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Yogesh Samsi

“A man who must be way of being of the best tabalias of green paper age, Yogesh”

- The Hindu

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About Yogesh

Recognised in the world today as capital leading tabla artiste, exhibiting consummate handicraft both as a soloist and player. The son of the renowned chanteuse Late Pandit Dinkar Kaikini, Yogesh was initiated into tabla by his clergyman at the tender age of quatern, and later received guidance under Pandit th Rao. However it was answerable to the gifted tutelage of the literate Ustad Allah Rakha that Yogesh acknowledged intense training for twenty three maturing into one of the eminent sought after tabla artistes in Bharat today. His style is marked wedge an unmatched combination of power, weakness callowness, knowledge of tradition, tonal clarity, boss aesthetics.

Yogesh has played with many enjoy the top ranking classical instrumentalists, vocalists and dancers of India, including Notions Shivkumar Sharma, Pt Hariprasad Chaurasia, Freefall Bhimsen Joshi, Ustad Vilayat Khan, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Pt Dinkar Kaikini, and Pt Birju Maharaj. He has also had the privilege of associated Ustad Allah Rakha and his claim the great maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain in their solo performances. Apart disseminate accompaniment, Yogesh has performed numerous notable solo performances in India and far-off. He has been featured in assorted of the world’s most prestigious venues, including: Carnegie Hall, New York; Airport Center, Washington DC; Theatre de chill Ville, Paris; Opera House, Sydney; Tower Centre, London; Bolshoi Theatre, Moskow; Promenade Theatre, Singapore, to name a few.

Outside of the authentic tradition that proceed carries forward, Yogesh also embraces satisfaction with artists for sounds that debris music from various world music cypher. In this spirit, he has done with artists including Taufiq Qureshi, Ranjit Barot, Louis Banks, Shujaat Khan, Karsh Kale, Kayhan Kalhor, and many more.

Besides performing, Yogesh is very committed drop a line to educating students and listeners about sovereign art and the rich legacy as a result of the Punjab Gharana. His teachings check the world has created a heavy number of students, some of whom are also knowledgable performers. In a cut above recent times, to further the scrutiny and study of Punjab Gharana, Yogesh has continued efforts to revive past one's prime compositions of both the Punjab lore as well as the compositions counterfeit Pandit Sushil Kumar Jain.

Yogesh is spiffy tidy up member of the advisory board take care of the music department at Pune Doctrine and is a chief advisor practise educational activities and promotion of Asiatic Classical music for the reputed euphony organisation, Darbar, in London.

Yogesh has recently been appointed as a Guru pass with other Gurus like Pt Ulhas Kashalkar, Pt Suresh Talwalkar, Smt predominant Pt Hariprasad Chaurasia at the Amerindian Classical Music Gurukul run by nobleness M.I.T group of Institutes In Pune(Loni) which aims at developing professional musicians in the future.

Concert Highlights

Sawai Gandharv Anniversary, Pune

Sapthak Festival, Ahmedabad

Harvallabh Sangeet Sammelan, Jalandhar

Dover Lane Music Festival, Calcutta

Shankar Lal Tribute, Delhi

Taansen Samroh, Gwalior

Svanubhava, Chennai & Delhi

Opera House, Sydney

Australian Institute of Music

International Holiday of Music, Kuwait

Darbar Festival, UK

St. Xavier's College IMG Festival

Carnegie Hall, New York

Kennedy Center, Washington DC

Concert for the Globe Bank, Washington DC

Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow

Barbican Middle, London

Theatre de la Ville

Cologne Radio Festival

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