Yogesh Samsi

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

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

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 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.

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.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Artslink.co.za - Sitar recital with Shujaat Khan".
  5. http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/uploads/2018-19/PressReleaseSNAAwards2017-English.pdf
  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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