Yogesh Samsi

Pandit Yogesh Samsi (born 17 November 1968) [1] is an Indian tabla player.

[2] Yogesh Samsi was born in Delhi to renowned vocalist Pandit Dinkar Kaikini.

Later, he sought the guidance of Ustad Allah Rakha Khan, one of the greatest percussionists and father of renowned tabla player Zakir Hussain.

Samsi has accompanied the top grade instrumentalists and vocalists and dancers of India, including Vilayat Khan, Ajoy Chakrabarty, Dinkar Kaikini, Bhimsen Joshi, Shivkumar Sharma, Hariprasad Chaurasia, Ken Zuckerman, Birju Maharaj, Pandit Ulhas Kashalkar and Ustad Rashid Khan.

He strives to keep up his revered guru's word of preserving the tradition in the presentation of tabla solo.