Suresh Talwalkar Explained

Taalyogi Pandit Suresh Talwalkar
Birth Date:20 July 1948
Birth Place:Mumbai, Bombay State, India
Genre:Hindustani classical music
Instrument:Tabla
Associated Acts:Pandita Padma Talwalkar,, Pandit Ram Narayan, Pandit Ulhas Kashalkar, Pandit Ramdas Palsule, Pandit Vijay Ghate
Website:Pandit Suresh Talwalkar

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

Performing career

Talwalkar was born in 1948 into a Marathi family in Chembur, Mumbai. He belongs to the Keertankar family of Shri Dholebuva. Keertana being a classical form of devotional and musical discourse, a liking for the classical music was inculcated in him right in the childhood. He initially learned playing the tabla from his father Dattatrey Talwalkar.[1] [2] He was trained under the tutelage of i.e. his gurus were Pandit Pandharinath Nageshkar, Pandit Vinayakrao Ghangrekar, Pandit Gajananbuva Joshi, Pandit Nivruttibuva Sarnaik and Ramkrishna Dholebuva (and from many others) and studied the rhythm theory of Carnatic music from Pandit Ramnaad Ishvaran.[3] [4]

His style draws from several gharanas (stylistic schools) and he accompanied classical musicians and dancers; Talwalkar frequently used to perform with sarangi player Pandit Ram Narayan since the late 1960s. He also accompanies classical singer Pandit Ulhas Kashalkar. He has toured in the United States, Europe, and Africa.[5] [6] [7] He taught Tabla, Pakhawaj, Western drums, etc. Some of his disciples are Pandit Ramdas Palsule, Pandit Vijay Ghate, etc. Talwalkar was awarded the All India Radio Award in 1966, the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2004[8] and Padma Shri in 2013.[9]

Personal life

Talwalkar is married to classical singer Vidushi Padma Talwalkar. They have a daughter, Savani Talwalkar, who is a tabla player, and a son, Mumbai businessman and tabla player Pandit Satyajit Talwalkar.[10] [11]

Title

The title TaalYogi was conferred on Suresh Talwalkar by His Holiness Jagatguru Shankaracharya Shri Vidya Shankar Bharthi, Karveer Peeth, Kolhapur in 2001.

His Disciples

Awards

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Sinha. Manjari. Tunes of the soul. The Hindu. 13 May 2010. 1 July 2010. https://archive.today/20130204032422/http://beta.thehindu.com/arts/music/article428936.ece. 4 February 2013. dead.
  2. News: SNA: Events 2005-2006. Sangeet Natak Akademi. 1 July 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20110721161952/http://www.sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/events2005-06/2005-06sangeetsangam.htm. 21 July 2011. dead.
  3. Book: Naimpalli, Sadanand . Theory and Practice of Tabla . 2005 . Popular Prakashan . 81-7991-149-7 . 108 .
  4. Web site: About Panditji's Gurus.
  5. News: Narayan, maître du sarangi, en récital à Montréal. fr. Narayan, master of sarangi, performs in Montreal. Le Devoir. 27 November 1981. 18.
  6. News: Swaminathan. G.. Highlighting the ragas' beauty. The Hindu. 6 January 2009. 1 July 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20121106055057/http://www.hindu.com/ms/2009/01/06/stories/2009010650060300.htm. 6 November 2012. dead.
  7. News: March to a different drummer at tabla gig. The Nation. 21 February 1997. C7.
  8. Web site: SNA: List of Akademi Awardees – Instrumental – Tabla. Sangeet Natak Akademi. 1 July 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100417012651/http://www.sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm#InstrumentalTabla. 17 April 2010. dead.
  9. Web site: Padma Awards . Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India . 2015 . 21 July 2015.
  10. News: Shaikh. Asseem. Singer's house burgled; gold, jewellery worth Rs 6.74 lakh stolen. 15 December 2009. 1 July 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20091218190704/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/Singers-house-burgled-gold-jewellery-worth-Rs-674-lakh-stolen-/articleshow/5337168.cms. 18 December 2009. The Times of India. dead.
  11. News: The Beat of a Guru. The Nation. 15 March 1997. C1.

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