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

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Performing career

Talwalkar was born in 1948 into a Marathi family in

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, 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. He trained under ''tabla'' players Pandharinath Nageshkar , Vinayakrao Ghangrekar and Ramdutt Patil and studied the rhythm theory of

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and Hindustani classical singing. His style draws from several '' gharanas'' (stylistic schools) and he accompanied classical musicians and dancers; Talwalkar frequently performed with ''

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'' player

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, and has toured in the United States, Europe, and Africa. He taught ''tabla'' players, including Ramdas Palsule, Vijay Ghate and Western drummers. Talwalkar was awarded the All India Radio Award in 1966, the

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in 2004 and

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in 2013. Talwalkar is married to classical singer

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and they have a daughter, ''tabla'' player Savani Talwalkar, and a son, Mumbai businessman and ''tabla'' player Satyajit Talwalkar.

Title

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

Awards

* Talwalkar received the

in 2013. * He was awarded the All India Radio Award in 1966 * Andhra Pradesh Government Award in 1998 * ‘Tyagaraj Award’ by Shri Naad Bramha, Chembur in 2002 *

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in 2004, Awarded by The

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Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Azad * ‘Vishnu Digambar Paluskar’ Award by

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, Pune in 2004 * ‘Ratna Puraskar’ awarded by Swarsadhana, Mumbai in 2008 * ‘Sangeet Poornacharya’ Title Awarded by His Holiness Poornavad Vardhishnu Param pujya Shri Vishnu Maharaj Parnekar in 2008 * ITC Sangeet Research Academy Award, Kolkata, West zone of India in 2009 * Honoured by Swar-Sadhana, Pandharpur in 2009

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Talwalkar, Suresh 1948 births Hindustani instrumentalists Living people Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award Tabla players Recipients of the Padma Shri in arts Indian male classical musicians Musicians from Mumbai