One could not box his music into a Hindustani music or Carnatic music.
Tradition was merely the grammar of music and not something that constrained him. What was interesting about Balamuralikrishna was that he approached music beyond the externally constructed limitations. Watch the song “Mile Sur Mera Tumhara” here. “It was enriching to dance to his thillanas - an artiste contributed so beautifully to my art form,” he said. Kuchipudi legend Raja Reddy, who has danced to a host of thillanas by Balamuralikrishna, said that it is difficult to come to terms with losing such a scholar. And thus began a journey which reached a point where even the common man could appreciate his music. He turned composer at 14 and knew all the 72 melakartha ragas, which form the backbone of Carnatic classical system. He was soon declared a child prodigy after his concert at the age of seven at Thyagaraja Aradhana, Vijayawada. Carnatic music has lost a pillar, a giant,” Sairam said.īorn in Sankaraguptam in Andhra Pradesh to parents who were musicians, Balamuralikrishna began learning Carnatic classical music under Parupalli Ramakrishnayya Pantulu. It was because there was his childlike approach that made everything sound effortless. Also, he was aware of the knowledge he was sitting on. “His was a free mind - his music wasn’t pocketed into any particular set-up. He had his stamp on every syllable he created,” Kumaresh said.Ĭarnatic vocalist Aruna Sairam was always awed by the krithis created in unknown ragas, sometimes his own ragas. “There is classical music, and then there is the Balamurali music. He created his own compositions and sang them. Balamuralikrishna threw light on voice culture and pronunciation and didn’t go by the beaten path of singing the already composed krithis. She calls him “a prolific scholar, singer, guru, but most of all a game changer” for bringing the difference in the way people looked at Carnatic music. By far,” said veena player and Lalgudi Jayaraman’s niece Jayanthi Kumaresh. But there are those who create a change in the wave.ĪLSO | Carnatic music legend Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna deadīalamuraliji was the latter.
“There are musicians who flow along the current of the wave that music is.
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