Siddharth Nagarajan Explained

Siddharth Nagarajan
Birth Date:	1997 9, df=yes
Parents:	Nagi, Vidya
Occupation:	Drummer /Musician
Years Active:	1999-present

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

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

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

1. Web site: Child wonder strikes the right chord. The Hindu.
2. News: 8-year-old drumming genius to appear on TV programme. DNA. 7 January 2009. Ankit. Ajmera. 7 October 2018.
3. Web site: To him, there is music in heartbeat. Amutha. Kannan. The Hindu.
4. Web site: Most drumbeats in a minute using drumsticks . Guinness World Records . 24 April 2020.