M. Balamuralikrishna

Indian Carnatic vocalist · India · Musicians · Lived 1930 to 2016 · aged 86

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2016Died22 November 20162005Chevalier des Arts et des LettresAward1991Padma VibhushanAward1987National Film Award for Best Music DirectionAward1976National Film Award for Best Male Playback SingerAward1971Padma Shri in artsAward1930Born6 July 1930

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M. Balamuralikrishna during Rajarani Music Festival at Bhubaneswar on 19 January 2013

Balamuralikrishna performs in 2005

Balamuralikrishna during a concert in Kuwait on 29 March 2006, accompanied by Mavelikkara Sathees Chandran (violin), Perunna G. Harikumar (mridangam), Manjoor Unnikrishnan (ghatam)

Awards

Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres2005

Padma Vibhushan1991

National Film Award for Best Music Direction1987

National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer1976

Padma Shri in arts1971

Sangeet Natak Akademi Award

Fellow of the Sangeet Natak Akademi

Padma Bhushan

About this person

Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna was an Indian Carnatic vocalist, musician, multi-instrumentalist, playback singer, composer, and character actor. He was awarded the Madras Music Academy's Sangeetha Kalanidhi in 1978. He has garnered two National Film Awards, 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.

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India