Pt. Suresh Talwalkar
T S Nandakumar & Suresh Talwalkar.jpg
Lecture Demonstration of Suresh Talwalkar & T S Nandakumar
Background information
Born1948 (age 73–74)
Mumbai, Bombay State, India
GenresHindustani classical music
Instrument(s)tabla
WebsiteTaalyogi Pandit Suresh Talwalkar

Taalyogi Pandit Suresh Talwalkar (born 1948) is an Indian musician who plays the percussion instrument tabla.

Talwalkar was born in 1948 into a marathi family in Chembur, Mumbai, and initially learned playing the tabla from his father Dattatrey Talwalkar.[1][2] He trained under tabla players Pandharinath Nageshkar and Vinayakrao Ghangrekar, and studied the rhythm theory of Carnatic music and Hindustani classical singing.[2][3]

His style draws from several gharanas (stylistic schools) and he accompanied classical musicians and dancers;[2] Talwalkar frequently performed with sarangi player Ram Narayan since the late 1960s, accompanied classical singer Ulhas Kashalkar, and has toured in the United States, Europe, and Africa.[4][5][6] He taught tabla players, including Ramdas Palsule Vijay Ghate, and Western drummers.[2] Talwalkar was awarded the All India Radio Award in 1966, the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2004[2][7] and Padma Shri in 2013.[8]

Talwalkar is married to classical singer Padma Talwalkar and they have a daughter, tabla player Savani, and a son, Mumbai businessman and tabla player Satyajit.[9][10]

Awards

He received the Padma Shree Award in 2013.

References

  1. ^ Sinha, Manjari (13 May 2010). "Tunes of the soul". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 1 July 2010. Retrieved 1 July 2010.
  2. ^ a b c d e "SNA: Events 2005-2006". Sangeet Natak Akademi. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 1 July 2010.
  3. ^ Naimpalli, Sadanand (2005). Theory and Practice of Tabla. Popular Prakashan. p. 108. ISBN 81-7991-149-7.
  4. ^ "Narayan, maître du sarangi, en récital à Montréal" [Narayan, master of sarangi, performs in Montreal]. Le Devoir (in French). 27 November 1981. p. 18.
  5. ^ Swaminathan, G. (6 January 2009). "Highlighting the ragas' beauty". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 6 November 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2010.
  6. ^ "March to a different drummer at tabla gig". The Nation. 21 February 1997. p. C7.
  7. ^ "SNA: List of Akademi Awardees – Instrumental – Tabla". Sangeet Natak Akademi. Archived from the original on 17 April 2010. Retrieved 1 July 2010.
  8. ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  9. ^ Shaikh, Asseem (15 December 2009). "Singer's house burgled; gold, jewellery worth Rs 6.74 lakh stolen". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 18 December 2009. Retrieved 1 July 2010.
  10. ^ "The Beat of a Guru". The Nation. 15 March 1997. p. C1.

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