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
Genres	Hindustani classical music
Occupation	Musician
Instrument	Tabla
Years active	From 1991
Website	www.yogeshsamsi.com

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.^{[citation needed]}

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

• Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Tabla - 2017 ^[5][6][7]