on monday when young musician lydian nadhaswaram whos best known for having won the american tv reality talent competition the worlds best in 2019 shared pics of him with music maestro ilaiyaraaja on social media saying he started taking music lessons from the composer it surprised music buffs sharing the photographs lydian on his social media page wrote dear all im very happy to inform you all that my music teacher maestro isaignani ilaiyaraaja uncle said that im his first and one and only student in his experienceand he teaches me everyday with so much love and carei need all your blessings toothank you one and all sictalking to us about his music teacher lydian said as far as i can remember ive been listening to his music being played at my home from the time i was two years old not just his film songs but i have also listened to a lot of his versatile albums like thiruvaasagam and geethanjali he has been composing for more than forty years and every day hell be at his studio by 7am his discipline as much as his music has influenced me also my father is a diehard fan of his hes like a musical god to us we respect him so muchaccording to lydian ilaiyaraaja readily agreed to teach him when he approached him and shared his wish about the same when i met him in december at his studio after receiving an award i had told him about my wish to learn from him and i didnt have to wait long for that wish to come true he was so sweet to accept it he smiled and said well start from monday now i have been learning from him since the first week of januarywhen asked about the classes and what exactly lydian learned from ilaiyaraaja he replied barring sundays i have class with ilaiyaraaja uncle every day from 9am to 10am i do some prep work before i go there and we discuss a lot of things especially a lot of music theory obviously i have plenty of questions to ask him irrespective of the genre that i ask him about he clarifies all my doubts and he teaches with so much care always laughing and smiling even as he teaches when i met him the other day for my class he said that i am his only student ever for me thats really something big to hear from a musical legend like himlydian added that he was planning to continue the classes saying i am homeschooled but now it feels like i am going to school i wake up early every morning and go there to learn something new every day