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.[2][3][4]
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.