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| Musical Background: One of the greatest singers in the Carnatic music arena, Balamuralikrishna was born on 6th July 1930. He learnt music for brief spell of six months from Parupalli Ramakrishna Pantulu. Acclaimed as a child prodigy, his expertise is the fruit of native wisdom and hard work. He is also an accomplished viola player, who can also handle other instruments like the khanjira.
Region:Sankaraguptam, a small hamlet situated in Rajolu Taluk, in East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh. Contribution:A highly original musician, Balamuralikrishna is an outstanding composer with about 300 kritis, varnams, tillanas, etc, to his credit, who started composing right from his fourteenth year. Several of his pieces are popular both in the music and dance arena. They are a lovely blend of the intellectual, with highly complex rhythmic and lyrical patterns, but at the same time, instantly appealing. On the inspiration of Swami Vimalananda of Kuttalam Mutt, he composed and later perfected seventy-two songs in the 72-melakarta ragas. One of his publications was 'Janaka Raga Kriti Manjari', a music text. He also has the distinction of having discovered many ragas and composing in them. Languages used: Sanskrit and Telugu. Signature: One finds mudras like Muraligana, Balamurali etc in his compositions. Popular compositions: Varnams in ragas like Shanmukhapriya and Tillanas in Kuntalavarali etc. |
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