Siddharth Nagarajan (born 25 September 1997) is a

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from India. His debut public show was at the age of 2, on 16 April 2000, which earned a place in the

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as the youngest drummer of India. Siddharth Nagarajan completed his high schooling in Jubilee Hills Public School, Hyderabad. At age 8

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selected Siddharth Nagarajan as one of seven geniuses for the show ''My Brilliant Brain''. They declared Siddharth was declared an inborn genius.

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. Siddharth was invited by former President of India Bharat Ratna A.P.J. Abdul Kalam during the latter's birthday celebrations.

Records

Siddharth holds the following records: * Guinness World Record in Most drumbeats in a minute using drumsticks--a total of 2,109 beats * Most notes in a minute with 2,164 using a multi-stroke roll in 2015 * Youngest drummer (Limca Book of records, 2003)

References

1997 births Living people Musicians from Chennai 21st-century Indian drummers {{India-musician-stub