About us
Riff Guru was conceived by Sidharth, an award winning guitar player who also composed music for a film that qualified for Academy Awards/BAFTA nomination.
What began as basic Guitar training, soon flourished across three continents and went on to train over 100 students.
Today Riff Guru is one of Bengaluru's foremost Guitar learning centers with a
structured set of programs across basic, intermediate and advanced levels.
From classical Carnatic Sangeetham to Beethoven, Kishore Kumar
and SPB, Soft Rock to Metal, Jazz, Reggae and Blues, the
exposure has made Sidharth experiment with most music genres.
With a Bachelor’s Degree in
Visual Communications from St. Joseph’s College, he majored in Music Production and
Instrumentation from the Nathaniel School of Music.
Sidharth has been a sessions and lead guitarist with various bands in Bengaluru.
He also manages a professional school/home studio for ad jingles, audio editing and sound engineering and has won many accolades.
Awards and Accolades
- Winner of the John Anthony Guitar Contest (2023 edition) - The John Anthony guitar contest is held annually by Lazie Indie and the Kerala Arts and Crafts Village (KACV). An international competition run by the intercontinental music awards based out of Los Angeles California with musicians participating from all over the world. Awarded by Multi award winning artists Dave Evans (Former ACDC), Steve Lynch (Autograph), Tim Steinruck.
Featured on Indulge Express as Top 5 Indie Artists of 2020.
Cover Story on Indulge Express for Original Score and Track Composition 2020.
- Semi - finalist to the Flicker Rhode Island Film Festival for ORIGINAL Background Score. The Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF) takes place every year in Providence and Newport, Rhode Island as well as satellite locations throughout the state. has been a qualifying festival for the Academy Awards[1] and BAFTA since 2002.
Performed at various venues across the city (Hard Rock Cafe, Fandom Gilly's, ECA, Embassy Boulevard, JW Marriot, Medai, Hard Rock Cafe Whitefield with top bands and lineups featuring Jeoraj George (AR Rahman), Chris Avinash (Retronome), Hema Nayak (AR Rahman).
Owner of Bengaluru's Top Guitar and Music learning program. Ranked as the best in the city with a client base of over 300 students from all over the world.(Canada, USA, Australia, UK, Singapore, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Algeria and our very own India.)
Worked with some of the best Music schools and Universities in the city as a Music Educator, having conducted workshops for companies like Akshaya Patra, LBB and even St Joseph's University of Arts and Science.
Featured in Happiest Health, (A top global health & wellness knowledge enterprise promoted by Ashok Soota.) For tips on how to play The Guitar Pain Free.
