A renowned Santoor player hails from the family of musicians and comes in fourth generation of his family, began studying the Santoor playing at the very early age under the able guidance of his father Sarod Vadak Late Pt. Bhajan Lal of A.I.R. Delhi .Besides this he has also had an opportunity of learning vocal music at the feet of Pt. B.N.Dutta of Delhi.
Pt. Sudhir Gautam has remarkable command both on rhythm and variations of laya. His depth handling , purity of Ragas , colorful Tanas with patterns of single notes played with single stroke and exotic Jhala and depth and elegance in Alaap, Jod and Jhala are praiseworthy too. He has played several duets with credit all over India & abroad.