Name Neyyattinkara Vasudevan | Role Musical Artist | |
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Albums Classical Encounters Similar People M G Sreekumar, K J Yesudas, Muthuswami Dikshitar | ||
Mazha parupulle nalla nadu neyyattinkara vasudevan
Neyyattinkara Vasudevan (1940–13 May 2008) was a Carnatic music vocalist from Kerala in south India. The Padmasree-winning Carnatic vocalist and disciple of Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer and Ramnad Krishnan, he combined tradition and innovation in his widely acclaimed career.
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- Mazha parupulle nalla nadu neyyattinkara vasudevan
- Carnatic classical concert by neyyattinkara vasudevan brovabharama jukebox
- Biography
- Awards
- Movies
- References
Carnatic classical concert by neyyattinkara vasudevan brovabharama jukebox
Biography
Vasudevan born in a village near Neyyattinkara in southern Travancore, and did his formal music studies from the Swati Tirunal Music College, Thiruvananthapuram, chiefly under Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer. He also did advanced studies under Ramnad Krishnan. He passed Ganabhushanam in 1960 and Sangeetha Vidwan in 1962.
He worked as assistant professor at the RLV College of Music, Thrippunithura, for nearly a decade before joining All India Radio as an A-grade staff vocalist in 1974. He retired in 2000 and was later ranked ‘A Top’, the highest honour given by AIR to classical musicians.
He died on 13 May 2008 in Thiruvananthapuram aged 68.
Awards
Movies
He has also sung for some Malayalam movies.