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Mangalampalli Balamurali Krishna (born July 6, 1930) is a legendary Carnatic Music vocalist and musician. He has also composed a number of songs.
BalaMurali Krishna was born in Sankaraguptam, East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh. His father was a well known musician and could play the flute, violin and the veena and his mother was an excellent veena player.
Musunuri Suryanarayana Murty Bhagavatar, a distinguished Harikatha performer, gave the prefix 'Bala' to the young Muralikrishna. This title has stuck to him ever since. Balamuralikrishna was a child prodigy and started performing vocal concerts from the age of five. Balamuralikrishna thus began his musical career at a very young age. He soon mastered a variety of instruments. He can play the violin, viola, khanjira, veena, mridangam and other instruments.
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