Radha Lakshmi Vilasam "RLV" College of Music and Fine Arts is an academic institution situated in

Thripunithura Thrippunithura or Tripunithura (), is a prominent historical and residential region in the City of Kochi in Kerala, India. Located about 7 km (4 mi) from the city centre, Tripunithura was the capital of the erstwhile Kingdom of Cochin ...

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in the state of

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, India. It is affiliated to the Mahatma Gandhi University and offers graduate and postgraduate courses in music, performing arts and visual arts. The current principal is Prof. C.J Suseela

History

The college began in a single apartment belonging to the Cochin Royal family. The then King of Cochin, Kerala Varma Midukkan Thampuran and his wife Smt. Lakshmikutty Nethyaramma invited experts in stitching, kaikottikkali, and painting to impart learning to girls and elder ladies. This endeavor developed into an institution in the name of the King’s daughter Radha and wife Lakshmi and was named ‘Radha Lakshmi Vilasam Academy’ incorporating vocal music also. In 1956, the institution was brought under the control of the government of Kerala and was renamed as RLV Academy of Music and Fine Arts. Diploma and Post Diploma Courses in vocal music,

Bharathanatyam Bharatanatyam () is a major form of Indian classical dance that originated in Tamil Nadu. It is one of the eight widely recognized Indian classical dance forms, and expresses South Indian religious themes and spiritual ideas, particularly of ...

Kathakali Kathakali ( ml, കഥകളി) is a major form of classical Indian dance. It is a "story play" genre of art, but one distinguished by the elaborately colourful make-up and costumes of the traditional male actor-dancers. It is native to the M ...

, and painting were started. In 1998, the institution was affiliated to the

Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala Mahatma Gandhi University (MGU), commonly referred to as MG University, is a state owned public university headquartered in Kottayam in the state of Kerala, India. It was established on 2 October 1983 on Gandhi Jayanti day. Mahatma Gandhi Uni ...

at Kottayam. The Diploma and Post Diploma Courses were restructured as degree and postgraduate courses. RLV College of Fine Arts

Faculties and departments

Faculty of Music

* Department of

Vocal The human voice consists of sound made by a human being using the vocal tract, including talking, singing, laughing, crying, screaming, shouting, humming or yelling. The human voice frequency is specifically a part of human sound production i ...

* Department of

Veena The ''veena'', also spelled ''vina'' ( sa, वीणा IAST: vīṇā), comprises various chordophone instruments from the Indian subcontinent. Ancient musical instruments evolved into many variations, such as lutes, zithers and arched harps.< ...

* Department of

Violin The violin, sometimes known as a ''fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone (string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in the family in regular ...

* Department of

Mridangam The mridangam is a percussion instrument of ancient origin. It is the primary rhythmic accompaniment in a Carnatic music ensemble. In Dhrupad, a modified version, the pakhawaj, is the primary percussion instrument. A related instrument is the ...

Faculty of Performing Arts

* Department of

Bharatanatyam Bharatanatyam () is a major form of Indian classical dance that originated in Tamil Nadu. It is one of the eight widely recognized Indian classical dance forms, and expresses South Indian religious themes and spiritual ideas, particularly of S ...

* Department of

Mohiniyattam Mohiniyattam, ( ml, മോഹിനിയാട്ടം), is an Indian classical dance form that developed and remained popular in the state of Kerala. Kathakali is another classical dance form of Kerala. Mohiniyattam dance gets its name fr ...

* Department of Kathakali Vesham * Department of Kathakali Sangeetham * Department of

Chenda The Chenda ( ml, ചെണ്ട, ) is a cylindrical percussion instrument originating in the state of Kerala and widely used in Tulu Nadu of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu in India. In Tulu Nadu (Coastal Karnataka), it is known as ''chende''. ...

* Department of

Maddalam The maddalam or madhalam (Malayalam: മദ്ദളം) मद्दलम , ମଦ୍ଦଳମ , మద్దళమ్ , ಮದ್ದಳಂ is a drum made out of the wood of the jackfruit tree. It has two sides for playing, made out of leather ...

Faculty of Visual Arts

* Department of Painting * Department of Sculpture * Department of Applied Arts

Courses

*Bachelor of Arts - Music and Performing Arts *Master of Arts - Music and Performing Arts *Bachelor of Fine Arts - Visual Arts *Master of Fine Arts - Visual Arts

Notable alumni

* K.J. Yesudas *

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Principals

*N.V.Narayana Bhagavathar 1956-57 *K.S.Kumaraswamy Iyer 1957-66 *K.S.Harihara Iyer 1966-68 *Nellai T.V.Krishnamoorthy 1969-70 * Parassala B.Ponnammal 1970-80 *Mavelikkara R.Prabhakara Varma 1981-84 *Smt.

S. Janaki Sistla Janaki (born 23 April 1938) is an Indian playback singer and occasional music composer from Andhra Pradesh. She is referred to respectfully as "Janaki Amma" and Nightingale of South India. She is one of the best-known playback singers in ...

1984-85 *T.P.Moni Iyer1985-86 *K.K.Dharmarajan 1986-88 *

P. Leela Porayathu Leela (19 May 1934 – 31 October 2005) was an Indian playback singer, Carnatic vocalist and a music director. She has recorded more than 5,000 songs in various Indian languages including Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Hindi, ...

1988-94 *V.I.Suku 1994-96 *Avaneeswaram Ramachandran 1996-98 *Tripunithura K.Lalitha 2000-02 *P.S.Vanajam 2002-2009 * R.Kamakshi 2009-12 *Prof M.Balasubramoniam (2012- 2014) * Dr K.S.Jays ( 2014-2015 ) * Prof T.N.Govindan Namboothiri ( 2015 - * Prof. Chalakkudy V.K.Ramesan

References

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