'Korvai'- with Sri Kunnakudi M. Balamurali Krishna | Interactive Lec-Dem Series

We are extremely happy to introduce the next guest in our series of short interactive lec-dems with prominent artists across the world- ✨ KUNNAKUDI M. BALAMURALI KRISHNA ✨

Kunnakkudi M. Balamuralikrishna has evolved into a talented young vocal artist, popular with rasika-s and sabha organisers alike. A relative of the late violin maestro Kunnakkudi Vaidyanathan, Bala’s paternal grandfather, Ramanatha Sastri was, besides being a ‘vaidika’, a musician who performed over AIR-Tiruchi. His father Meenakshisundaram is also a musician. He worked in Gemini Colour Laboratory for about ten years after which he has devoted all his time to teaching music in Tambaram and surrounding areas. Bala’s mother, a teacher of mathematics, can also play the veena. The musical ambience at home, sound training from his teachers, a robust voice, hard work and peer pressure have ensured that Balamuralikrishna is among the leading young musicians of today. Bala started learning music at the age of seven, simultaneously from his father and Vidwan V. Sundaresan who taught him Dikshitar’s navavarana and navagraha kriti-s. After short stints with A. Sundaresan and Neyveli Santhanagopalan, he has been undergoing tutelage under the eminent teacher, the late P.S. Narayanaswamy.
His special strength however is in the laya department, which he displays abundantly while singing korvais and ragam-tanam-pallavi. He underwent a year’s specialised training in pallavi-singing with vidwan B. Krishnamurthy under a scholarship instituted by the central Sangeet Natak Akademi. With his keen interest in laya, he studied mridanga under vidwan Karaikkudi Mani for over five years and is a competent mridanga player. However as vocal music is his first priority, his performances on mridanga are rare. Seniors such as T.K. Murthy, Umayalpuram Sivaraman, and Karaikkudi Mani have accompanied him on occasion in his vocal concerts. He has also won prizes and awards from various city sabha-s. Bala has several cassettes and CDs released by major recording companies to his credit. He is a B-High artist of AIR.
Without further ado, we present to you 'The Composition of Korvais', an interactive Lecdem with K. Balamurali Krishna Sir.
Introduction music credits- Aravind Bhargav
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