Pandit Yogesh Samsi

Pandit Yogesh Samsi has been working with SAAZ Music for over ten years to develop a full syllabus for students from beginner to advanced level including those who aspire to become performers. Yogesh ji visits the UK at least once a year, usually in April or September. During these trips, he performs many concerts all over the UK, as well as teaching events such as workshops, intensive training sessions, and one-to-one lessons. Pandit Yogesh Samsi is one of those rare tabla players whose reputation has been built on his consummate artistry in both fields of accompaniment and solo playing. The son of the renowned vocalist Pandit Dinkar Kaikini, Yogesh ji was initiated into tabla by his father at the tender age of four, and later received guidance under Pandit H.Taranath Rao. However it was under the gifted tutelage of the legendary Ustad Alla Rakha that Yogesh ji received intense training for twenty three years and, matured into a fine young tabla player. Yogesh ji has accompanied almost all the top ranking instrumentalists and vocalists and dancers of India, including Ustad Vilayat Khan, Pt. Dinkar Kaikini, Pt. Bhimsen Joshi, Pt. Shivkumar Sharma, Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan and Pt. Birju Maharaj. Apart from accompaniment Yogesh has performed numerous memorable solo performances in India and abroad. He has also had the privilege of accompanying his teacher Ustad Alla Rakha and his son the great maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain in their solo performances. With the growing influences of modern and fusion music, Yogesh ji strives to keep up his revered Guru’s word of preserving the tradition in the presentation of tabla solo. To see clips from Yogesh ji’s SAAZ Music tours, see video clips.