Bala Murali Krishna Honoured

US Congress honours music maestro Balamuralikrishna

Friday, October 12, 2007
16:50 IST

hey amukta,
have u heard his rendition of "oru naal podhuma". He has always been my favourite.

Here is small piece of information on the jugalbandhi between two great musicians in the famous Kannada film Sandhya Raaga.


Week of October 10, 2004 - Film Music : Sandhya Raaga

Remember the Soundtrack of the 60s movie "Sandhya Raaga" ? If not, its time to take a hearing ... not for 1 but 2 reasons -- Pt. Bhimsen Joshi & Dr.Balamurali Krishna. Sandhya Raaga -- Based on a novel by A.N. Krishna Rao (Aa.Na.Kru), is even today remembered as one of the best musical ever produced by the Kannada film industry. Just imagine Pt.Bhimsen Joshi and Dr.Balakmurali Krishna singing for Dr.Rajkumar -- If Bhimsen Joshi and Balamurali Krishna provided the background score, Dr. Rajkumar adds the required on-screen emotions -- Magical moments. The Lyrics of Sri Purandara Daasa, G.V.Iyer & R.N.Jayagopal are set to music by Dr. Balamurali Krishna & G.K.Venkatesh.

It was only in the 90's that Pt. Bhimsen Joshi and Dr. Balamurali Krishna came together again for their Jugalbandhi Series, performing live on stage. Who can forget their Jugalbandhi concerts for National Integration relayed live by Doordarshan (yeh ... our good old Doordarshan) ?

Another album we bring you is a recording of live performance of these 2 stalwarts of Indian classical Music at the Royal Festival hall in London on the 15th of October 1994. This concert has Raag Bhairav at its core, Mayamalava Gowla being the equivalent Raaga in Carnatic. Yet another highlight of this album is Pt. Bhimsen Joshi being accompanied on the Mridangam and Dr. Balamurali Krishna on the Tabala. A true Jugalbandhi of not just the Artists but all aspects of the art form. Click here to enjoy this rendition

tfs amu 😛 .......................its really great that a legend like him is honoured 😛 😳

thanks trishanku will listen to this.I just took it from your other post.
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Dr. Balamuralikrishna also won an award for the land mark film Hamsageethe-1971(not sure whether state or national award) for his classical numbers directed by the great film director G.V.Iyer of Adi Sankaracharya(Sanskrit) fame.

Here is the link where you can listen to his renditions, don't miss the special "Himadrisuthe pahimam"
http://www.udbhava.com/udbhava/songs.jsp?id=255



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Dr.M Balamuralikrishna: Maestro of Carnatic music


By: Dhanyasree .M

"Music, when it flows from Balamuralikrishna you can realise what the crazy gopies felt in their ecstasy of divine Love. To be born with music in his heart, to hold a recital at his tender age of only eight Deepavalies, to be at once a master in many instruments apart from his unfailing purity of voice, tal and rag: these are indeed preciously rare in one single person unless he is a genius."


Swami Chinmayananda.

Padmabhushan Sangeetha Kalanidhi Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna is one of the towering figures in contemporary carnatic music. He has established his rare talent as a composer, poet, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, innovator and musical iconoclast in carnatic music. With his crystal clear enunciation of the lyrics, the floating ever-fresh quality of vocalism, sparkling creativity, voice modulation and unpredictable swara-combination, Balamuralikrishna has mesmerized his audience all over the world.

Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna was born on 6th July 1930 at Sankaraguptam in Andhra Pradesh.His father Mangalampalli Pattabhiramayya was an eminent flutist and his mother Suryakanthamma was a notable veena artist. His parents initially named him as 'Murali Krishna' and later a distinguished Hari Katha performer Musunuri Satyanarayana gave the prefix'Bala' to his name.

The young Bala Muralikrishna never had the luck to learn music from his mother as she had passed away when he was only 15 years old. However when his father taught the other disciples, he started to imbibe the nuances of good music at the age of two. Pattabhiramayya soon entrusted Balamuralikrishna to 'Gayaka Sarvabhauma' Parupalli Ramakrishnayya Pantulu who trained this rare talent to the divine pinnacles of music.Balamuralikrishna, fifth in the line of direct disciples of Saint Tyagaraja gave his first full-fledged performance at the age of eight, during the Sadguru Arandhana Utsava. Balamuralikrishna discontinued his formal education in class 6th due to continuous concerts and dedicated completely to music.

Balamuralikrishna gifted the carnatic music with innovations in Tala Systems. He introduced new principles to Tala systems and credited it with over 300-400 compositions and many ragas. His composition of ragas include Mahati, Sumukham, Trisakthi, Omkari, Rohini, Pratimadhyamavathi, Janasammodini, Manorama, Vallabhi, Lavangi etc. He also composed Mahadevasutham, Sree Sakala Ganadhipa, Gam Gam Ganapathim and the famous thyagaraja Pancharatnamala (Comprsising Endaro mahaanu bhavulu, Sadinchane, Duduku Gala, Jagadaanada Karaka, Kanakan ruchira).

Awards were showered over him for this wonderful talent. 'Gana Sudhakara', 'Gayaka Sikhamani', 'Sur Singar', 'Geeta Kala Bharati', Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, 'Sangeetha Kalanidhi', Padmashri and Padma Vibushan are some of them. He had the rare opportunity to be featured as a soloist with an award winning British Choir, performing the Gitanjali Suite from Rabindranath Tagore's Nobel Prize winning poetry and composed by Dr.Joel.he was chosen as the 'Wisdom man of the year in 1992'. The famous Indian Universities Andhra University, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Sri Venkateswara University and the University of Hyderabad bestowed the PhD, DSc and Dlitt respectively to this rare talent. He is a state musician of the states of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, Asthana Vidwan of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam, Sringeri Peetam and Anjenaya Swami Temple, Nanganallur.

Balamuralikrishna is very versatile and apart from being a vocalist, he plays the kanjira, mrdangam, viola and violin. With an aim to share his talent, he has established 'Academy of Performing Arts and Research' in Switzerland. With an objective to develop culture and art he has established 'MBK Trust', wher he is carrying out an extensive research on music therapy. 'Vipanchee', A dance and music school is a part of this Trust and is run by his managing trustee Kalaimamani Saraswati. Balamuralikrishna's perfect control at all times in all the three octaves and his wonderfully vibrant, widely ranged, magnetic voice will enchant his listeners forever.


Source: http://living.oneindia.in/celebrity/music/bala-muralikrishna .html

Thanks for sharing the rendition.Balamurli has always been one of my favorites. I just adore his voice..