RLV College of Music and Fine Arts situated in the temple town of Tripunithura, Cochin, Kerala

Kerala

or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....

 is affiliated to the Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam

Mahatma Gandhi University

Mahatma Gandhi University, also known as M G University, was established on 2 October 1983 in Kottayam. The University Grants Commission of India does not believe that the names of Indian universities should be unique, so another UGC-recognized government-run Mahatma Gandhi University was...

. It is one of the three dedicated Music colleges in Kerala with the others being Swathi Thirunal College of Music

Swathi Thirunal College of Music

Swathi Thirunal College of Music is a music college in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. It was founded in 1939. It was first named as "The Music Academy. The name was renamed as Swathi Thirunal College of Music in 1962. The founder of this institution was L. Muttayyah Bhagavathar.The primary...

, Trivandrum and Chembai Memorial Government Music College, Palghat. The current Principal of this institution is Mrs. R. Kamakshi.

History

Today the RLV College functions in a new, high tech campus as the old river side premises where it operated for more than half a century was returned back to the Cochin Royal Family by the Government of Kerala.

Faculty of Music

• Department of Vocal
• Department of Veena
  Veena
  Veena may refer to one of several Indian plucked instruments:With frets*Rudra veena, plucked string instrument used in Hindustani music*Saraswati veena, plucked string instrument used in Carnatic musicFretless...
  
  
• Department of Violin
  Violin
  The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
  
  
• Department of Mridangam

Faculty of Performing Arts

• Department of Bharatanatyam
  Bharatanatyam
  Bharata Natyam or Chadhir Attam, is a classical dance form from the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, practiced predominantly in modern times by women. The dance is usually accompanied by classical Carnatic music...
  
  
• Department of Mohiniyattam
• Department of Kathakali Vesham
  Kathakali
  Kathakali is a highly stylized classical Indian dance-drama noted for the attractive make-up of characters, elaborate costumes, detailed gestures and well-defined body movements presented in tune with the anchor playback music and complementary percussion...
  
  
• Department of Kathakali Sangeetham
  Kathakali
  Kathakali is a highly stylized classical Indian dance-drama noted for the attractive make-up of characters, elaborate costumes, detailed gestures and well-defined body movements presented in tune with the anchor playback music and complementary percussion...
  
  
• Department of Chenda
  Chenda
  The Chenda is a cylindrical percussion instrument used widely in the state of Kerala, and Tulu Nadu of Karnataka State in India. In Tulu Nadu it is known as Chande....
  
  
• Department of Maddalam

Faculty of Visual Arts

• Department of Painting
• Department of Sculpture
• Department of Applied Arts

Courses Offered

Bachelor of Arts - Music and Performing Arts
Master of Arts - Music and Performing Arts
Bachelor of Fine Arts - Visual Arts
Master of Fine Arts - Visual Arts

Eminent Past Faculty

Nellai T.V. Krishnamurthy (Principal, Vocal)
Parassala B Ponnammal (Principal, Vocal)
Mavelikkara R Prabhakara Varma

Mavelikkara Prabhakara Varma

Mavelikkara Prabhakara Varma was an Indian carnatic singer. and teacher who descended from the royal family of Mavelikkara, Kerala.-Biography:...

 (Principal, Vocal)
Kalamandalam Krishnan Nair

Kalamandalam Krishnan Nair

Kalamandalam Krishnan Nair was one of the most renowned Kathakali artists of any time, and arguably the greatest in the history of the four-century-old classical dance-drama from Kerala in southern India...

 (Kathakali vesham)
Kalamandalam Kesava Poduval (Chenda)
Mavelikkara Ramanathan (Vocal music)
Cherthala Thankappa Panicker (Kathakali Sangeetham)
Neyyattinkara Vasudevan (Vocal music)
Kalakshetra Vilasini (Bharatanatyam)

Eminent Alumni

K.J. Yesudas
Thiruvizha Jayashankar
Thonnakkal Peethambaran
Mayyanad Kesavan Namboodiri
Benoy Varghese

List of Principals

1. Prof.N.N.Narayana Bhagavathar 1956-57
2. Pro.K.R.Kumara Swamy Iyer 1957-66
3. Prof.K.S.Harihara Iyer 1966-68
4. Prof. Nellai.T.V.Krishnamoorthy 1969-70
5. Prof. Parassala B.Ponnammal 1970-80
6. Prof. Mavelikkara R.Prabhakara Varma 1981-84
7. Prof.Smt. S.Janaki 1984-85
8. Prof.T.P.Mani Iyer1985-86
9. Prof. K.K.Dharmarajan 1986-88
10. Prof. P.Leela 1988-94
11. Prof. V.I.Suku 1994-96
12. Prof. Avaneeswaram Ramachandran 1996-98
13. Prof. Tripunithura K.Lalitha 2000-02
14. Prof.P.S. Vanajam 2002-2009
15. Prof.R.Kamakshi 2009 -