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Composers
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Dr
M Balamurali Krishna
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Padmabhushan Sangeetha
Kalanidhi Dr. Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna was born on July 6, 1930 at
Sankaraguptam, in East Godavari District in Andhra Pradesh, to Mangalampalli
Pattabhiramayya and Suryakanthamma. His father was a famous flutist and a
music teacher and Suryakanthama was a veena player. Balamurali was trained
under 'Gayaka Sarvabhauma' Parupalli Ramakrishnayya Pantulu. In 1938, at the
age of eight, during the Sadguru Arandhana Utsava, held at Vijayawada, Balamurali
Krishna gave his maiden concert. His magical voice with perfect control in
all three octaves continues to conquer music lovers all over the world even
today. He also plays kanjira, mrdangam, viola and violin. He has created new
ragas like vallabhi, lavangi, mahati, sumukham, trisakthi, sarvashri, omkari,
janasamodini, manorama, rohini, etc and has composer over 400 compositions.
His Thillanas are a class apart. He has performed many times in the Kuthiramalika
festival and once in the Navarathri mandapam. Some rare compositions of Swathi
have been popularized by him, like Saraseeruhanabham – Desakshi, Sree
Ramana – Aarabhi. He has also tuned the Hindustani piece Aaj Aaye Shyama
Mohan.