Yogesh Samsi

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Yogesh Samsi
Genres Hindustani classical music
Instruments tabla
Website Official site

Yogesh Samsi is an Indian tabla player.[1]

Early life

Yogesh Samsi born to renowned vocalist Pandit Dinkar Kaikini.[2] His father the eminent vocalist Dinkar Kaikini initiated Yogesh at the age of six.[3] At the age of four he started learning the tabla from Pandit H. Taranth Rao. Later, he sought the guidance of Ustad Allarakha Khan, one of the greatest percussionists. He spent 23 years under the tutelage of Allarakha.

Career

Yogesh Samsi has accompanied the top grade instrumentalists and vocalists and dancers of India, including Ustad Vilayat Khan, Pt Dinkar Kaikini, Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, Pt Shivkumar Sharma, Pt Hariprasad Chaurasia, Ken zuckerman and Pt Birju Maharaj. He strives to keep up his revered Guru's word of preserving the tradition in the presentation of tabla solo. He also appeared in the first episode of Idea Jalsa with Shivkumar Sharma & Takahiro Arai.[citation needed]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.straight.com/article/yogesh-samsi-0
  2. ↑ http://www.hindu.com/mag/2008/12/07/stories/2008120750140300.htm
  3. ↑ http://www.artlink.co.za/news_article.htm?contentID=4201

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