B. Sasikumar (27 April 1949 – 25 November 2023) was an Indian Carnatic music violinist, musician, teacher, composer and writer from Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
[2] Sasikumar started his basic lessons in music from his father, who was a Nadaswaram maestro, musician and composer (also known as Kochu Kuttappan of the Thiruvalla Brothers).
He has produced many musical features for AIR such as "Nadopasana", "Sapthaswarangalil" and "Layicha Mahaanubhaavan" - both on Saint Thyagaraja, "Ganesha prabhaavam" - on Shri.
His musical features "Gurussaakshaathparabrahma", "Madhavamanavam", "Kaveri", "Sanghagaanam", and "Karnaki" have won National Annual Awards from All India Radio.
Some of the famous creations are "Ittaavattatthil Oru Natakam", "Sishyan", "Enikkente Veettil Ponam", "Santhivilla", "Pishukkan", "Paavam Maveli", "Katthivesham Paappukutty Asan", "Amma" (theme from the epic), and "Akam Porul".
His nephew cum violinist Late Balabhaskar, G. Venugopal, Kavalam Srikumar, Kallara Gopan, Vidhu Prathap, Attukal Balasubrahmanyam, Dr. Rajkumar (Flute), Soundarrajan (Veena)and Mavelikara Satheesh chandran(violin) are a few of his students.