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| News Round Up | May 14, 2008 |
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Vocalist Neyyattinkara Vasudevan is no more
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Well-known senior vocalist and guru Neyyattinkara Vasudevan passed away on May 13 at his residence in Trivananthapuram in Kerala. He was 68.
Vasudevan studied music in the Swathi Tirunal College of Music at Tiruvananthapuram, under the illustrious guru Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer. Later he had his advanced training in music from another maestro Ramnad Krishnan.
He served as assistant professor in RLV College of Music, Tripunithura, for eight years before joining the All India Radio, Tiruvananthapuram. He was a 'A Top Rank' artist.
Known for his unique style of raga elaboration, Neyyattinkara Vasudevan has won many awards and titles. The Sangeet Natak Akademi award, Swathi Puraskaram from the Government of Kerala and the prestigious Padma Sree awards are among them.
Vasudevan imparted his knowledge of music in the traditional style to many disciples. Sreevalson J Menon and M. G. Sreekumar are among his host of disciples performing on stage.
Vasudevan's wife Ammukutty passed away two years ago. He is survived by his two sons Baburaj and Jayaraj.
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Pic.courtesy: Sreevalsan J. Menon
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Readers share...
Neyyantinkkara Vasudevan (the Carnatic music maestro who passed away recently) was a very warm human being, very simple and open hearted.
I still remember a concert of his at the Tyagaraja aradhana organized by the Sathguru Sangeetha Sabha, Kozhikode.
His alapana of Mohanam and kanada, the two main ragas were memorable.
The soft gamaka that he introduced at the tail end of the phrase 'nanu palaim pa' still rings in the ears of this admirer.
Dr. K. Parameswaran, Sowriplayam Road, Coimbatore-45
by E-mail
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