G S Nagaraj

G S Nagaraj, born to Sri G.R. Sathyanarayana Shastry and Lakshminarasamma, is a well known Mridangam artist from Bangalore. He is been into the art of classical music percussion from past 25 years. 

He started his Mridangam training from Vidwan H L Gopalkrishna and later continued under Vidwan B N Chandramouli and Sangeetha Kalanidhi Vidwan Dr. Thiruvarur Bhaktavatsalam who are devoted and dedicated to this spiritual art. Under their guidance, G S Nagaraj gained tremendous knowledge about the ways of staging concerts. 

Nagaraj has to his credit of staging concerts in prestigious Sabhas and venues all over India and abroad. His Mridangam accompaniment is highly regarded and given due recognition and appreciation by music lovers, critics and great musicians. 

He is graded artist and given many performances in All India Radio, Doordarshan and leading television Channels.  He has led several percussion ensembles with his valuable experience in music composition, direction, and orchestration. He has directed many fusion concerts and percussion ensembles (Taala Vaadhya Kutcheries). He leads a percussion ensemble team “LAYA RANJANI”. 

He is a sought after artist of choice accompanying Mridangam for classical Dance performances, adding his deep knowledge of rhythm to dance forms. He has accompanied many renowned Musicians and Dance artists all over India and abroad.