Siddharth Nagarajan
Siddharth Nagarajan | |
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| Born | 25 September 1997 |
| Occupation | Drummer /Musician |
| Years active | 1999-present |
| Parent(s) | Nagi, Vidya |
| Website | drumsiddharth |
Siddharth Nagarajan (born 25 September 1997) is a drummer from India. His debut public show was at the age of 2, on 16 April 2000, which earned a place in the Limca Book of Records as the youngest drummer of India. Siddharth Nagarajan completed his high schooling in Jubilee Hills Public School, Hyderabad.[1]
At age 8 National Geographic selected Siddharth Nagarajan as one of seven geniuses for the show My Brilliant Brain. They declared Siddharth was declared an inborn genius.[2]
Invitations[edit]
Siddharth was called as a guest speaker at TED-X in Amrita University Coimbatore, India. He gave his guest percussion performance at Anokha 2011 in Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham. His talk was well received by critics.[3] Siddharth was invited by former President of India Bharat Ratna A.P.J. Abdul Kalam during the latter's birthday celebrations.[1]
Records[edit]
Siddharth holds the following records:
- Guinness World Record in Most drumbeats in a minute using drumsticks--a total of 2,109 beats [4]
- Most notes in a minute with 2,164 using a multi-stroke roll in 2015
- Youngest drummer (Limca Book of records, 2003)
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Child wonder strikes the right chord". The Hindu.
- ^ Ajmera, Ankit (7 January 2009). "8-year-old drumming genius to appear on TV programme". DNA. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
- ^ Kannan, Amutha. "To him, there is music in heartbeat". The Hindu.
- ^ "Most drumbeats in a minute using drumsticks". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
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