Rajhesh Vaidhya

Rajhesh Vaidhya () (or, Vaidya), is an Indian veena player born on 14th June 1973 hailing from Tamil Nadu. Besides performing on stage, he has worked with various film music composers. He also acted in the movie "Viswa Thulasi" and in "Premi", a tele-serial aired in Sun TV. Vaidhya was a winner of the 2010 Kalaimamani award for his veena playing.
Music career.
Rajhesh Vaidhya has composed and performed the content of various albums and given many stage performances. He is the brother-in-law of S. Ve. Shekher and younger brother of Mohan Vaidhya. He was music director for the movie "Vegam" by S. Ve. Shekher, starring Ashwin Shekher. He has also worked with Vidyasagar, Harris Jayaraj, Bharathwaj, Deva, Devi Sri Prasad, Srikanth Deva,Isaignani Ilaiyaraaja and A. R. Rahman. He composed the music for K. Balachander's "Sahana", a television series.
He collaborated with Playing for Change, on the album Songs Around The World, (2008). He has performed with musicians and composers like Sir Elton John.
Musical Training.
From a very early age, he started his tutelage under Smt. Jeyalakshmi and continued learning the Saraswathi Veena under Smt Rama Nambinarayanan. He also received advanced training under carnatic veena maestro Shri Chitti Babu.