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Pandit Yogesh Samsi
Pt. Yogesh Samsi at the Chowdhury House Music Conference in 2018
Pt. Yogesh Samsi at the Chowdhury House Music Conference in 2018
Background information
GenresHindustani classical music
InstrumentTabla
Years activeFrom 1991

Pandit Yogesh Samsi (born 17 November 1968) [1] is an Indian tabla player.[2]

Early life

Yogesh Samsi was born in Delhi to renowned vocalist Pandit Dinkar Kaikini.[3] Yogesh's father introduced him to music at the age of four.[4] At the age of four he started learning the tabla from Pandit H. Taranath Rao. Later, he sought the guidance of Ustad Allah Rakha Khan, one of the greatest percussionists and father of renowned tabla player Zakir Hussain. He spent 23 years under the tutelage of Allarakha.

Career

Pt. Samsi has accompanied the top grade instrumentalists and vocalists and dancers of India, including Vilayat Khan, Ajoy Chakrabarty, Dinkar Kaikini, Bhimsen Joshi, Shivkumar Sharma, Hariprasad Chaurasia, Ken Zuckerman, Birju Maharaj, Pandit Ulhas Kashalkar and Ustad Rashid Khan. 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.[citation needed]

Awards

References

  1. ^ http://www.sudeepaudio.com/viewProfiles.php?act=detailProfile&pid=119
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 17, 2012. Retrieved November 30, 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Archived copy". www.hindu.com. Archived from the original on 10 December 2008. Retrieved 17 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "Artslink.co.za - Sitar recital with Shujaat Khan".
  5. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-01-19. Retrieved 2018-08-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsangeetnatakakademinewdelhi%2Fposts%2F1942933472384008
  7. ^ "42 artistes selected for Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards". Business Standard India. 19 June 2018.
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