Ghatam Suresh (b. 1966)

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Vaidyanathan Suresh is one of the few percussionists with an aesthetic sense of approach to performing on any percussion instrument especially ghatam his favorite earthen clay pot instrument! A rare drummer who has mastered this amusing clay pot, Suresh can adapt with remarkable speed & precision the techniques of drumming of any part of the world.

Suresh learnt ghatam from great artists like Sri T.V. Gopalakrishnan, Sri T.R. Harihara sarma and Sri T.H. Vinayakanam .

Suresh runs an organisation called " International Society for Laya Awareness" which conducts concerts, lecture demostrations and seminars to cultivate intricate knowledge in the audience on Laya aspects. He runs a school called "Gnanalaya".

Suresh is the Asthana Vidwan (court musician) in the holy mutts of Ahobhila and Kanchi.

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