Carnatic musician Balamuralikrishna passes away

Veteran Carnatic musician M. Balamuralikrishna passed away in Chennai on Tuesday. He was 86.

A native of Sankaraguptam in East Godavari District of Andhra Pradesh, he was named Murali Krishna. At the age of 8, he gave his first concert in Vijayawada. Distinguished Harikatha performer Musunuri Suryanarayana Murty Bhagavatar, who saw the concert, gave the prefix 'Bala', and hence he became Balamuralikrishna.

He is credited with innovating the tala system with Thri Mukhi, Panchamukhi, Saptha Mukhi and Nava Mukhi. Besides being a vocalist, Balamuralikrishna also played the viola, mridangam, and kanjira.



Balamuralikrishna acted as Narada in Telugu movie ''Bhakta Prahalada''. He has rendered some unforgettable playback songs too. He was honoured with Padma Vibhushan in 1991.

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Sawai Gandharva Music Festival 2016

Sawai 2016 Schedule
The first day of festival this year is dedicated to the celebration of
centenary year of Bharat ratna Ut Bismillah Khan
Other highlight of this year is that the cost of season pass for Indian seating ( Bharatiya Baithak ) has been reduced to Rs 300 from Rs 350. Saturday session is from 4pm to 12 midnight. Other days the sessions are from 4pm to 10pm.

Wed Dec 7   4pm - 10pm

1) S Ballesh (disciple of Ut Bismillah Khan)  - Shehnai
2) Gauri Pathare - Vocal
3) Ut Irshad Khan - Surbahar
4) Pt Ganpati Bhat

Thurs Dec 8  4pm - 10pm

1) Ritesh and Rajanish Mishra - Vocal duet
2) Debopriya and Suchismita Chaterjee - Flute
3) Manjiri Asnare-Kelkar  Vocal
4) Pt Jasraj - Vocal

Fri Dec 9 4pm - 10pm

1) Brajeshwar Mukherjee - Vocal
2) Mysore Manjunath and Mysore Nagraj - Carnatic violin
3) Smt Purvadhanashree - Bharatnatyam
4) Pt Ulhas Kashalkar - Vocal

Sat Dec 10 4pm - 12 midnight

1) Dhanaashree Ghaisas- Vocal
2) Shrinivas Joshi - Vocal
3) Laksha Mohan and Aayush Mohan Gupta - Sitar and Sarod duet
4) Pt Uday Bhavalkar - Dhrupad vocal
5) Dr L Subramaniam and Ambi Subramaniam - Violin duet

Sun Nov 11 4pm - 10 pm

1) Takahiro Arai - Santoor
2) Pt Kaivalya Kumar Gurav
3) Ut Amjad Ali Khan , Aman Ali and Ayaan Ali Bangash - Sarod
4) Smt Prabha Atre - Vocal

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