Prashant Pandav
Instrument / Art Form: Tabla
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Tabla player Prashant Pandav was born into a musical environment. His father Prabhakar Pandav is a vocalist and harmonium player, and his grandfather Ambadasrao Deshmukh was also a vocalist and instrumentalist.
At the age of nine, Prashant was initiated into the kirtan form of religious music from Maharashtra. His tabla training began under Pandurang Mukhade for a period of eight years.
He now studies under Yogesh Samsi, a disciple of renowned tabla maestro Alla Rakha. He received a scholarship from the Government of India.
Prashant provides accompaniment to vocal music and Marathi theatre music and plays other percussion instruments too. He has a bachelor’s degree in commerce and a Sangeet Visharad degree in vocal music and tabla