|
Honors &
Awards:
He has
already sung more than 30,000 songs for thousands of Indian films in
various languages. In 1965, he was invited by the Soviet Government
to perform music concerts in various cities of the U.S.S.R. Yesudas
is the recipient of The Kerala State Playback Singing Award 16 times
since 1970. The President of India conferred on him the coveted
title of Padmashree in 1973. Other titles and prestigious awrds he
has received include, `Sangeetha Raja' in 1974, `Sangeetha
Chakravarthy' in 1988 and `Sangeetha Sagaram' in 1989. He received
the award for the best playback singer for the year 1988 from Tamil
Nadu Government and Andhra Pradesh Government respectively.
Annamalai University honored him with a Doctorate in 1989. The
Government of Kerala and `The Sangeeta Nataka Akademi' conferred the
title of `Aashtana Gayakan’ – to Yesudas in 1992. The Government
of Madhya Pradesh gave the `Annual Latha Mangeshkar Award’ to Sri
Yesudas in 1992. Yesudas is the receipient of the 1991 National
Award for the best Playback singer. This is the 6th National award
that Yesudas has received. The 1992 Tamil Nadu State Government
award for the best playback singer was given to Yesudas. For his
unique contribution in the field of Music, he was selected for the
prestigious NATIONAL CITIZENS AWARD in 1994.
|
Padma
Bhooshan Award
|