Misplaced Pages

This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages) This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "B. Sasikumar" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (December 2014) (Learn how and when to remove this message) This article includes a list of general references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations. Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. (December 2014) (Learn how and when to remove this message) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

B. Sasikumar
B. Sasikumar in concert in 2001
Background information
Born	(1949-04-27)27 April 1949 Thiruvalla, Travancore, India
Died	25 November 2023(2023-11-25) (aged 74) Jagathy, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
Genres	Carnatic music
Occupation(s)	Violinist, Musician, Teacher, Composer and Writer
Instrument	Violin
Years active	1967–2023
Website	www.bsasikumar.in

B. Sasikumar (27 April 1949 – 25 November 2023) was an Indian Carnatic music violinist, musician, teacher, composer and writer from Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

Biography

B. Sasikumar was born on 27 April 1949 in Thiruvalla, to M. K. Bhaskara Panicker and G. Sarojini Amma. Family then moved to Thiruvananthapuram.

Sasikumar started his basic lessons in music from his father, who was a Nadaswaram maestro, musician and composer (also known as Kochu Kuttappan of the Thiruvalla Brothers). Later he joined the Swati Thirunal College of Music, Trivandrum, Kerala, and took his Ganapraveena degree in music with Violin main, when noted violinist Chalakkudy Narayana Swamy was heading the department.

Sasikumar started his career as a lecturer at Swati Thirunal College of Music in 1967. He later joined All India Radio, Trivandrum, as staff artiste (Violin) in 1971 and retired in 2009. He has written dramas and composed Malayalam and Tamil kirtans for All India Radio.

B. Sasikumar has accompanied with his violin many legends in Indian music, like Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar 0:20 / 15:22 Ksheera sagara sayana by Shri Chembai Vaidhyanatha Bhagavathar | K J Yesudas | B .Sasikumar, Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer, D. K. Jayaraman, D. K. Pattammal, M. D. Ramanathan, K. V. Narayanaswamy KVN Janmasathabdi/Palakkad KV Narayanaswamy,B Sasikumar,Palakkad Suresh,Udupi Sridhar-TVM 09/05/1992, Alathur Brothers, Seerkazhi Govindarajan, M. Balamurali Krishna 01 PANCHAMATHANGA_DR BALAMURALIKRISHNA B SASIKUMAR, Viola-Violin BMK- BSK, T. V. Sankaranarayanan, Madurai T. N. Seshagopalan, T. K. Govinda Rao,Puthukode Krishnamurthy Pudukode Krishnamoorthy B Sasikumar Mavelikara Velukutty Nair AIR C Converted K. J. Yesudas, N. Ramani (flute) , S. Balachander and Chitti Babu (veena) and so on. He has also accompanied various jugalbandi concerts of musical giants Pandit Jasraj and Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna in Delhi and Madras.

As an A grade artiste at AIR, he has been part of numerous concerts and musical programmes. He has produced many musical features for AIR such as "Nadopasana", "Sapthaswarangalil" and "Layicha Mahaanubhaavan" - both on Saint Thyagaraja, "Ganesha prabhaavam" - on Shri. Muthuswamy Dikshithar, "Swathi Pranam" and "Bhavayami Raghuramam" - on Maharaja Swati Thirunal. "Navavarana Krithimahima" was a 10 episode series on Navavarana krithis. He has also directed Adhyathma Ramayanam recital in 2001. His musical features "Gurussaakshaathparabrahma", "Madhavamanavam", "Kaveri", "Sanghagaanam", and "Karnaki" have won National Annual Awards from All India Radio. He still continues contributing lyrics for light songs, conducts and composes songs, composes and arranges musical features, writes dramas and skits for a noted feature of AIR, the "Kandathum Kettathum". His dramas are noted for their classic humour and wit. Some of the famous creations are "Ittaavattatthil Oru Natakam", "Sishyan", "Enikkente Veettil Ponam", "Santhivilla", "Pishukkan", "Paavam Maveli", "Katthivesham Paappukutty Asan", "Amma" (theme from the epic), and "Akam Porul".

He has composed and presented an orchestral piece called "String", consisting of only string instruments, with young artistes for the AIR programme.

Sasikumar is one of the senior most Gurus in Carnatic music and has a number of students all over the music field. His unique style of pedagogy and mentorship is highly regarded among musicians and music learners. His nephew cum violinist Late Balabhaskar, G. Venugopal, Kavalam Srikumar, Kallara Gopan, Vidhu Prathap, Attukal Balasubrahmanyam, Dr. Rajkumar (Flute), Soundarrajan (Veena)and Mavelikara Satheesh chandran(violin) are a few of his students. He has also presented and directed an orchestra, "Vadyatharangam", which is a carnatic symphony using a variety of string, wind and percussion instruments. He has released many CDs and cassettes, most of them being devotional songs. He is a noted composer, composing krithis under the name Chandrapothar, which is a Sanskrit synonym for Sasikumar. He has more than 100 compositions to his credit, including many pallavis, Malayalam, Tamil and Sanskrit keerthanams. He has also introduced new Talas, such as "Chathurangam".

Sasikumar died at his residence in Jagathy, Thiruvananthapuram on 25 November 2023, at the age of 74.

Recognition and awards

This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (November 2022) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

• Sangeet Natak Akademi Award – 2008
• Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Fellowship – 2001
• Sindooram Cultural Award – 1999
• Trissur Youth Cultural Centre Award – 1997
• Bhasha Sahitya Parishat Award – 1990
• Violin Samrat Award From Kuwait – 2011

References

1. ^ "Famous violinist B Sasikumar passes away". English.Mathrubhumi. 26 November 2023. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
2. ^ Bureau, The Hindu (26 November 2023). "Violinist B. Sasikumar passes away". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 27 November 2023. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
3. "പ്രശസ്ത വയലനിസ്റ്റ് ബി ശശികുമാർ അന്തരിച്ചു". India Today Malayalam (in Hindi). Retrieved 27 November 2023.
4. "Classical Music". Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala. Retrieved 24 February 2023.

Sources

• TM Dance Academy
• Bhasabharathi Archived 25 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Interview on Friday review - The Hindu
• Sangeet Natak Academy Award announcement
• 1974 program of Madras Music Academy

• 1949 births
• 2023 deaths
• Carnatic violinists
• Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
• Musicians from Kerala
• Malayali people
• Indian classical composers
• Indian male composers
• People from Thiruvalla
• All India Radio people
• 20th-century violinists
• Indian violinists
• 20th-century Indian male classical singers
• 21st-century violinists
• 21st-century Indian male classical singers
• Recipients of the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Fellowship