Sreevalsan J Menon is an India

India

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n Carnatic

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 vocalist and a music composer from Kerala

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or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....

. After initial training under Rajalakshmi Krishnan (disciple of Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar) and violinist T.V. Ramani at Thrissur

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, 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. The Padmasree-winning Carnatic vocalist and disciple of Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer and Ramnad Krishnan, he combined tradition and innovation in his widely acclaimed career.- Biography :Vasudevan born in a...

. Sreevalsan is an 'A' grade artist of All India Radio

All India Radio

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 and has given concerts all over the country including the National Concerts of AIR and Doordarshan

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. He has received several awards from the Madras Music Academy

Madras Music Academy

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, 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 world

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 and Indian classical music. His jugalbandis with Hindustani

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 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 his country and abroad...

 and late Kathakali

Kathakali

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 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

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 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, UK, US, 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 Kunissery in Palakkad

Palakkad

Palakkad , formerly known as Palghat, is a municipality and a town in the state of Kerala in southern India, spread over an area of 26.60 km2.The city is situated about north of state capital Thiruvananthapuram. It is the administrative headquarters of Palakkad District...

 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 - Emotional Expressions: audio & music video album with Urmila Varma
  Urmila Varma
  Urmila Varma often credited as Urmila, is a Malayali singer who has made her mark in various musical festivals and competitions, bagging several awards. She has several recorded songs to her credit in Malayalam...
  
  and Bini Panicker
• Manasa Smarami
• Madhuram Gayati
• Ananda Poonkatru
• Sree Guruvayurappan Gananjali : Vol - 3
• Jugal Bandi : Vol 1 & 2 - with Kalamandalam Shankaran Embranthiri & Meledam Narayanan
• Sringaram
• Begane Baro"

External links

• Sreevalsan J. Menon - Official website
• Video Interview - Carnatic musician, Vocalist - Sreevalsan J. Menon
• The Hindu - Kunnakkudi Vaidyanathan and Sreevalsan J. Menon
• Swathithirunal.org
• The Hindu - AWESOME TRIO: Sreevalsan J. Menon, flanked by M.T. Vasudevan Nair, writer, and artist Namboodiri
• Newindpress - When dusk settles...
• Video - Vismaya Music Album
• My Mother's Laptop - Music & Background Score
• The Hindu - A musical version of Changampuzha’s ‘Ramanan'
• The Hindu - WELL composed!