 Born
in 1973, Rajhesh Vaidhya was brought up in a
rich musical tradition. His father Sri K.M.
Vaidyanathan was a rhythm stalwart both in
mridangam and ghatam. From a very tender
age, he started his tutelager under Smt.
Jeyalakshmi and continued receiving teaching
of the Saraswathi Veena under Smt Rama
Nambinarayanan. He also received advance
training under the world-renowned carnatic
veena maestro Shri Chitti Babu.Rajhesh
Vaidhya is not only a highly capable
musician in India, but has performed on
stages around the world including Europe,
Brazil, South Africa, Australia, Singapore,
Malaysia, Mauritius, Canada, USA and many
more. He has even performed with an
experimental dance troupe based in
Switzerland.
Apart from his blistering speed,
Rajhesh’s veena playing is distinguished by
his use of electric or amplified strings.
In addition to his instrumental
performances, he is also involved in musical
directing for teleserials, also working with
leading cine directors Vidyasagar, Harris
Jeyaraj, Bhardhwaj, Deva and many more.
Albums to his credits includes
‘Temptations’, Hurricane, Rampage, d Voyage
I, II, Freak, Churaliya and manymore.
He has numerous other albums to his
credit in the classical, "Bharathiyar" and
Thiagaraja kirthis category.
Within the Veena tradition, undoubtedly
one ot the most intriguing and technically
beguiling.
Rajhesh Vaidhya has received the
honorable title “ Shri Kanchi Kamakoti Peeta
Aasthana Vidwan “ (2001).
He has also acted in the famous
Tele-serial “Premi” directed by Iyakkunar
Sigaram Sri. K. Balachander on Sun TV.
Rajhesh Vaidhya has done Music Direction for
some of the famous Tele serials like,
"Pudayal", "MarmaDesam", "Anni", "Veettukku
veedu Lootty", "Sharadha", "Alaigal",
"Mughangal", "Marakka Mudiyuma", "Enna
satham inda naeram" , "Sahaana" Nilavai
Pidippom", and Vikramaaditya.
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