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Tuesday, November 22, 2016

Indian Carnatic Vocalist Dr M Balamuralikrishna dies at 86 Tuesday Nov 22,2016


Indian Carnatic Vocalist Dr M Balamuralikrishna passed away in Chennai on Tuesday. He was 86 and was not well for some time.

Apart from being a singer, Balamuralikrishna was also a composer, actor and multi-instrumentalist.

Balamuralikrishna started his musical career at the tender age of six and had given over 25,000 concerts worldwide.

He had composed over 400 compositions in Telugu, Sanskrit, Kannada and Tamil.

Balamuralikrishna was conferred the Padma Shree, Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhusan awards by the Indian government.

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