Neyyatinkara Vasudevan

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coolkarni

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jayaram
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Great stuff, Coolkarni. Many thanks.
Do you have the pakkam/venue/year details for this concert?
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coolkarni

Post by coolkarni »

no.
but i have the remainder of the concert !!
will put it slowly and a few more excerpt renderings.

Radhakrishnan
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Post by Radhakrishnan »

neyyattinkara vasudevan passed away few moments ago.
good singer,humble person...shall post a detailed report later

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Post by cienu »

Condolences to family members. May his soul Rest in Peace

ragam-talam
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Post by ragam-talam »

This is really shocking news. I don't have words to express my sadness.
Admins, is it possible to upload a picture of Vasudevan sir at the intro page?

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Post by Radhakrishnan »

from sreevalsan menon’s site
http://www.sreevalsanmenon.com/neyyatinkara.html

as rightly mentioned, he was born in very humble surroundings.product of swathi thirunal college,learnt under Semmangudi and later Ramnad Krishnan.Umayalpuram Sivaraman once remarked his music as a blend of Semmangudi and Ramnad.Being a ‘non brahmin’ he faced many problems,but reached the top with shear hard work and quality.In fact he should be the first non brahmin to sing at navarathri mandapam.
Such a popular singer in all parts of Kerala in 70s and 80s and he was a regular performer at chennai season and some of the concerts are very much fresh in memories..
One such concert at music academy in 88 or 89.He sang a pallavi in natta kurinji,whih goes like thathadhimi thadhimi dhimi ena nadamadum sabhesan…
And a concert at Mylapore Fine Arts Club,that bahudari is still fresh…
His style was uncomplicated,not much brigas,not much circus in swara singing,but such sruthi sudham!
Needless to say,he popularized Swathi compositions including deva deva,padmanabha pahi,jaya jaya padmanabha,pankaja lochana,anjaneya,and padams like alarsara paritapam,aliveni,panimathi.
As a person,he was so humble.
May his soul rest in peace…

mohan
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Post by mohan »

Very sad to hear the news.

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Post by ramanathan »

Renowned vocalist Neyyattinkara Vasudevan passed away today at his residence in Trivandrum. :(

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Post by rshankar »

That is sad indeed. Condolences to the family!

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Post by mahesh_narayan »

My condolences to his family !!. My introduction to the raga Lalitapanchamam was through his lovely rendition of Parama Purusham. A very competent vidwan !!

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Post by mahavishnu »

This is a great loss.... My sincere condolences to his family.

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Post by Lakshman »

Sad news indeed. My condolences to the family.

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Post by rshankar »

MODS: Can you please combine this topic with the one in the 'vidwans and vidushis' thread?

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Post by arasi »

He could have lived and performed for many more years!
Condolences to his family.

VK RAMAN
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Post by VK RAMAN »

I heard that a group of Swathi Thirunal fans are celebrating a Swathi Thirunal day in Washington DC during this month. It will be befitting for them to play those songs which were dear to Neyyatinkara Vasudevan. Anyone in Washington DC in our group who can give us an update

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Post by thanjavooran »

Sad news. Condolences to the family.

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Post by srigudi »

Shocking news indeed. Only this weekend, my friend and I were talking about him - great musician. He used to give lec-dems/lessons for a Malayalam channel. Even though my folks don't understand Malayalam they used to regularly watch it.

NV's twin casettes released by SVT, Pittsburgh has only kritis of various composers - a great source for learning - excellent pataantaram.

VK Raman sir, the Swati Tirunaal Day at SSVT will be held in August, I think. Your idea is an excellent one. We should definitely do something.

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Post by apasruthi »

It is with deep regret that I note the passing away of Vidwan Shri. Neyyatinkara Vasudevan, yesterday afternoon in Trivandrum. Shri Vasudevan was one of the foremost Carnatic musicians of his time, creating a paDhati and bAni unique to himself, and was very popular in the eighties and nineties. He has done several concerts during that time in Chennai, specially a regular in the MA. But somewhere in nineties, he started to fade away, mostly due to health related reasons, and has been not keeping well for a long time.

His Manirangu Alapanai and rendition of Jaya Jaya Padmanabha (Swati Thirunal kruthi) was a treat by itself and was mostly a regular piece in all his major concerts. So also is Intha sowkhya in Kaapi and Govardhana giri dhAra (Darbari).

He had a large fan following among rasikAs and also some very good disciples. One of his principal disciples, Shr. Srivalson J Menon, is now regularly performing in Chennai during the season, and also is a leading artist from Kerala.

Shri Vasudevan will be remembered for his services to the Carnatic music fraternity for a very long time and for the entertainment he provided to many rasikas like me during his hey days.

May his soul rest in peace...

Apasruthi

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Post by 108talas »

a fitting 'tri'bute to the Great Musician by way of 'tri'(three) various topics.

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Very sad to hear the news. Condolences to the family, friends, disciples and rasikas of the master

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Very sad indeed. Heartfelt condolences to family, friends and disciples.
Sathej

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Post by balanathan »

We will miss NV for a long time. His prime disciple Srivalsan Menon will keep the banner of NV flying high. During the Swathi Thirunal festival in Washington schuled in August 2008, I have requested Shri MG Menon to dedicate this festival to the memory of immortal NV

Nathan Bala
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Very sad... I just heard the news in Shruti, Worldspace...

-hari

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Moderators, please bring the topic under one heading.

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Post by VK RAMAN »

Latest photo of Sri Neyyattinkara Vasudevan

Image

May Soul Rest in peace.
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ajit
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Post by ajit »

If anybody has his residential address, please email it to me. Sri Venkateswara Temple, Pittsburgh would like to send an official condolence letter to his family. He was the first vocal teacher at the Sri Venkateswara Temple, Pittsburgh. And as someone pointed out, the Swathi Thirunal Aradhana will be
held in SV Temple, Pittsburgh during the Navarathiri time(always). We will definitely try to do sing the songs that he popularised.

ajit.

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Post by Radhakrishnan »

ajit,

his name itself is his address,or just neyyattinkara is enough..

his residence was at Jagathy,Thiruvanathapuram,Kerala

he has two sons,Baburaj and Jayaraj

I am also sending a letter

mohan
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Post by mohan »

According to the link I posted above, he was at Gandhinagar, Vazhuthacaud

ragam-talam
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Post by ragam-talam »

A younger N.Vasudevan:
Image

Wonder if this picture can be included at the Intro page?

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Post by gowri narayanan »

Noted musician Neyyatinkara Vasudevan passed away at Trivandrum on 13 May 2008. He was 68. He wa a student of Ramnad Krishnan and Semmangudi. Sreevalson J Menon is Neyyatinkara's disciple.

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Mods - please add this to the other thread

Mod note: Done

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Post by Ramnath Iyer »

heartfelt condolences to the family.

cannot forget his Gopalaka pahimam.

May his soul rest in peace.

Ramnath

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Another great loss to CM. May his soul rest in peace.

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Post by Radhakrishnan »

http://www.hindu.com/fr/2008/05/16/stor ... 060200.htm

interview with neyyattinkara vasudevan published in the malayalam magazine keli

http://rapidshare.com/files/115228009/I ... y.pdf.html

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Post by ragam-talam »

Homage to Shri Vasudevan sir

Neyyattinkara Vasudevan concert video, just uploaded today:
http://sangeethamshare.org/ramasundaram ... devanNair/


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Post by rasaali »

(mod note: Moved from the General Section )

Friends,

I did not see any discussion on the sad passing away of this great musician last week. Not sure if I missed the posting somewhere, but here is the Hindu news item.

http://www.thehindu.com/2008/05/14/stor ... 621200.htm

If there is a topic somewhere and I repeated, I apologize.

A big loss to Kerela and more broadly to Carnatic music. Condolences to his family and students. For those who dont know, one of his prime disciples is the renowned Kerala vocalist Sreevalsan Menon.

Here is a nice concert of his on Sangeethapriya.

http://www.sangeethapriya.org/Downloads ... index.html

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Post by ragam-talam »

Good to see the maestro's picture adorning the intro page.
Thank you, admins.

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Post by ragam-talam »

Admins: can you please include Shri Vasudevan's birthdate for the intro page picture? It is 25th December 1940.
Thank you.

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Post by Radhakrishnan »

A foundation has been formed in memory of Neyyattinkara sir, details are available at

http://www.manirang.org

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Beautifully designed site!

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Wishes to the patrons of Manirang.

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Re: Neyyatinkara Vasudevan

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Wish I have soon the access of this biography of neyyatinkara
http://www.thehindu.com/books/chittaswa ... 055428.ece

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Re: Neyyatinkara Vasudevan

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are these in English and pl inform where it would be available?

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Re: Neyyatinkara Vasudevan

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not in English, Malayalam through DC books
hopefully the books should be available in a week as per the author , just spoke to him

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Re: Neyyatinkara Vasudevan

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Shri rajeshnat,
Thanks for the link.
Thanjavooran
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