Pandit Shyam Kane is an India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

n Tabla

Tabla

The tabla is a popular Indian percussion instrument used in Hindustani classical music and in popular and devotional music of the Indian subcontinent. The instrument consists of a pair of hand drums of contrasting sizes and timbres...

 player of the Punjab Gharana

Punjab gharana

Punjab Gharānā , is a style and technique of Tabla playing that originated in the Punjab region of what is now split in present day Pakistan and India. The Punjab Gharana is possibly the oldest of the six Tabla Gharanas...

. Pt. Kane is most recognized for being the first and foremost disciple and colleague of Utd. Zakir Hussain

Zakir Hussain (musician)

Zakir Hussain , , is an Indian tabla player, musical producer, film actor and composer.-Early life:Hussain was born in Mumbai, India to the legendary tabla player Alla Rakha. He attended St...

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Personal life and education

Pt. Kane was born into a Konkanastha Brahmin family in 1954 and attended Parle Tilak Vidyalaya

Parle Tilak Vidyalaya

Parle Tilak Vidyalaya is an educational institution in Vile Parle, Mumbai, India. It consists of four schools - the PTV English Medium School, the PTV Marathi Medium Secondary School, the PTV Marathi Medium Primary School and Paranjape Vidyalaya.The Marathi Medium School , was founded in 1921, as...

. Pt. Kane was drawn to the Tabla after his brother, Mukund Kane, took to Tabla under Pt. Pandharinath Nageshkar of the Farukhabad Gharana

Farukhabad gharānā

Farukhabad gharana is one of six prominent playing styles or gharanas of North Indian tabla drums, in Hindustani classical music, and derives its name from Farukhabad in Uttar Pradesh state.-History:...

. Influenced by his brother, Pt. Kane began his journey in Tabla. After Pt. Kane witnessed a performance with Utd. Zakir Hussain

Zakir Hussain (musician)

Zakir Hussain , , is an Indian tabla player, musical producer, film actor and composer.-Early life:Hussain was born in Mumbai, India to the legendary tabla player Alla Rakha. He attended St...

 on Tabla, he wished to learn under the young master. Captivated by the balance, clarity and creativity of Utd. Zakir Hussain's style, Pt. Kane immediately asked for him for tutelage. In 1975, Pt. Kane became a Gandabandhan disciple of Utd. Alla Rakha and began learning under both father and son.

Career

Pt. Kane has become a popular Tabla accompanist in India, North America, and Europe. Pt. Kane participated in the Festival of India (1985–1986) sponsored by the Government of India

Government of India

The Government of India, officially known as the Union Government, and also known as the Central Government, was established by the Constitution of India, and is the governing authority of the union of 28 states and seven union territories, collectively called the Republic of India...

. Pt. Kane has taught Tabla at San Diego State University

San Diego State University

San Diego State University , founded in 1897 as San Diego Normal School, is the largest and oldest higher education facility in the greater San Diego area , and is part of the California State University system...

 and the Ali Akbar College of Music

Ali Akbar College of Music

The Ali Akbar College of Music is the name of three schools founded by Indian musician Ali Akbar Khan to teach Indian classical music. The first was founded in 1956 in Calcutta, India. The second was founded in 1967 in Berkeley, California, but moved to its current location in San Rafael,...

 in San Rafael, California. Pt. Kane frequently performs alongside his guru, Utd. Zakir Hussain, where recently both performed together at the 2007 Brihan Maharashtra Mandal Convention in Seattle.

Pt. Kane has performed alongside Pt. Jasraj

Pandit Jasraj

Pandit Jasraj is an Indian classical vocalist. He is the foremost exponent of the Mewati Gharana of Hindustani classical music.-Early life:Jasraj was born in Hisar, Haryana in an orthodox brahmin family to Pandit Motiramji, a classical exponent. His family is well known for singing in the Mewati...

, Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia

Hariprasad Chaurasia

Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia is an Indian classical instrumentalist. He is a player of the bansuri, the North Indian bamboo flute. Chaurasia is a classicist who has made a conscious effort to reach out and expand the audience for classical music.-Early life:Hariprasad Chaurasia was born in...

, Utd. Ali Akbar Khan

Ali Akbar Khan

Ali Akbar Khan , often referred to as Khansahib or by the title Ustad , was a Hindustani classical musician of the Maihar gharana, known for his virtuosity in playing the sarod...

, Smt. Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande

Ashwini Bhide Deshpande

Dr. Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande is a Hindustani classical music vocalist of the Jaipur-Atrauli Gharana.-Early life and training:...

, Smt. N. Rajam

N. Rajam

-Early life:N. Rajam was born in Chennai in a musical family to Vidwan A. Narayana Iyer. Her brother is violinist T. N. Krishnan. Rajam started her initial training in carnatic music under her father...

, and Smt. Kishori Amonkar

Kishori Amonkar

Kishori AmonkarN- is an Indian singer who performs in the classical genre khyal and the light classical genres thumri and bhajan. Amonkar trained under her mother, classical singer Mogubai Kurdikar of the Jaipur gharana , but experimented with a variety of vocal styles in her career...

, Asha Khadilkar

Asha Khadilkar

Shrimati Asha Khadilkar is a Mumbai, India based vocalist renowned for her specialization in Indian Classical, Semi-Classical and Devotional Music including Natya Sangeet.-Background:...

among others.