Pandit Suresh Talwalkar (born 1948) is an Indian musician who plays the percussion instrument Tabla.
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 Pandharinath Nageshkar, Vinayakrao Ghangrekar, Gajananbuva Joshi, Nivruttibuva Sarnaik and Ramkrishna Dholebuva (and from many others) and studied the rhythm theory of Carnatic music from Ramnaad Ishvaran.
[2][3][4] His style draws from several gharanas (stylistic schools) and he accompanied classical musicians and dancers;[2] Talwalkar frequently used to perform with sarangi player Ram Narayan since the late 1960s.
[10][11] The title TaalYogi was conferred on Suresh Talwalkar by His Holiness Jagatguru Shankaracharya Shri Vidya Shankar Bharthi, Karveer Peeth, Kolhapur in 2001.