K.J. Jesudas |
K.J. Jesudas is one of the greatest South Indian musicians of all times.He
was born in Fort Cochin, Kerala, India on January 10th, 1940. His father
was Augustine Joseph Bagavathor, a well known malayalam classical musician
and stage actor of his times . His mother, Alikkutty Joseph, devoted her
time and energy in bringing up her children. In his childhood Yesudas
had to face a great deal of hardships because of the meager financial
resources of his parents. His father could recognize the boy’s musical
talent at a very young age and decided to provide him musical education
at any cost. Augustine Bhagavathor himself was his first music Guru. He
then went to the Swathi Thirunal Music Academy in Thiruvananthapuram for
higher studies.
He has already sung more than 30,000 songs for thousands of Indian films
in various languages. Yesudas is the recipient of The Kerala State Playback
Singing Award 16 times since 1970. The President of India conferred on
him the coveted title of Padmashree in 1973. Other titles and prestigious
awrds he has received include, `Sangeetha Raja' in 1974, `Sangeetha Chakravarthy'
in 1988 and `Sangeetha Sagaram' in 1989. He received the award for the
best playback singer for the year 1988 from Tamil Nadu Government and
Andhra Pradesh Government respectively. Annamalai University honored him
with a Doctorate in 1989. The Government of Kerala and `The Sangeeta Nataka
Akademi' conferred the title of `Aashtana Gayakan’ – to Yesudas
in 1992. The Government of Madhya Pradesh gave the `Annual Latha Mangeshkar
Award’ to Sri Yesudas in 1992. Yesudas is the receipient of the
1991 National Award for the best Playback singer. This is the 6th National
award that Yesudas has received. The 1992 Tamil Nadu State Government
award for the best playback singer was given to Yesudas. For his unique
contribution in the field of Music, he was selected for the prestigious
National Citizens Award in 1994. The Kerala University conferred Dlitt
to him in 2003.
His greatest contributions are bringing classical music closer to film
music and also popularizing Carnatic music all over the world.
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