Talwalkar, Suresh

Creator: Kabir Cultural Centre

Poster advertising a performance of Flights of Melody at the Bibliothèque nationale du Québec, Montreal, Quebec. Features vocals by Ulhas Kashalkar, Suresh Talwaklar on the tabla, and Sudhir Nayak on the harmonium. Ulhas Kashaklar is a Hindustani classical vocalist. He was born on January 14 1955 in the city of Nagpur in Maharashtra, India. He is a gold medalist from Nagpur University and has studied under Rajabhau Kogje and Prabhakar Rao Khardenavis​. He has been a Guru at both Bengal Parampara Sangeetlay and MIT Gurukul. Suresh Talkwalkar is a tabla player. He was born in 1948 in the city of Mumbai in Maharashtra, India. He initially learned tabla from his father Dattatrey Talwalkar before training under tabla players Pandharinath Nageshkar, Vinayakrao Ghangrekar and Ramdutt Patil. He also studied the rhythm theory of Carnatic music and Hindustani classical singing. In 2001, the title of TaalYogi was conferred upon him by Bharathi Tirtha. Sudhir Nayak is a reed organist. He was born on May 15 1972 in the city of Mumbai in Maharashtra, India. He is a disciple of Pandit Tulsidas Borkar and Pandit Jitendra Abhisheki.