Giridhar is one of the leading musicians in the world of rhythm. He has accompanied eminent South Indian Classical Musicians including Sarvashree L.Subramaniam, R.K.Srikantan, M.Balamuralikrishna, M.S.Gopalkrishnan, T.N.Krishnan, T.K.Murthy, Palghat Raghu, Umayalpuram K.Sivaraman, A.K.Palanivel, Mysore Nagaraj & Manjunath, Ganesh & Kumaresh, Mandolin Srinivas, N.Ramani, K.J.Yesudas, T.V.Gopalkrishnan, T.V. Sankaranarayanan, T.N.Seshagopalan, Jayanthi Kumaresh, R.K.Suryanarayana, Kadri Gopalnath, Bombay Jayashri, Sudha Raghunathan, Aruna Sayeeram and others