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Great Carnatic Legend Passes Away
Updated on : 23 November 2016

Carnatic musician M. Balamuralikrishna died at the age of 86 on November 22 in Chennai. His family said that he had not been well for the last few days. Born Murali Krishna, the musician hailed from Sankaraguptam, East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh, and was a child prodigy, who began singing at 6 and gave his first concert in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, at the tender age of 8.





It was at this concert that his talent was recognized by distinguished Harikatha performer Musunuri Suryanarayana Murty Bhagavatar, who added ‘Bala’ to his first name. From then on, he was known as Balamuralikrishna.





He has sung many carnatic songs and also has experience as a playback singer. He had composed over 400 songs in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and etc.Other than playback singing he also made his acting debut in AVM productions Baktha Prahlada(1967). He is known for his jugalbandhi concerts all over the world. Till now he has given over 25000 concerts all over the world.





Balamuralikrishna has the honour of being invited to give concerts in many countries like U.S, Srilanka, Russia,Italy etc. He has innovated the carnatic music by not affecting its traditional value. His absence is a great loss for our nation and also for the musical industry.





Let his soul RIP..

 

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