Sadhana[4] 2066
3 Sangam[4] 2067
4 Garima[4] 2067
5 Jhalak[4] 2067
6 Miteri[4] 2068
7 Gunjan[4] 2070
8 Surakshya[10] 2078 8

Music

S.N Songs Name
1 Timile arai thane pachhi
2 Aauchhu bhani nisthuri le
3 Timilai bhulna sakepani
4 Timro dilma chot lagda
5 Hairan
6 Timilai sancho chhaina bhanne
7 Najau chhodi
8 Premnath

Honors

SN Title Ref
1 Government of Nepal Jansevashree Padak [11][12][13]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "'नातिकाजी राष्ट्रिय सङ्गीत पुरस्कार' कीर्तिमानी सङ्गीतकार सन्तोष श्रेष्ठलाई". CIN Khabar. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
  2. ↑ "लोकगीतबाट बसाइँ सरेका सन्तोष सुगमसंगीतको शिखरमा". Online Khabar. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
  3. 1 2 "A Novel About Social Transformation". www.risingnepaldaily.com/. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "संगीत, संस्कार र सन्तोष". संगीत, संस्कार र सन्तोष. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
  5. ↑ "सन्तोषलाई गिनिज वर्ल्ड रेकर्डको प्रमाण पत्र". www.ghatanarabichar.com. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
  6. ↑ "सन्तोष श्रेष्ठको संगीतमा साधना सरगमले गाइन् शान्ति गीत". Online Khabar. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
  7. ↑ MEDIA, WORLDWIDE WORLD RECORDS (2022-07-05). "WRITING A NOVEL APART FROM BEING A COMPOSER- Worldwide Appreciation- SANTOSH SHRESTHA from Nepal". Worldwide Records. Retrieved 2022-08-03.
  8. ↑ "सन्तोष श्रेष्ठद्वारा ५० भाषामा सङ्गीत भरेर विश्व कीर्तिमान कायम". CIN Khabar. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
  9. ↑ "नातिकाजी राष्ट्रिय संगीत पुरस्कार सन्तोष श्रेष्ठलाई". Online Khabar. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
  10. ↑ "सन्तोषको सुरक्षा". saptahik.com.np. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
  11. ↑ "संविधान दिवसमा ४८ जना कलाकारसहित नौ सय ९८ जनालाई विभूषण". Himalaya Times ।। One of the leading Newspaper in Nepal is Himalaya times. The online portal of ehimalayatimes.com. Retrieved 2022-09-23.
  12. ↑ "नेपाल सरकारद्वारा २२ संगीतकर्मीलाई मानपदवी, अलंकार र विभुषण, को–को परे ? - MusicKhabar.com: Nepal's No. 1 Musical Newspaper नेपाल सरकारद्वारा २२ संगीतकर्मीलाई मानपदवी, अलंकार र विभुषण, को–को परे ?". MusicKhabar.com: Nepal's No. 1 Musical Newspaper. 2022-09-19. Retrieved 2022-09-23.
  13. ↑ रातोपाटी. "संविधान दिवसमा सरकारले गर्‍यो ४८ कलाकर्मीलाई विभूषित, को–को परे ?". RatoPati (in Nepali). Retrieved 2022-09-23.
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