B. Sasikumar is a noted

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violinist, musician, teacher, composer and writer from

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B. Sasikumar was born on 27 April 1949 in

Thiruvalla Thiruvalla, alternately spelled Tiruvalla, is a town in Kerala and the Headquarters of the Taluk of the same name located in Pathanamthitta district in the State of Kerala, India. The town is spread over an area of . It lies on the banks of ...

, to M. K. Bhaskara Panicker and G. Sarojini Amma. He started his basic lessons in music from his father, who was a

Nadaswaram The Nagaswaram (nādḥasvaram) is a double reed wind instrument from South India. It is used as a traditional classical instrument in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, and Kerala. This instrument is "among the world's loudes ...

maestro, musician and composer (also known as Kocchu Kuttappan of the Thiruvalla Brothers). Later he joined the Swati Thirunal College of Music,

Trivandrum Thiruvananthapuram (; ), also known by its former name Trivandrum (), is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala. It is the most populous city in Kerala with a population of 957,730 as of 2011. The encompassing urban agglomeration populati ...

, Kerala, and took his Ganabhooshanam and Ganapraveena degrees in music under the guidance of violinist Chalakkudy Narayana Swamy. He started his career as a lecturer at Swati Thirunal College of Music in 1967. He later joined

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, Trivandrum, as staff artiste (Violin) in 1971 and still continues there.

Recognition and awards

Sangeet Natak Akademi Award Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (IPA: Saṅgīta Nāṭaka Akādamī Puraskāra), also known as the Akademi Puraskar, is an award given by the Sangeet Natak Akademi Sangeet Natak Akademi (The National Academy of Music, Dance and Drama in Englis ...

- 2008 *Kerala Sangeetha Natak Academy Fellowship - 2002 *Sindooram Cultural Award -1999 *Trissur Youth Cultural Centre Award - 1997 *Bhasha Sahitya Parishat Award - 1990 *Violin Samrat Award From Kuwait-2011

References

TM Dance Academy

External links

- ''The Hindu''
1974 program
of

Madras Music Academy Madras Music Academy is one of the earliest established music academies in South India. Before the concept of infrastructure was introduced to India in the early 1920s, it was a gathering for elite musicians simply called (and is still more ...

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