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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]]) |
'''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]]. |
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==Background and Career== |
==Background and Career== |
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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) 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
- Padma Bhushan by President of India in 2002.
- Padma Shri by President of India in 1973.
- Doctrate by Annamalai University , Tamil Nadu in 1989.
- D.Litt by Kerala University , Kerala in 2003.
- Asthana Gayakan ( Official Singer ) by Government of Kerala
- Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1992.
- Asthana Vidwan ( Official Teacher ) by Udupi, Sringeri and Raghavendra mutts.
- Sangeetha Sagaram ( Music Ocean ) in 1989.
- Sangeetha Chakravarthy ( Music Emperor ) in 1988 by Pallavi Narasimachary
- Sangeetha Raja ( Music King ) by Chembai in 1974.
- Sangeetha Ratna ( Music Jewel ) by Lt. Governor of Pondicherry M.M. Lakhera
- Swathi Ratnam( Swathi Jewel )
- Sapthagiri Sangeetha Vidwanmani in 2002.
- Bhakti Sangita Geetha Sironmani in 2002.
- Gaana Gandharva.
- Geetanjali Award. by The ex-president of India Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
- Sur Shringar Samsad Award. in 1976.
- Kalaimamani Award by Government of Tamil Nadu.
- Star of India Award by Lt. Governor of Pondicherry M.M. Lakhera
- National Citizens Award in 1994
- Mar Gregorius awrd Governor RL Bhatia in 2006
- The `Annual Latha Mangeshkar Award by Government of Madhya Pradesh in 1992.
- Dr Pinnamaneni and Seethadevi Foundation Award in 2000.
- Senate member in the International Parliament for Safety and Peace, an organization incorporated in the U.S.A.
- An Honorary award for "Outstanding Achievements in Music and Peace” by UNESCO in 1999
- National Film Awards Seven times for the best Playback singer by Government of India
- State Film awards Twenty three times for the best Playback singer by Government of Kerala
- State Film awards Eight times for the best Playback singer by Government of Tamil Nadu
- State Film awards Five Times for the best Playback singer by Government of Karnataka
- State Film awards Five times for the best Playback singer by Government of Andra Pradesh
- State Film awards One time for the best Playback singer by Government of West Bengal
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
- Concerts by Dr. K. J. Yesudas
- Albums by Dr. K. J. Yesudas
- List of Indians
- Carnatic Music
- List of Carnatic singers
- Playback singer
External links
- K.J. Yesudas's web site
- Site Dedicated to K.J. Yesudas
- International Parliament for Safety and Peace
- Read an article in news paper Deccan Herald Monday, March 13, 2006 Music concert at Girinagar
- Read news in newspaper The Hindu National, Saturday, Jan 26, 2002 Padmabhushan Awardees 2002
- Read an article in news paper The Hindu, Entertainment Superficial brilliance
- Read an article in the news paper The Hindu, Entertainment , Ahimsa Album
- Read an article in the news paper The Hindu, Sunday, Dec 11, 2005 , Ghantasala Music festival
- Read an article in the news paper The Hindu, Entertainment in Friday, Jul 26, 2002 , Music festival Thirupathi
- Read an article in the news paper The Hindu, Entertainment Friday, Jul 26, 2002 , Tharangam music festival
- Read an article in the news paper The Hindu, Entertainment Friday, Mar 11, 2005 , Chembai music festival, Palakkad
- Read the article in The Hindu, Sunday, Mar 23, 2003 Telugu samiti honours Yesudas, Susheela
- Read the article in Deccan Herald, Sunday, February 27, 2005 , Arts & culture A word with Yesudas
- Read the article in Times of India, 3 Aug, 2006 Yagna for tsunami victims
- Read the article in The Hindu, Friday, Feb 24, 2006 Mega music nite in honour of Jesudas
- Read the article in Khaleej Times 24 March 2006 Music lives forever, believes Padmashree Yesudas
- Read the article in The Hindu, Friday, Dec 1, 2006 One for the records, 16 songs in four languages on the same day
INTERNET LINKS TO YESUDAS SONGS ONLINE
- Classical Songs
- Hindi Songs
- Listen Golden Hits in Hindi
- Listen Yesudas-greatest-hits-vol-1
- Listen Yesudas-greatest-hits-vol-2
- Listen Yesudas's Hindi songs
- Tamil Songs
- Listen Hits of Yesudas
- Listen Athisaya Raagam
- Listen Hits of Yesudas
- Listen Jesudas's Tamil songs
- Listen Tamil devotioal 1
- Listen Tamil devotional 2
- Listen Hit Songs
- Listen Sri Shridi Sai baba devoional songs
- Malayalam songs
- Listen His Higness Abdullah, Music by Raveendran
- Listen Bharatham, Music by Raveendran
- Listen Dwani, Music by Naushad Ali
- Listen Sargam, Music by Ravi Bombay
- Listen Madanothsavam, Music by Salil Chowdhury
- Listen Njan Gandharvan, Music by Johnson
- Listen Yesudas's Malayalam songs 1
- Kannada Songs
- Listen Golden Kannada hits of Yesudas
- Telugu Songs
- Listen Yesudas's Telugu songs
- Indian classical music
- Indian musicians
- Carnatic music
- Carnatic singers
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- Padma Bhushan recipients
- Padma Shri recipients
- Sangeet Natak Akademi Award recipients
- Malayali people
- 1940 births
- Living people
- Kerala
- People from Kerala
- Indian Christians
- Sree Narayana Guru
- Asian Christians