Balakrushna Dash

Sangita Sudhakara Balakrushna Dash ବାଳକୃଷ୍ଣ ଦାଶ
Background information
Birth name	Balakrushna Dash
Genres	Odissi music
Occupation(s)	Odissi music Guru, singer, composer, music director

Balakrushna Dash was born on May 15 1923 in Puri ,Odisha. Sangeeta Sudhakara Balakrushna Dash (Odia: ବାଳକୃଷ୍ଣ ଦାଶ, romanized: Bāḷakruṣṇa Dāsa) was a veteran Guru of Odissi music.^[1] One of the chief disciples of the legend Pt Gokul Chandra Srichandan of Kendrapada, Dash worked variously as a vocalist, composer and music director. He received the Odisha Sangeet Natak Akademi award in 1975-76 for Odissi Vocal.^[2] He was an Odissi classical music teacher in the GKCM Odissi Research Centre.^[3]

Balakrushna Dash started his music career as a singer of Odissi classical music (Odissi, Chhanda, Champu and other facets) at AIR, Calcutta in the year 1944. Later he started working as music director in films. His first film as a music director was Kedar Gouri in 1954. He directed music in 20 films and hundreds of non-film albums including Odissi, Drama, Theatre and music programs for the AIR, Cuttack.^[4][5]

Among his disciples are Shyamamani Devi and Ramhari Das.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• Odissi music
• Mardala
• Gita Govinda
• Gitaprakasa

References

Oṛiśī Sangīta
Odissi music
Mahāprabhu Jagannātha
Composers
Jayadeva Dinakrusna Bhanja Banamali Abhimanyu Kabisurjya Gopalakrusna
Shāstras
Sangita Sara Gita Prakasa Sangita Narayana Sangita Muktabali
Compositions
Gita Govinda Odissi Prabandha Chhanda Champu Chautisa Janana Bhajana Malasri Pallabi Charjyapada
Instruments
Mardala Benu Bina Khol
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