Pandit Suresh "Bhai" Gaitonde (6 May 1932 – 27 June 2019) was an Indian tabla player.
He is best known for being a major disciple of Ahmed Jan Thirakwa and leading representative of the Farukhabad tradition.
Sangeet Natak Academy has stored his recording in the archives as the successor of Ustad Thirakwa.
At Kolhapur, he studied with Sudhakar Digrajkar, Ramakant Bedagkar, Mhamulal Sangawkar, and Balubhaiya Rukadikar, who acquainted his father's medical practice.
Following Purohit's death, he became a ganda-bandh disciple of Ahmed Jan Thirakwa, studying with the maestro for three years.
[5] After Thirakwa's death, Gaitonde learned from Vinayakrao Ghangrekar, a disciple of Subraimama Ankolekar.
Sudhir Sansare, Sunil Jayphalkar, Rashmin Bhagwat, Shubhada Kurve, Abhay Datar, Shreepad Parkhe, Sanjeevani Hasabnis, Pandurang Dehadraya, Kishore Bandhwalkar among others.