User talk:Pt. Santosh Kulkarni

From India to America, England to Mexico, Australia to the United Arab Emirates, in France, Germany, Italy, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia-wherever Indian classical music is played, the Tabla player is in demand as a soloist and as an accompanist. Meet Tabla guru from Belgaum Santosh Kulkarni who now spreads the sounds of percussion even in Doha, Qatar at the skills development centre there. Santosh is a young and a versatile tabla player from India who is known for presenting a variety of music forms on his Tabla, right from the very authentic Peshkar, Kayda and Bandish to Fusion Music. Santosh also has done his M.A in History and L.L.B. Presently he is doing Doctorate in Tabla. Son of the noted Tabla player Shri. Gajanan alias Bandopant Kulkarni, He has breathed in the Bol of Tabla all his childhood and made his tender fingers suitable to his rhymes. At the age of eight, he gave his first Tabla performance on the stage of Sangeet Kalakar Sangh and also of Arts Circle, Belgaum. Pt. Sureshji Talwarkar of Mumbai has groomed Santosh into a performer who not only plays Indian classical but also fusion and has been the sole Indian in the Desert bridges Music Album series in which the world’s best performers participated. Santosh has developed his own unique style int he traditional way for presentation. His “Peshkar” sings, while his “Gat-Kayadas” ance with his fingers impatiently. His albums, Taal Sadhana, and “Journey” have been well received by the Tabla aspirants. He has supported the music direction of the Malayali films ‘Om’ and ‘Aryam’ with his melodious Tabla. The fusions with the apt compositions of Shri Santosh Kulkarni has been a great composition to himself to the new music. Some of his fusion compositions include, ‘Taal-Yatra’, ‘Rhythm’, ‘Taal- Sadhana’, ‘Sur’, ‘Manasollas’, ‘Speed’, ‘Jod-Taal’, ‘Naad’, ‘Trinity’ and ‘Dhun’. Santosh has accompaned many top vocalist and instrumentalists with his Tabla. Smt. Suhasini Koratkar, Pt. Nityanand Haldipur, M Venkatesh Kumar, Pt. Ganpati Bhat, Prakash Sangeet and Sanjay Deshpande to name a few. Other than Tabla Concerts, he runs an academy of his own to teach the Tabla at the Narayan Tabla Institute Belgaum and also in Doha.