deaths
November 18, 2013
S. R. D. Vaidyanathan, Indian nadaswaram player and composer (born 1929)

S. R. D. Vaidyanathan
SRD Vaidyanathan was an Indian musician who played the Nadaswaram.
Nadaswaram
The nadaswaram is a double reed wind instrument from South India. It is used as a traditional classical instrument in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka and Kerala and in the northern and eastern parts of Sri Lanka.