K.Krishnakumar was born in 1973 to Prof.Y.Kalyanasundaram and vocal musician Smt.Sharada Kalyanasundaram at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala in India, Krishnakumar started learning Carnatic music (vocal) from his mother at the age of eight..After receiving the award of the National talent scholarship by the Government of India, Krishnakumar continued his learning in Carnatic Classical music in a very systematic manner from late Prof.Neyyattinkara.M.K.Mohanachandran Nair, former Head of Department of Music at Government Women’s College, Thiruvananthapuram