Dr. Sreevalson Menon

vgvindan · Post by **vgvindan** » 12 Jul 2008, 22:58

In a parallel thread, I had mentioned about a concert in Worldspace today. This artists is just fantastic. May someone elucidate more about this artist who does not seem to have been given the recognition which he deserves.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 12 Jul 2008, 23:10

Govindan,
He is Srivalsan Menon.

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 12 Jul 2008, 23:22

There has been a recent review of this artist here: http://www.rasikas.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=6072

vgvindan · Post by **vgvindan** » 12 Jul 2008, 23:36

vk,
Thanks for the information.
An artist worth spending one's time on.

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 12 Jul 2008, 23:43

He sang at the Cleaveland Aradhana:

http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=V36kaje8j1w

http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=6kxI0vtmlZk

(vgv, I updated the thread title with the spelling provided by Arasi. Thanks Arasi.)

hindolam · Post by **hindolam** » 10 Dec 2008, 17:17

He is performing in the senior slot for the first time at the Music Academy. He is also performing at Parthasarathy Swami Sabha where he has Sri .UKS for mridangam support.

ragam-talam · Post by **ragam-talam** » 15 Mar 2009, 15:07

Here's a video clip of him performing with his guru:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LO8euDEpyc

Kailash · Post by **Kailash** » 16 Mar 2009, 22:40

I remember his music acadamy concert 08 was too good, he was a prime slot holder, His main piece Saveri - KarikalabaMukam was good and matured. RTP was also good and the phrases were not repeated. The concert was free of Gimmiks and was true and good.
Hope to hear many more concers like ........ without dip in quality!

tharunthilak · Post by **tharunthilak** » 25 Sep 2009, 11:40

Sreevalsan J Menon is the senior desciple of the maestro late Neyyattinkara Vasudevan. He is undoubtedly, a young maestro.

ambika.sundaram · Post by **ambika.sundaram** » 25 Sep 2009, 14:37

I have listened one of his concerts in music academy some time back. Melodious and impressive.

cpblog · Post by **cpblog** » 19 Sep 2011, 05:27

Respected Rasikas,

We are happy to bring you a concert performed by Dr. Sreevalson Menon

on Sept 1, 2011 at the recent "K. Puttu Rao Memorial" Concerts held in Mysore.

Accompanying him are Mysore Nagaraj on Violin, Ravishankar on Mridangam
and Shashishankar on Ghatam.

Please welcome to http://chowdaiahandparvati.blogspot.com/

Thanking You,

The CPBlog Team

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 19 Sep 2011, 15:06

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http://www.rasikas.org/forums/viewtopic. ... ilit=menon
I think his name is only spelled as Sreevalsan Menon

cpblog · Post by **cpblog** » 19 Sep 2011, 15:50

Thank you Mr. Rajeshnat for your alertness. We have made the necessary corrections.

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 03 Dec 2012, 13:15

Dr Sreevalsan Menon is not performing even in one concert this season .Nadopasana sreenivasan encourages him a lot ,but unfortunately nadopasana sabha donot hold concerts in season , they hold it usually during rest of the year. Sreevalsan used to perform for 3 or 4 years in a row in music academy till 2 years back, I guess that was "malabar Nenthranga chips" quota of music academy.Looks like that is taken by Shertalai Ranganatha sharma .

In the last 2 to 3 years there are certainly new generation of musicians coming up, but Sreevalsan is in the peak of his career.His music is so rich in bhAvam, a very melodious voice , really high shruthi adherance, wide reportoire .A brilliant musician - Sreevalsan cannot find even one opportunity in 3000 + concerts in season.A sure case of possibly not having enough networking and contacts, not even one financially sound patron building his case, a case of not good marketing(I thought he was reasonably ok ) . I do know some musicians will insist to sing only in prime evening slot , possibly the sabhas could not accomodate him and may be because of that he is not featured even in one concert (my own guess). But as a rasika we(I for sure) lose out to hear him.

Dr Menon is not a borderline case of being left out . He is unfortunately having zero concert , and that is why i am writing this.

http://www.kutcheris.com/schedule.php?s ... type=&vid=

Rsachi · Post by **Rsachi** » 03 Dec 2012, 13:43

Really!? Surprising. Maybe he's not available or what!!?

srikant1987 · Post by **srikant1987** » 03 Dec 2012, 14:12

Rajesh, did you check it with him personally, or are you going by kutcheris.com

I doubt that even kutcheris.com is exhaustive.

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 04 Dec 2012, 12:25

srikant1987 wrote:Rajesh, did you check it with him personally, or are you going by kutcheris.com

I doubt that even kutcheris.com is exhaustive.

Srikanat1987,
I am going with kutcheris.com , I have not checked with him personally.If there is any concert that is not yet added in kutcheris.com , some one can post the concert details . But it appears so far he has not got even a single concert.

mahavishnu · Post by **mahavishnu** » 04 Dec 2012, 21:19

My guess is that since there are 0 concerts, Sri Menon probably decided to not come to Chennai this season and/or is not available for whatever reason. Keep in mind that he is a Professor at Kerala Agricultural University and is a very busy man even when is not on stage.

I can't imagine all the 120 sabha organizations working together to not schedule a well-respected artiste like him.

Radhakrishnan · Post by **Radhakrishnan** » 14 Dec 2012, 14:27

http://english.manoramaonline.com/cgi-b ... 1073865026

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 14 Dec 2012, 15:25

radhakrishnan,
That is good news . I wish him good luck atleast to start with let him finish in the top 5 finlalist . Certainly exponential count of rasikas will notice him. I just googled to find that one of the songs is completely based on different carnatic ragas.
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes ... ilm-scores

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 03 May 2013, 09:23

A good writeup of this melodious singer. Would love if any one shares few links on soppana sangeetham.
http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday ... 676577.ece

VK RAMAN · Post by **VK RAMAN** » 03 May 2013, 18:12

He is a malayalee - non brahmin hindu ....could it be that acting as a deterrent for Sreevalsan?

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 01 Jun 2013, 10:50

Recent review of an exlusive ST concert of Sreevalsan menon
http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday ... 765860.ece

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I think his name is only spelled as Sreevalsan Menon

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 17 Aug 2013, 20:11

Review of a concert which was a homage to Irayimman Thampi. He is certainly a great musician
http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday ... 003174.ece

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 17 May 2014, 11:13

Aural essay heard only by the tuskers of kochi
http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday ... 985593.ece

braindrain · Post by **braindrain** » 29 Nov 2014, 16:44

http://english.manoramaonline.com/news/ ... ician.html

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 29 Nov 2014, 17:09

Jayan
Nice one , what does manorama music mean ? I have some idea but prefer to hear from you. He is a very talented he sings one concert in Academy evening slot , that is it. He needs far more recognition for his musical maturity.

VK RAMAN · Post by **VK RAMAN** » 29 Nov 2014, 22:09

delightful or lovely or entertain. Manorama is a daily Malayalam newspaper; I guess, they have a weekly magazine too both published from Kottayam (Kerala)

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 25 Dec 2015, 10:23

A pretty good q and a with vidwan Sreevalson Menon
http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday ... 021790.ece

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 21 Oct 2017, 09:36

Right now at 09:30 on oct 21 ,2017 Podigai is telecasting Sreevalsan Menon concert . I think it is relayed in 5 southern states . Dr Menon wrapped up a hameerkalyani of Swati tirunal and right now is in Todi - emi jesithe .Tune to hear this rare and brilliant musician.

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 08 Apr 2022, 21:54

I had no clue about Kumaran asan . But I know for sure that Dr Sreevalsan will do a spectacular job in singing for this movie. I wish him the best as he steps in also an actor . Great classical movies is need of the hour. From the review of The HIndu, dated April 2022.

A phenomenal vidwan hopefully acts well and more importantly let every one like the movie. Also best wishes for his future direction aspiration

https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/ ... 1.ece/amp/

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 09 Apr 2022, 00:43

Rajesh,
Yes, we have missed his good music for a long time.
Good luck to him on the movie. He has everything going for him for that role. In this picture, he looks even younger. I have not seen him without a mustache until now. He's just the right person to play the role of Kerala's celebrated poet, with his fine sensitivity as a musician and as an educator. Good luck to him.
Hope the film comes with sub-titles and is a success

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 25 Oct 2022, 10:03

Today is Day after Deepavali. Incidentally state of TamilNadu and many companies have given a day off,something very similiar to Day After ThanksGiving Day of USA.

The joy of Day After Deepavali can be spent with Menon along with his guru Neyyantikkara with the song of one and only Dikshitar, we associate this masterpiece with Deepavali .

Great Guru Neyyantikkara is no more with us . I did not know that he was a student of Ramnad krishnan for many years , i only knew he was semmangudi student . Dr Sreevalsan Menon is a singer of extraordinary repute , i will keep him in my top 5 male musicians of today who are performing with vigour like Suryaprakash, Abhishek, Sanjay, Vijaysiva etal and few more. It is sad that Sreevalsan Menon is settled in kerala , we all miss his music in chennai. With patrons like Late Nadopasana Srinivasan , Late Safe Ramabadran the search for talent outside TN has bit died down. Dec Season is way too crowded , few like Menon did miss out, hope it overturns from 2022 ...

TIll then all of you hear this Neyyantiikkara - Sreevalan as comparable to Semmangudi-TM Thyagarajan (I have not heard any duet of Semmangudi-Neyyantikkara, if there is please put it in semmangudi thread ) or bit more closer like Maharajapuram Viswanatha Iyer -Maharajapuram Santhanam.

Meenakshi Memudam - Poorvikalyani (gamakakriya )- Muttuswami Dikshitar by Neyyantikkara Vasudevan and Sreevalsan Menon , who will connect you with this magnificent three -Madurai-Deepavali- Dikshitar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RKn_odrjSg

Happy Day After Deepavali, let me be the first person to coin the term Day after Deepavali like Day After thanksgiving

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 25 Oct 2022, 18:37

Yes, why not 'the day after dIpAvali'? After all it's one of our most important festivals celebrated all over India and elsewhere.
Here in the US, when Obama was president, there was a celebration in the White House, and a stamp was released to mark it. We can't have enough of good things happening in this world of ours.

Yes, Neyyathinkara Vasudevan and his student Srivalsan Menon are notable. Is Menon singing during the season in a few sabhas? He is busy with his other musical projects, from what I have read. If I make it to the season (a short one), I do hope I can catch him, after a long while.

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