Santosh Naidu, Artistic Director

Santosh Naidu is a Canadian Platinum recording artist who has been in the music industry for over 25 years, performing with the likes of Grammy-nominated artist K-OS as lead percussionist.

At only 5 years old, he began studying classical tabla, and soon after became a co-founding member of the Toronto Tabla Ensemble, and half of the dynamic duo, The Guru Bros.

Santosh also owns and operates a recording studio in Toronto, where he explores new musical ventures, including scoring music for film, television and advertising.

As the co-Artistic Director of Zista Arts Society, Santosh hopes to influence our arts community, of the rich diaspora of South Asian Culture, Music & Art by making it easily accessible.