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'''Dr. Kattassery Joseph Yesudas''' (alternate: '''Jesudas''', Hindi: के जे येशुदास, Tamil:ேக ேஜ ேஜசதாஸீன், Malayalam:കാട്ടശ്ശേരി ജോസഫ് യേശുദാസ്), born January 10, 1940, is one of the premier [[Indian classical music| Indian classical musician]] and a leading [[playback singer]] for film songs in many [[Languages of India|Indian languages]]. His film songs, mostly in [[Malayalam]],[[Tamil language| Tamil]] and [[Hindi]] continue to please millions throughout the world. He was born in [[Fort Kochi]], [[Kerala]] to [[Augustine Joseph]] and Elizabeth Joseph. His father, who was his first [[guru]] (teacher), was a well known Malayalam [[classical music]]ian and stage [[actor]] of his time. He joined the Music Academy in [[Thrippunithura]] and won a gold medal for music at a local competition in Fort Kochi at age seven. He later trained under the legendary [[Chembai|Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar]] in [[Carnatic music|Classical Music]], and this training, abruptly cut short by the guru's demise in 1974, still stood him in good stead. His soul-stirring voice lends itself admirably to devotional renditions inducing a tranquil state of mind revealing the universality of worship, timeless beauty of bliss and the oneness of prayer. As millions of Indians around the world who have witnessed his numerous recitals would swear to, his rendering of some of the classical favorites like [[Vathapi Ganapathim]], [[Krishna Nee Begane Baaro]] , 'Yentha Nedu Wo', 'Kshira Saagara' have left people misty-eyed, their hearts welling up with Bhakti, and for a few glorious moments, one with God.
[[Yesudas]], a talent discovered by [[Salil Chowdhury]] and nurtured by [[Ravindra Jain]], has sung more than 40,000 songs for many languages including [[Hindi]], [[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[Kannada]], [[Telugu language|Telugu]], [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[Malayalam]], [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], [[Oriya]], [[Arabic]], [[Sanskrit]], [[Latin]] and [[English language|English]] through his long career and his voice still reminiscences a breeze of fresh air. His first song as a playback singer was for the [[Malayalam]] movie ''Kalpadukal'' (1961). His first [[Hindi]] song was for the movie Anand Mahal, with music given by [[Salil Chowdhury]] who shared a long standing relation with the [[singer]].The only two Indian languages where he hasn’t entered are [[Kashmiri]] and [[Assamese]]. [[Ahimsa]] is his one of the albums is produced by Ricardo Barrantes' Solarwind Music of the [[US]] . It is unique in that it has Yesudas singing in [[Sanskrit]], [[Latin]] and in [[English language|English]] and in a mix of styles including New-Age and [[Carnatic]] conveying the message of [[Ahimsa]] and peace.
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