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'''Kattassery Joseph Yesudas''' (or usually referred to as '''Dr. K. J. Yesudas''' or in the alternate, '''Jesudas''', Malayalam:''' കാട്ടശ്ശേരി ജോസഫ് യേശുദാസ് ''') (born [[January 10]], [[1940]]) A living legend;is an eminent [[Indian classical music|Indian classical musician]] and leading [[playback singer]] of film songs in many [[Languages of India|Indian languages]].
'''Kattassery Joseph Yesudas''' (or usually referred to as '''Dr. K. J. Yesudas''' or in the alternate, '''Jesudas''', Malayalam:''' കാട്ടശ്ശേരി ജോസഫ് യേശുദാസ് ''') (born [[January 10]], [[1940]]) is an eminent [[Indian classical music|Indian classical musician]] and leading [[playback singer]] of film songs in many [[Languages of India|Indian languages]].


==Background and Career==
==Background and Career==

Revision as of 08:02, 5 February 2007

K. J. Yesudas

Kattassery Joseph Yesudas (or usually referred to as Dr. K. J. Yesudas or in the alternate, Jesudas, Malayalam: കാട്ടശ്ശേരി ജോസഫ് യേശുദാസ് ) (born January 10, 1940) is an eminent Indian classical musician and leading playback singer of film songs in many Indian languages.

Background and Career

K.J. Yesudas was born in Fort Kochi, Kerala to Augustine Joseph and Elizabeth Joseph. His father, who was his first guru (teacher), was a well-known Malayalam classical musician and stage actor of his time. He joined the Music Academy in Thrippunithura and won a gold medal for music at a local competition in Fort Kochi at age seven. He was trained by the Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar who was one of the senior most performers of the time in Classical Music, and this training, abruptly cut short by the guru's demise in 1974, still stood him in good stead. Although a Carnatic expert he also learned Hindustani Music. He combines Hindustani Music and Carnatic Music style in all their varieties and did not want to tie himself down to Carnatic music. His soul-stirring voice lends itself well to both Indian classical, devotional and popular songs. He has recorded more than 40,000 songs for many languages including Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Bengali, Malayalam, Gujarati, Oriya, Marathi, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Tulu, Russian, Arabic, Latin and English through his long career.

Yesudas started playback singing in Kollywood film industry in early 60's and in middle of 70's he entered in Bollywood. He had sung almost all Indian language films except Assamese and Kashmiri. He had bagged seven times National Film Award for the best singer in Indian film industry. In 2006 he has sung 16 film songs in four South Indian languages on the same day at AVM Studio, Chennai.

Yesudas has, till date, performed in almost all the major cities of the world. In his music concerts at Middle East he performs Arabic songs in Carnatic style. And dons the role of cultural ambassador of India through his numerable performances abroad, promoting Indian Music. He is the only one singer who has the title Asthana Gayakan (Official singer) of Kerala State. He was awarded the Padmashree (1973) and Padma Bhushan (2002) by the President of India.

In 1965, he was invited by the Soviet Union government to perform at music concerts in various cities in the U.S.S.R and had sung a Russian song over Radio Kazakhstan. In 1970 he was nominated to head the Sangeetha Nataka Academy of Kerala, he was the youngest person ever to occupy the office. In 1971, Yesudas with his musical troupe travelled around Kerala to raise funds for the Indian Prime Minister's National Defense Fund during the Indo-Pakistani War. He also became Senate member in the International Parliament for Safety and Peace, an organization incorporated in the USA. On November 14, 1999, Yesudas was presented an honorary award by UNESCO for "Outstanding Achievements in Music and Peace" at the "Music for Peace" event in Paris, a concert held to mark the dawn of the new millennium and whose attendees included artistes such as Lionel Richie, Ray Charles, Montserrat Caballé and Zubin Mehta.

Scholarship

  • Completed the Ganabooshanam course at R.L.V. Music Academy, Thripunithura, Cochin
  • Graduated from the Sree Swathithirunal Music Academy, Trivandrum
  • Trained under well-known musicians like K.R.Kumaraswamy ( former principal of the Music College, Kochi ), Kunjuvelan Aasan ( a disciple of Nagaswera Vidwan Rajaratnam Pillai ), Augstune Joseph, Ramakutti Bagavathar, Sivaraman Nayar,Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer and Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar.

Role models

Shri Narayana Guru's great message, "One caste, one religion and one God for all humans", influenced young Yesudas in his dealings with fellow men. In the music world, Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar, Mangalampalli Balamurali Krishna and Mohammed Rafi are his major heroes.

Family

Yesudas and his wife Prabha have three sons, Vinod, Vijay and Vishal. The family resides in Chennai and Florida. His son Vijay is an upcoming singer and sings in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu and Hindi.

Titles, Honours and Major Awards

National Awards

  • 1972, Film Name: Achanum bappayum, Language: Malayalam, First line of the song: Manushyan mathangale
  • 1973, Film Name: Gaayathri, Language: Malayalam, First line of the song: Padmatheerthame unaru
  • 1976, Film Name: Chitchor, Language: Hindi, First line of the song: Gori thera gaon bada
  • 1982, Film Name: Megha Sandhesham, Language: Telugu , First line of the song: Aagasha desana
  • 1987, Film Name: Unnikale Oru Kadha Parayam, Language: Malayalam , First line of the song: Unnikale oru kadha parayam
  • 1991, Film Name: Bharatham, Language: Malayalam, First line of song: Rama kadha gaana layam
  • 1993, Film Name: Sopanam, Language: Malayalam, First line of the song: Sopanam (title song)

Music Company

In 1970 Yesudas established the Tharangini Music Company at Chennai ( later incorporated in the US in 1998) which brought about an audio cassette revolution in southern India. Tharangini Studio and Tharangini Records became the recording center in Kerala which, for the first time, brought out audio cassettes of Malayalam film songs with the added attraction of stereo effect. The record company’s additional strength was in its voice mixing studio in Chennai. An expansion of the Thiruvanthapuram studio, Studio27 in Chennai boasts of the latest and the best voice-mixing studio in Chennai. The studio continues to produce and present events of Yesudas both for film and Indian classical music concerts throughout the world.

See also

External links


INTERNET LINKS TO YESUDAS SONGS ONLINE

  • Classical Songs
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