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| caption         = Balamuralikrishna at Rajarani Music Festival, [[Bhubaneswar]], [[Odisha]]

| birth_name     = Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna

| website         = <!-- {{URL|www.balamuralikrishna.in}} -->

| birth_date     = {{Birth date |df=yes|1930|7|6}}

| birth_place     = [[Sankaraguptam]], [[East Godavari District]], <br /> [[Madras Presidency]], [[British India]] (now part of [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]])

| death_date     = {{death date and age|df=y|2016|11|22|1930|7|6}}

| death_place     = [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]

| genre           = [[Carnatic music]]

| occupation      = Musician

| instrument     = [[Viola]]<br>[[Mridangam]]<br>[[Kanjira]]

| years_active   = 1938–2016

| label           = [[Lahari Music]], Sangeetha, PM Audios & Entertainments, [[Aditya Music]]

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| awards          = [[Padma Vibhushan]] 1991

'''Dr. Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna''' (6 July 1930 – 22 November 2016) was an Indian [[Carnatic Music|Carnatic vocalist]], musician, multi-instrumentalist, playback singer, composer, and character actor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/Carnatic-musician-Balamuralikrishna-passes-away/article16675506.ece|title=Carnatic musician Balamuralikrishna passes away|work=The Hindu|date=22 November 2016|access-date=22 November 2016}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{cite news |last=Subrahmanyam |first=Velcheti |date=2 February 2012 |title=Master holds in hypnotic spell |url=http://www.thehindu.com/arts/music/article2853125.ece |newspaper=The Hindu |access-date=18 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208024928/http://www.thehindu.com/arts/music/article2853125.ece |archive-date=8 February 2012 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> He was awarded the [[Madras Music Academy]]'s [[Sangeetha Kalanidhi]] in 1978. He has garnered two [[National Film Awards]] (1976, 1987), the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] in 1975, the [[Padma Vibhushan]], India's second-highest civilian honor in 1991, for his contribution towards arts, the Mahatma Gandhi Silver Medal from [[UNESCO]] in 1995, the [[Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres]] by the French Government in 2005, the [[Sangeetha Kalanidhi]] by [[Madras Music Academy]], and the [[Sangeetha Kalasikhamani]] in 1991, by ''the Fine Arts Society'', Chennai to name a few.<ref name="hindu2005">{{cite news |date=3 May 2005 |title=French honour for Balamuralikrishna |url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/05/03/stories/2005050312101300.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050506050512/http://www.hindu.com/2005/05/03/stories/2005050312101300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 May 2005 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=2 November 2012}}</ref>

Balamuralikrishna started his career at the age of six. In his life-time, he gave over 25,000 concerts worldwide.<ref>{{cite news |date=26 July 2005 |title=Balamuralikrishna deserves Bharat Ratna: Jayalalithaa |url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/07/26/stories/2005072617030500.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050727232556/http://www.hindu.com/2005/07/26/stories/2005072617030500.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 July 2005 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=16 November 2013}}</ref> Apart from [[Pandit]] [[Bhimsen Joshi]], he presented [[jugalbandi]] concerts (duets) with Pandit [[Hariprasad Chaurasia]], [[Pandit Ajoy Chakrabarty]] and [[Kishori Amonkar]], among others. He is also known for popularizing the compositions of [[Bhadrachala Ramadasu|Sri Bhadrachala Ramadasu]], [[Annamacharya|Sri Annamacharya]], and others.

Balamuralikrishna's concerts combined sophisticated vocal skills and rhythmic patterns of [[classical music]] with the popular demand for entertainment value. Balamuralikrishna presented concerts in many countries, including the US, Canada, UK, Italy, France, Russia, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore, countries in the Middle East, and elsewhere. Apart from his native tongue, [[Telugu language|Telugu]], he has also composed in other languages including [[Kannada language|Kannada]], [[Sanskrit]], [[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]], [[Hindi language|Hindi]], [[Bengali language|Bengali]], and [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/Carnatic-musician-Balamuralikrishna-passes-away/article16675506.ece|title=Carnatic musician Balamuralikrishna passes away|first=B|last=Kolappan}}</ref>

Balamuralikrishna was born in [[Sankaraguptam]], [[East Godavari District]], [[Madras Presidency]] (now a part of [[Andhra Pradesh]] state).<ref>{{cite news |date=1 March 2003 |title=Mangalampalli can't wait to come home |url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/2003/03/01/stories/2003030108610300.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050120002053/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/2003/03/01/stories/2003030108610300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 January 2005 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=2 November 2012}}</ref> His father, Mangalampalli Pattabhiramayya, was a well known musician and his mother, Suryakanthamma, was a veena player. Balamuralikrishna's mother died when he was an infant and he was raised by his father. Observing his interest in music, his father put him under the tutelage of [[Parupalli Ramakrishnayya Pantulu]], a direct descendant of the ''shishya parampara'' (lineage of disciples) of [[Tyagaraja]].<ref name=music-for-rains>{{cite news |date=26 July 2012 |title=Music for rains |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/music-for-rains/article3686423.ece |newspaper=The Hindu |access-date=24 July 2015}}</ref> Under his guidance, the young Balamuralikrishna learned [[Carnatic music]]. At the age of eight, he gave his first full-fledged concert at a Thyagaraja Aradhana in [[Vijayawada]]. Musunuri Suryanarayana Murty Bhagavatar, a [[Harikatha]] performer, saw the musical talent in him and gave the prefix "Bala" (''lit. child'') to the young Balamuralikrishna.<ref name=srutibalamurali>{{cite news |last=Sundaram |first=BM |date=26 October 2011 |title=A prodigy and a genius |url=https://www.dhvaniohio.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/1-BMK-cover-story.pdf |access-date=24 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150724161740/https://www.dhvaniohio.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/1-BMK-cover-story.pdf |archive-date=24 July 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> (Prior to this, his name was Muralikrishna; following Bhagavatar's addition of the prefix, he began to be known as Balamuralikrishna.)

Having begun his musical career at a very young age, by age fifteen he had mastered all the 72 melakartha ragas and had composed krithis in each of them. His Janaka Raga Manjari was published in 1952 and recorded as Raagaanga Ravali in a nine-volume series by the Sangeeta Recording Company.<ref name=colossus>{{cite news |last=Subramaniam |first=Garimella |date=6 July 2004 |title=A musical colossus |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2004/07/06/stories/2004070603272000.htm |newspaper=The Hindu |access-date=2 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606130614/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2004/07/06/stories/2004070603272000.htm |archive-date=6 June 2011 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Not merely content with his fame as a Carnatic vocalist, he also played the [[kanjira]], [[mridangam]], viola, and violin.<ref>{{Citation|title=DR.M.BALAMURALIKRISHNA - VIOLA|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBTiuny1dIg|language=en|access-date=2019-08-22}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Dr.M.Balamuralikrishna (Viola, Mridangam and Kanjira) 1/2|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-Grz1s9tps|language=en|access-date=2019-08-22}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Dr.M.Balamuralikrishna (Viola, Mridangam and Kanjira) 2/2|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLtREI1DwME|language=en|access-date=2019-08-22}}</ref> He accompanied various musicians on the violin. He also presented solo viola concerts. He was the person who introduced viola to classical Indian music. <ref>{{Citation|title=Vidwan Dr M Balamurali Krishna Viola concert|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHodSgXdV6Q|language=en|access-date=2019-08-22}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Brōvabhārama - Bahudāri - Tyāgarāja : A rare concert of Viola & Harmonium - BMK & Arunachalappa|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LiOg23IUDA|language=en|access-date=2019-08-22}}</ref>

Characteristic of Balamuralikrishna's musical journey have been his non-conformism, spirit of experimentation, and boundless creativity. Balamuralikrishna has experimented with the Carnatic music system by keeping its rich tradition untouched. Ragas such as ''Ganapathi, Sarvashri, Mahati, Lavangi'' etc. are credited to him. The ragas which he invented represent his quest for new frontiers. Ragas such as ''Lavangi'' are set to three or four notes in ascending and descending scale.<ref name=colossus/> Ragas such as ''Mahathi, Lavangi, Sidhdhi, Sumukham'' that he created have only four notes; while his other ragaa creations such as ''Sarva Sri, Omkaari,'' and ''Ganapathy'' have only three notes.<ref name="firstpost.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.firstpost.com/bollywood/carnatic-singer-m-balamurali-krishna-passes-away-3119230.html|title=Carnatic singer M Balamuralikrishna passes away in Chennai, Venkaiah Naidu offers condolences - Firstpost|date=22 November 2016}}</ref>

He also innovated in the ''tala'' (rhythm) system. He has incorporated "gati bhEdam" (గతి భేదం) in the "sashabda kriya" (సశబ్ద క్రియ). Actions that can produce sound/shabda (శబ్ద) in ''talas'' are called sashabda kriya - సశబ్ద క్రియ and are a part of the existing Tala chain. New chains are possible, too. Saint Arunagirinaadhar used to inject such systems in his famous Thirupugazh, but only as Sandham, while Balamuralikrishna is known to be the pioneer in bringing such Sandhams into a logical rhythm, with Angam and definition. ''Trimukhi, Panchamukhi, Saptamukhi,'' and ''Navamukhi'' are the basic classifications in his New Tala System.<ref name="deccanchronicle.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/music/221116/veteran-carnatic-musician-m-balamuralikrishna-passes-away-at-the-age-of-86.html|title=Veteran Carnatic musician M Balamuralikrishna passes away at 86|date=22 November 2016}}</ref>

He gave his authorisation to S. Ram Bharati to found "Academy of Performing Arts and Research" in Switzerland. He also worked on music therapy. He established the 'MBK Trust' with the objective of developing art and culture and for carrying out extensive research into music therapy. A dance and music school, 'Vipanchee' is a part of this Trust.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/dr-m-balamuralikrishna-mn0000204292|title=Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna - Biography & History - AllMusic}}</ref><ref name="firstpost.com" /> He has authored a musical therapy research paper with Shreya Kappagantula regarding the "The Effects of Musical Therapy on Mental Disorders"

Balamuralikrishna has over 400 compositions to his credit and is one of the very few people to have composed in all the 72 Melakarta Ragas and has created several ragas, with 4 notes and 3 notes and also has invented a new Tala system. His compositions encompass every genre in Carnatic Music including Varnas, Krithis, Thillanas, Bhavageethas.<ref>{{cite web|title=Balamuralikrishna's death is an irreparable loss to Carnatic Music|url=http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31806&articlexml=M-BALAMURALIKRISHNAS-DEATH-IS-AN-IRREPARABLE-LOSS-TO-24112016103005 |website=[[The Times of India]]|date=22 November 2016}}|accessdate=24 November 2016}</ref>

Balamuralikrishna has sung in several films in Telugu, Sanskrit, Malayalam, Kannada and Tamil.<ref>{{cite web|title=Carnatic music legend Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna dead|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/music/veteran-carnatic-musician-mangalampalli-balamuralikrishna-passes-away-4389891/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161122193223/http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/music/veteran-carnatic-musician-mangalampalli-balamuralikrishna-passes-away-4389891/|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 November 2016|website=[[The Indian Express]]|date=22 November 2016|access-date=24 November 2016}}</ref> He made his acting debut with the Telugu film ''[[Bhakta Prahlada (1967 film)|Bhakta Prahlada]]'' (1967) as [[Narada]], and has acted in a few other films in Telugu and Tamil.<ref name="deccanchronicle.com"/><ref>{{cite news|title=The singer who took on N T Rama Rao|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/The-singer-who-took-on-NTR/articleshow/55569815.cms|access-date=24 November 2016|work=The Times of India|date=23 November 2016}}</ref>

 

Balamuralikrishna passed away at his residence in [[Chennai]] on 22 November 2016; he was 86.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Balamuralikrishna-veteran-Carnatic-musician-dies-aged-86/articleshow/55562203.cms|title=Balamuralikrishna, veteran Carnatic musician, dies aged 86|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=22 November 2016|access-date=22 November 2016}}</ref> He died in deep sleep at around five in the evening, due to a [[cardiac arrest]]. He was cremated with full state honours at Besant Nagar Crematorium in Chennai the very next day. Thousands attended his funeral. He is survived by three daughters and three sons who are all Doctors.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.ndtv.com/music/m-balamuralikrishna-carnatic-music-legend-dies-at-86-1628798|title=M Balamuralikrishna, Carnatic Music Legend, Dies at 86 - NDTV Movies}}</ref> His wife, Smt. Annapurna, outlived him for three months, and died on 16 February 2017.

* [[Padma Shri]] (1971)<ref name="Padma">{{cite web|title=Padma Awards Directory (1954–2014)|url=http://www.mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/YearWiseListOfRecipientsBharatRatnaPadmaAwards-1954-2014.pdf|publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|date=21 May 2014|access-date=22 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161115022326/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/YearWiseListOfRecipientsBharatRatnaPadmaAwards-1954-2014.pdf|archive-date=15 November 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

* [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Singer|Best singer]] for ''[[Swathi Thirunal (film)|Swathi Thirunal]]'' (1987)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/stateawards2.htm|title=State Film Awards|publisher=[[Department of Information and Public Relations (Kerala)]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091119014326/http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/stateawards2.htm|archive-date=19 November 2009|url-status=dead|access-date=23 November 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

* Sangeetha Kalasarathy (2002)<ref>{{cite news|title='Sangeetha Kalasarathy' conferred on Balamuralikrishna|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2002/12/17/stories/2002121704050500.htm|date=17 December 2002|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=23 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031025061950/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2002/12/17/stories/2002121704050500.htm|archive-date=25 October 2003|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

* Lifetime Achievement Award by the ''Global Indian Music Academy Awards'' (2011)<ref>{{cite news|title=Award for Balamuralikrishna|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/article2473732.ece|newspaper=The Hindu|date=21 September 2011|access-date=2 November 2012}}</ref>

==Ragas Created==

| Ganapati|| Arohanam: S G2 P S  

| Sumukham||      ||

| Lavangi|| Arohanam: S R1 M1 D1 S  

| Mahati|| Arohanam: S G3 P N2 S  

| Omkaari|| Arohanam: S P S

 

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| Siddhi|| ||

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| Jaya Jaya Lalitha|| ||In honor of Tamilnadu Chief Minister Jayalalitha

==Talas Created==

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The 'Mukhi' Tala system builds on the traditional Adhi Tala or Chathusra Jaathi Triputa Tala ( I 0 0 ), however the first kriya or mukha (meaning face) of each anga takes the gathi of its tala name and the rest in chathusra gathi. For example: Panchamukhi - the first kriya of each anga will be in kanda gathi and so the tala consists of 35 Matras (5 + 4 + 4 + 4 | 5 + 4 | 5 + 4 || ).

There have been many pallavis set to panchamukhi Tala such as '<nowiki/>''Isai inbathirku ēdillaye ivulakil - sentamil'<nowiki/>'' in ragam Lathangi composed by Amrutha Venkatesh and '<nowiki/>''Aadi Vaa, Pirai Soodi Vaa, Aalavaai Naathane''' in ragam Abheri composed by Rameshvaidya and tuned by S.J Jananiy and also others in Bilahari, Thodi and Kalyani composed by Dr. Balamuralikrishna himself.

! Composition            !![[Raga]]m!!Type!! Remarks

| Omkaara Pranava        ||[[Shanmukhapriya]]|| Pada [[Varnam]]||

| Amma Anandha dayini ||[[Gambhiranata]]|| Pada Varnam||

| Ye Naadhamu||[[Nata (raga)|Naata]]||Varnam||

| Chalamu Chaesina||[[Ramapriya]]||Varnam||

| Aapaala Gopaalamu||[[Amritavarshini]]||Varnam||

| Ninu Nera Nammithi||[[Kharaharapriya]]||Varnam||

| Sri Sakala Ganadhipa Palayamam||[[Aarabhi]]||[[Kriti]] ||Three Pallavis on Ganapathy, Maaruthi and Krishna

| Mahadevasutham||Aarabhi||Kriti||on Ganapathy

| Gam Gam Ganapathim||Ganapathi||Kriti||on Ganapathi-Tri Tonal Raga: Sa Ga Pa

| Ganaadhipam||[[Nata (raga)|Nattai]]||Kriti||on Ganapathi

| Pirai Aniyum Perumaan||[[Hamsadhvani]]||Kriti||on Ganapathi

| Omkara karini||Lavangi||Kriti||Tetra Tonal Raga: Sa Ri Ma Dha

| Sidhdhi Naayakena||[[Amritavarshini]]||Kriti||on Ganapathi

| Heera Ganapathiki||Surati||Kriti||On Ganapathi

| Mahaneeya Madhura Moorthae||Mahathi||Kriti||Guru Vandhanam-Tetra Tonal Raga: Sa Ga PA Ni

| Guruni Smarimpumo||Hamsavinodhini||Kriti||Guru Vandhanam

| Varuha Varuha||[[Pantuvarali|Panthuvaraali]]||Kriti||on Muruha

| Thunai Neeyae||[[Charukesi]]||Kriti||on Muruha

| Nee Dhaya Raadha||Poorvikalyani||Kriti||on Ambika

| Gathi Neeve||[[Kalyani (raga)|Kalyani]]||Kriti||on Ambika

| Siva Ganga||[[Nagasvaravali]]||Kriti||on Ambika

| Amma Ninukori||[[Khamas (raga)|Kamas]]||Kriti||on Ambika

| Gaana Maalinchi||[[Kalyanavasantam]]||Kriti||on Ambika

| Sadhaa Thava Paadha||[[Shanmukhapriya]]||Kriti||on Siva

| Bruhadheeswara||Kaanada||Kriti||on Tanjore Bruhadheeswara

| Kamala Dhalaayatha||[[Bahudari]]||Kriti||on Nethra Soundharya

| Thillana||Brundhaavani||[[Thillana]]||Telugu Charanam

| Thillana||[[Chakravakam (raga)|Chakravaaham]]||Thillana||

| Thillana||Dhwijaawanthi||Thillana||Tamil Charanam

| Thillana||Kunthalvaraali||Thillana||Tamil and Telugu Charanam

| Thillana||Kathanakuthoohalam||Thillana||

| Thillana||[[Garudadhvani]]||Thillana||Paanini Sutra Reference,

| Thillana||Behag||Thillana||On Sri Thyagaraja

| Thillana||[[Ragamalika]]||Thillana||Amruthavarshini, [[Mohanam]], Kannada and [[Hindolam]]

| Thillana||Ragamalika||Thillana||Taaya Ragamaalika, Based on Sruthi Bhedam

| Thillana||Ragamalika||Thillana||Pancha "Priya" Raagas, with Gathi Bhedam

| Maamava Gaana Lola||Rohini||Kriti||Ragam using two Madhyamas

| Gaana Lola||Ragamalika||Kriti||On Thirupathi Venkateswara

| Sangeethamae||[[Kalyani (raga)|Kalyani]]||Kriti||About Music

| Nee Saati Neevae||Chandrika||Kriti||on Ranga,

| Sankarabharana Sayanuda||[[Dheerasankarabharanam|Sankarabharanam]]||Kriti||on Ranga

| Vegamae||[[Abhogi]]||Kriti||on Ranga

| Hanuma||[[Sarasangi]]||Kriti||on Hanuman

| Vandhe Maatharam||[[Ranjani]]||Kriti||on Bharatham

| Gaana Sudha Rasa||[[Nata (raga)|Naattai]]||Kriti||on Sri Thyagaraja

| Sama Gana||[[Amritavarshini]]||Kriti||on Sri Thyagaraja

| Maragatha Simhasana||[[Simhendramadhyamam|Simhendra Madhyamam]]||Kriti||on Yadhagiri Narasimha

| Raja Raja||[[Dheerasankarabharanam|Sankarabharanam]]||Kriti||on Sri Raghavendhra

| Chintayami satatam Sri Muttuswami Dikshitam||[[Sucharitra]]||Kriti||on Muttuswami Dikshitar

| Ambamamava||[[Ragamalika]]||Kriti||Ranjani-Niranjani – Janaranjani

| Bangaaru Murali Sringaara Ravali||[[Neelambari (raga)|Neelambari]]||Kriti||Udupi Sree Krishna

| Bhaavame Mahaa Bhaagyamura||[[Kapi (raga)|Kapi]]||Kriti||Sri Thyagaraja to Balamuralikrishna-Guru Parampara

| Paahi Sameera Kumaara ||Mandari||Kriti|| description of Panchamukha Hanuman

|Vasama ||Dharmavathi||Kriti|| prayer on Lalita Devi

== Albums & Songs ==

| 1963 || ''[[Nartanasala]]'' || Telugu || Song: ''Salalitha Raga Sudharasa Saaram'' with [[Bangalore Latha]]

| 2015 || ''[[Prabha (film)|Prabha]]'' ||Tamil  || Song:  "Poove Pesum Poove" (Music Director - [[S. J. Jananiy]])

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