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Sreevalsan J Menon is an India
India

India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
n Carnatic
Carnatic

Carnatic may mean:*Carnatic region, a region of South India*Carnatic music*HMS_Carnatic_, a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Deptford in in 1783...
 vocalist and a music composer from Kerala
Kerala

Kerala is a Indian Union States and territories of India located in the southwestern part of India. With an Arabian Sea coastline on the west, it is bordered on the north by Karnataka and by Tamil Nadu on the south and east....
. After initial training under Rajalakshmi Krishnan (disciple of Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar) and violinist T.V. Ramani at Thrissur
Thrissur

Thrissur / Trichur / Trissur) is a city situated in central Kerala, India. It is the headquarters of Thrissur District. It is known as the 'Cultural Capital of Kerala'....
, he had much of his advanced tutelage under the late Neyyattinkara Vasudevan
Neyyattinkara Vasudevan

Neyyattinkara Vasudevan was an acclaimed Carnatic music vocalist from Kerala in south India. Endowed with a mellifluous voice that found expression with a strong grip over the grammar of his idiom, he was one of the few non-Brahmin artistes to have risen to prominence in the South Indian classical music circuit....
. Sreevalsan is an 'A' grade artist of All India Radio
All India Radio

File:AIR FM Tower Mangalore 0203.jpgAll India Radio , officially known as Akashvani is the radio broadcaster of India and a division of Prasar Bharati , an autonomous corporation of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India....
 and has given concerts all over the country including the National Concerts of AIR and Doordarshan
DoorDarshan

Doordarshan is the public television Broadcasting of India and a division of Prasar Bharati, a public service broadcaster nominated by the Government of India....
. He has received several awards from the Madras Music Academy
Madras Music Academy

Madras Music Academy, or simply Music Academy, is one of the premier and early Music academy in the South Indian city of Madras, now Chennai....
, and a title from Krishna Gana Sabha, also in Chennai, besides such institutions of repute in the Deccan.






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Sreevalsan J Menon is an India
India

India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
n Carnatic
Carnatic

Carnatic may mean:*Carnatic region, a region of South India*Carnatic music*HMS_Carnatic_, a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Deptford in in 1783...
 vocalist and a music composer from Kerala
Kerala

Kerala is a Indian Union States and territories of India located in the southwestern part of India. With an Arabian Sea coastline on the west, it is bordered on the north by Karnataka and by Tamil Nadu on the south and east....
. After initial training under Rajalakshmi Krishnan (disciple of Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar) and violinist T.V. Ramani at Thrissur
Thrissur

Thrissur / Trichur / Trissur) is a city situated in central Kerala, India. It is the headquarters of Thrissur District. It is known as the 'Cultural Capital of Kerala'....
, he had much of his advanced tutelage under the late Neyyattinkara Vasudevan
Neyyattinkara Vasudevan

Neyyattinkara Vasudevan was an acclaimed Carnatic music vocalist from Kerala in south India. Endowed with a mellifluous voice that found expression with a strong grip over the grammar of his idiom, he was one of the few non-Brahmin artistes to have risen to prominence in the South Indian classical music circuit....
. Sreevalsan is an 'A' grade artist of All India Radio
All India Radio

File:AIR FM Tower Mangalore 0203.jpgAll India Radio , officially known as Akashvani is the radio broadcaster of India and a division of Prasar Bharati , an autonomous corporation of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India....
 and has given concerts all over the country including the National Concerts of AIR and Doordarshan
DoorDarshan

Doordarshan is the public television Broadcasting of India and a division of Prasar Bharati, a public service broadcaster nominated by the Government of India....
. He has received several awards from the Madras Music Academy
Madras Music Academy

Madras Music Academy, or simply Music Academy, is one of the premier and early Music academy in the South Indian city of Madras, now Chennai....
, and a title from Krishna Gana Sabha, also in Chennai, besides such institutions of repute in the Deccan. He has also participated in Music Transcends, a symphony held at Washington DC in 2004, integrating Western
Western

Western may refer to:*Western culture , the human cultures of European origin*Western Christianity, a term used to cover the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church, the Churches of the Anglican Communion and Protestant Churches....
 and Indian classical music. His jugalbandis with Hindustani
Hindustani

Hindustani is an adjectival form of Hindustan which originally meant people from the whole geographical region of Indian subcontinent, though latterly it is used mainly to describe a region in northern India, east and south of Yamuna river, between the Vindhya mountains and the Himalayas, where Hindustani language is spoken and is the origin...
 vocalist Ramesh Narayan
Ramesh Narayan

Ramesh Narayan is a Hindustani vocalist from Kerala in south India, and is also an acclaimed film music director. He has given concerts in several parts of of his country and abroad....
 and late Kathakali
Kathakali

File:Kathakali of kerala.jpgKathakali is a highly stylised classical Indian dance-drama noted for its attractive make-up of characters, their elaborate costumes, detailed gestures and well-defined body movements presented in tune with the anchor playback music and complementary percussion....
 musicians Kalamandalam Sankaran Embranthiri
Kalamandalam Sankaran Embranthiri

Kalamandalam Sankaran Embranthiri was one of the most popular Kathakali musicians, credited with initiating a new wave in the rendition of songs for the classical dance-drama from Kerala in south India....
 and Kalamandalam Hyderali
Kalamandalam Hyderali

Kalamandalam Hyderali was one of the best Kathakali singers of his generation, and the first non-Hindu artiste to make a mark in the four-century-old classical dance-drama from Kerala in south India....
 have been widely appreciated.

Sreevalsan's music albums are fresh and innovative. They include Vanaprastham, a musical interpretation of the famous short story by M.T. Vasudevan Nair; Monsoon Anuraga a musical experience on monsoon
Monsoon

A monsoon is a seasonal prevailing wind that lasts for several months. The term was first used in English in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and neighboring countries to refer to the big seasonal winds blowing from the Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea in the southwest bringing heavy rainfall to the region....
 rains. Vismaya, a fantasy video album featuring Artist Namboodiri, M T Vasudevan Nair and Sreevalsan himself.

He has given Carnatic vocal performances and lecture demonstrations throughout India, the Middle East, USA, Canada and Africa.

Currently, he works as associate professor at the Kerala Agricultural University in Thrissur, and is a Ph D in Agricultural Extension from IARI, New Delhi. (He earned his doctorate with research on the social impact of rubber cultivation.) A native of Thathamangalam in Palakkad
Palakkad

For the district with the same name, see Palakkad District.Palakkad, also known as Palghat , is a town and a municipality in the Indian state of Kerala in South India India....
 district, Sreevalsan currently lives in the temple town of Tripunithura off Kochi.

Albums

  • Krishna - A Musical Reflection
  • Vanaprastham
  • Kshetranjali
  • Monsoon Anuraga
  • Classical Encounters - with guru Sri. Neyyatinkara Vasudevan
  • Vismaya audio & music video album- Emotional Expressions
  • Manasa Smarami
  • Madhuram Gayati
  • Ananda Poonkatru
  • Sree Guruvayurappan Gananjali : Vol - 3
  • Jugal Bandi : Vol 1 & 2 - with Kalamandalam Shankaran Embranthiri & Meledam Narayanan
  • My mother's Laptop


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