Yogesh Samsi was born in Delhi to renowned vocalist Pandit Dinkar Kaikini. At the age of four he started learning the tabla from Pandit H. Taranath Rao.
Later, he sought the guidance of Ustad Allah Rakha Khan, one of the greatest percussionists and father of renowned tabla player Zakir Hussain.
He spent 23 years under the tutelage of Allarakha.Pt. Samsi has accompanied the top-grade instrumentalists and vocalists and dancers of India.
He strives to keep up his revered guru’s word of preserving the tradition in the presentation of tabla solo. He also appeared in the first episode of Idea Jalsa with Shivkumar Sharma.