S. Ballesh
Padmashri Pandit S. Ballesh Bhajantri | |
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Pandit Ballesh playing shehnai, in a tribute concert for Ustad Bismillah Khan, Chennai | |
Background information | |
Birth name | Ballappa Sanna Bharamappa Bhajantri |
Also known as | S. Ballesh, S. Balesh, Baalesh, Ballappa, Balu |
Born | M.K.Hubli, Karnataka, India |
Occupation(s) | Shehnai player, classical vocalist |
Instrument(s) | Shehnai |
Website | shehnaiballesh |
Musical career | |
Genres | Hindustani classical music, modern and film music, gospel |
Years active | 1970–present |
Pandit S. Ballesh Bhajantri (born Ballappa Sanna Bharamappa Bhajantri) is a popular[1] Indian classical Hindustani shehnai player.[2] He is a disciple of shehnai player Ustad Bismillah Khan,[2] he is benares gharana shehnai player and a patiala gharana hindustani vocalist, ghazal singer, Indian playback singer and musician,[3][4] Ballesh is credited with popularizing the shehnai, a reeded woodwind instrument.[5][6][7] He is also a Prasar Bharati's All India Radio (AIR) and Doordarshan artist.[8]
He is awarded India's fourth-highest civilian honour, the Padma Shri, in 2022, in the field of Art, He is the second classical musician of India after Ustad Bismillah Khan to receive the award as a shehnai player[9][10] [11][12] He has also worked for Ilaiyaraaja and A. R. Rahman.[13]
Early life and education
Ballesh was born to Shehnai player Sanna Bharamanna and Yellamma in M.K.Hubli, Kittur, Belgaum district, Karnataka.[8] He started learning Shehnai from his father, and later continued from his (uncle) father's elder brother Dodda Bharamanna and with musicians such as D.P. Hiremath, and Pt. Puttaraj Gawai. he was also a Bismillah Khan's disciple, Bismillah Khan once remarked that Ballesh will be the "assurance for the future of Shehnai in Indian classical music".[14][15]
Musical career
Shehnai
Ballesh plays various styles on the shehnai: aalaapi and aakaar like khayal singing, jhala like sitar and sarod, tatkar like kathak dancers, meend and harquatts like sarangi and violin, and continuity tones like bansuri.[16] He has also performed jugalbandis,[2] along with sitarist Ustad Shahid Parvez,[17] mohan veena player Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt and accompanied by tablist Yogesh Samsi, Subhankar Banerjee.[18][19]
Film music
Ballesh has been a musician for many music directors in Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Bengali, Gujarati, Marathi, Rajasthani, Punjabi, Oriya, Sanskrit, English, Tulu, Konkani and Bhojpuri cinema, performing compositions by Naushad Ali, M. S. Viswanathan, Satyam (music director), G.K. Venkatesh, Ravindra Jain, Ravendra master, Ilaiyaraaja, A. R. Rahman and M. M. Keeravani.[20][2] He has sung and played shehnai for more than 9,000 movies background scores[21] and 45,000 film songs in several languages,[22][14] more than 50,000 devotional songs for several religions and languages,[21] he has sung Hindustani music Alaaps for films, and had also collaborated on shehnai with international musicians and composers in recordings.[21] He has sung several songs along with the singers K. J. Yesudas, S. Janaki, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Ilaiyaraaja, M. M. Keeravani and A. R. Rahman.[14][22] Ballesh appeared playing shehnai for the Hindi film Raanjhanaa, with music by A.R. Rahman.[23] He also played shehnai for the song "The Dichotomy of Fame" in Imtiaz Ali's 2011 Hindi film Rockstar[24] and also played for Yeh Jo Des Hai Tera song for Hindi film Swades, with music and sung by A.R. Rahman, and also in Bigil Tamil film with music by A.R. Rahman. [25][26] He also composed music for Jawan with Anirudh Ravichander.
Music Education
Ballesh founded Tansen Academy of Music,[27] a school of Hindustani Classical Music, with his musical work continued by his three sons by Prakash, Krishna and Shivanand Ballesh.[28][29]
Awards and recognition
- 2019 Karnataka Kalashri by Government of Karnataka[30]
- 2020 Kalaimamani (Joint Award)by Government of Tamil Nadu [31][32]
- 2021 Ustad Bismillah Khan Kala Ratna Samman (Joint Award) by India Tourism Varanasi, Government of India and by Ustad Bismillah Khans family members.[33][34]
- 2022, Padma Shri, by Government of India [11][12]
Other awards
- Vishwa Kala Puraskar, 2022, by Vishwa Kala Sangama, chennai.[35]
- Kittur Chennamma Memorial Award 2022, Karnataka State Government Award by Department of Kannada and Culture Belagavi [36]
- Belawadi Mallamma Memorial Award 2022, Karnataka State Government Award under Department of Kannada and Culture Belagavi [37]
- Zee Tamil TV Excellence in Music Award 2019,[38]
- Bhimsen Samman International Award, Gadag 2017 joint award with Krishna Ballesh [39]
- Mirchi Music Awards, 2016, Jury Award for Outstanding contribution Telugu Industry [40]
- Sanaadi Appanna Kalashree Puraskar, 2016[41]
- Excellence Vocational Award 2011 by Dr. M.G.R. University, during 150th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore.[42]
- Mirchi Music Awards, 2009, Jury Award for Outstanding contribution Kannada Industry [43]
- Honorary Doctorate from Bengaluru North University, Kolar 2022.[44][45]
Performances
- 2016 Performed for 100th birthday anniversary of Ustad Bismillah Khan[46]
- 2016 Performed for 64th anniversary of the “Sawai Gandharva Bhimsen Mahotsav” [47] [48][49]
- 2015 Performed at the 140th Baba Harballabh Sangeet Sammelan that commenced at Shri Devi Talab Mandir, Jalandhar.[50]
- 2006 Played a musical tribute to Krishna Hangal, daughter of Gangubai Hangal, at the presentation award ceremony for the first Krishna Hangal Memorial Award of the Hangal Music Foundation at the Sawai Gandharva Hall in Hubli.[51]
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- K. G. Jayan (2019)
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- Kader Khan (2019)
- Abdul Gafur Khatri (2019)
- Shankar Mahadevan (2019)
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- Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry (2019)
- Rajeev Taranath (2019)
- Hiralal Yadav (2019)
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- Bombay Sisters (2020)
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- Gosaveedu Shaik Hassan (Posthumous) (2022)
- Lalita Vakil (2022)
- H. R. Keshava Murthy (2022)
- Jamyang Tsering Namgyal (2022)
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- Chandraprakash Dwivedi (2022)
- Ram Dayal Sharma (2022)
- Khandu Wangchuk Bhutia (2022)
- S. Ballesh (2022)
- Sowcar Janaki (2022)
- R Muthukannammal (2022)
- A. K. C. Natarajan (2022)
- Darshanam Mogilaiah (2022)
- Sakini Ramachandraih (2022)
- Gaddam Padmaja Reddy (2022)
- Kamalini Asthana and Nalini Asthana (duo) (2022)
- Shivnath Mishra (2022)
- Sheesh Ram (2022)
- Ajita Srivastava (2022)
- Madhuri Barthwal (2022)
- Kaajee Singh (2022)
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- Premjit Baria (2023)
- Usha Barle (2023)
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- Pritikana Goswami (2023)
- Ahmed and Mohammed Hussain (2023)
- Dilshad Hussain (2023)
- Mahipat Kavi (2023)
- M. M. Keeravani (2023)
- Parshuram Komaji Khune (2023)
- Maguni Charan Kuanr (2023)
- Domar Singh Kunvar (2023)
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- Rani Machaiah (2023)
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- Ramesh and Shanti Parmar (2023)
- Krishna Patel (2023)
- K Kalyanasundaram Pillai (2023)
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- Shah Rasheed Ahmed Quadri (2023)
- C. V. Raju (2023)
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- Mangala Kanti Roy (2023)
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- Ritwik Sanyal (2023)
- Kota Satchidananda Sastry (2023)
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- Moa Subong (2023)
- Raveena Tandon (2023)
- Coomi Nariman Wadia (2023)
- Ghulam Muhammad Zaz (2023)
External links
- Media related to S. Ballesh at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website