BY A STAFF REPORER
LOS ANGELES, CA – The Indian-American community here bid a sorrowful good bye to Pt. Ramesh Kumar Bharati, a tabla maestro extraordinaire and resident of Artesia for many years. He was born on December 4 1956 and passed away on Sept 19. The maestro leaves behind his wife Jageshwari and three children...
LOS ANGELES, CA – The Indian-American community here bid a sorrowful good bye to Pt. Ramesh Kumar Bharati, a tabla maestro extraordinaire and resident of Artesia for many years. He was born on December 4 1956 and passed away on Sept 19. The maestro leaves behind his wife Jageshwari and three children...
Dr. Jyoti Bharati Tiwari, Divya Ahluwalia, and son Neal.
His funeral was attended by about a thousand people including his family, students, musical community and fans.
Kumar was born to Pt. Bansilal, a tabla maestro in his own right having won a gold medal in the Maharashtra tabla competition event and then being a Guru to his son. Kumar’s talent had led him to perform with some of the world’s best of the best, high profile musicians. These included classical artists such as Pt Ravi Shankar, Pt. Laxmi Shankar, Pt. Hawaldar; Gazal giants Gulam Ali, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Pankaj Udas, Talat Aziz, Pakistani legendary singer Reshma, Bhajan legend Purshottam Jalota and Hari Om Sharan to name a few.
Kumar was chosen from many as the accompanying tabla player for a world tour by Jagjit Singh and Anup Jalota.
Some of the renowned venues that he performed at included: The Royal Albert Hall and Wembley Conference Center in the UK, Madison Square Gardens in New York; Rothman Hall in Toronto and the Getty Music Hall.
His funeral was attended by about a thousand people including his family, students, musical community and fans.
Kumar was born to Pt. Bansilal, a tabla maestro in his own right having won a gold medal in the Maharashtra tabla competition event and then being a Guru to his son. Kumar’s talent had led him to perform with some of the world’s best of the best, high profile musicians. These included classical artists such as Pt Ravi Shankar, Pt. Laxmi Shankar, Pt. Hawaldar; Gazal giants Gulam Ali, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Pankaj Udas, Talat Aziz, Pakistani legendary singer Reshma, Bhajan legend Purshottam Jalota and Hari Om Sharan to name a few.
Kumar was chosen from many as the accompanying tabla player for a world tour by Jagjit Singh and Anup Jalota.
Some of the renowned venues that he performed at included: The Royal Albert Hall and Wembley Conference Center in the UK, Madison Square Gardens in New York; Rothman Hall in Toronto and the Getty Music Hall.
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