Kavalam Sreekumar

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Kavalam Sreekumar
Born (1959-03-03) 3 March 1959 (age 64)
Origin India
Genres Carnatic music
Occupation(s)Carnatic vocalist, Musician and Composer
Instrument(s) Vocal

Kavalam Sreekumar is a classical musician, Malayalam film singer and music composer from Kerala, India. His recitation of Ramayana is also famous. [1] He has also rendered more than 60 famous Malayalam poems. [2] He is the son of the noted Malayalam poet and dramatist Kavalam Narayana Panicker. [3]

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Biography

Kavalam Sreekumar was born on 3 March 1959, in Alappuzha, Alappuzha district to Padmabhushan Kavalam Narayana Panicker and Shardamani. [4] He had an elder brother named Harikrishnan, who died in 2009. He started learning classical music vocals at the age of five, and studied music under masters like Ambalappuzha Sivasankara Panicker, Thrissur Vaidyanathan, Mavelikkara Prabhakara Varma and Ambalappuzha Tulsi. [5] [6]

He worked for All India Radio from 1985 to 2007. While working in All India Radio, he learned classical music from the famous violinist B. Sasikumar. [7]

Musical career

Along with many light music albums and kirtans, many stotras like Bhagavatam, Lalitha Sahasranamam, Vishnu Sahasranamam etc. have been released in his singing. [6]  He has also sung many movie songs in Malayalam. [6] Upcoming Malayalam movie Headmaster is Kavalam Sreekumar's first music directorial film. [3]

Awards

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