M. Balamuralikrishna: Concert

M. Balamuralikrishna was Carnatic vocalist, instrumentalist and playback singer. Explore interesting quotes on concert.
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“I have performed with British musicians. I have sung Rabindra Sangeet and French numbers too. Most often I include local flavour in my concerts to connect with people. ]]”

M. Balamuralikrishna

Source: Chitra Swaminathan He defines ‘style’ as tradition http://hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2008/01/04/stories/2008010451130100.htm, The Hindu, 4 January 2008.

People

“I will render whatever Lord Siva makes me render. I never plan for my concerts. I render what comes.”

M. Balamuralikrishna

Source: Staff Reporter, "Mangalampalli can't wait to come home".

“We are getting carried away by the on-the-move musicians. Most of the Carnatic concerts abroad are being organised by NRIs. The defining moment is when an artist is invited to a foreign land and applauded by the foreign nationals. They should forge artistic alliances and find new audiences by introducing people of other nationalities to our arts.”

M. Balamuralikrishna

Source: Chitra Swaminathan "He defines ‘style’ as tradition".

People , Art

“I like to take things easy. I don't constantly think about music. I never plan concerts, practise or even hum. When I go up on the stage, music courses through me. My family members attend my concerts because they do not hear me sing at home. I have entrusted you [Prince Rama Varma] with the task of popularising my style of singing among others, especially in foreign countries. I have heard some of your foreign students sing my compositions and was surprised. They sound better than many Indian students. I want to be known more as a composer than as a musician. You are now making this happen.”

M. Balamuralikrishna

Source: Interview by Prince Rama Varma "There's no one way to teach".

Family , Music , Home , Thinking

“The real issue underlying these controversies appears to have been a challenge to his philosophy of music; nay, that of the Trinity. Balamuralikrishna has long held that Carnatic music today is an entity outside the strictly religious domain. He remarked once that those who believed that concert singing denigrated the essence of Carnatic music should confine their singing to puja rooms.”

M. Balamuralikrishna

Garimella Subramaniam in: "A musical colossus".

Music , Singing , Appearance