Balakrushna Dash

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

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 illustrious disciples are Shyamamani Devi and Ramhari Das.

References

^ Dey, S.C. (1990). The Quest for Music Divine. Ashish Publishing House. ISBN 9788170243014. Retrieved 2014-10-31.
^ orissa.gov.in Archived 2014-05-02 at the Wayback Machine
^ www.orissaculture.gov.in
^ "profile.odiamusic.com". Archived from the original on 2014-05-02. Retrieved 2014-05-01.
^ "profile.odiamusic.com". Archived from the original on 2014-05-02. Retrieved 2014-05-01.

[google-1] Dey, S.C. (1990). The Quest for Music Divine. Ashish Publishing House. ISBN 9788170243014. Retrieved 2014-10-31.

[2] rissa.gov.in Archived 2014-05-02 at the Wayback Machine

[3] www.orissaculture.gov.in

[4] "profile.odiamusic.com". Archived from the original on 2014-05-02. Retrieved 2014-05-01.

[5] "profile.odiamusic.com". Archived from the original on 2014-05-02. Retrieved 2014-05-01.

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v t e Odissi music
Compositions	Odissi Chhanda Champu Chautisa Bhajana Janana Gita Govinda Malasri Charyapada
Instruments	Mardala Mrudanga (Khola) Khanjani Bina
Composers	Kabirāja Jayadeva Bachha Dasa Damodara Dasa Panchasakha (Balarama Dasa Atibadi Jagannatha Dasa Jasobanta Dasa Sisu Ananta Dasa Achyutananda Dasa) Salabega Dinakrushna Dasa Kabi Samrata Upendra Bhanja Biswanatha Khuntia Brajanath Badajena Banamali Dasa Kabisurjya Baladeba Ratha Utkala Ghanta Jadumani Mahapatra Sadananda Kabisurjya Brahma Bidagdha Kabi Abhimanyu Samantasinghara Bhakta Charana Dasa Kabikalahansa Gopalakrusna Pattanayaka Sadhaka Kabi Gourahari Parichha Kabichandra Raghunatha Parichha Gauracharana Adhikari Benudhara Pattanayaka Gadadhara Singhasamanta Lokanatha Pattnaik Kabichandra Kalicharan Pattnaik
Treatises	Sangita Sara Gita Prakasa Sangita Narayana Sangita Muktabalī Sangita Kalpalatika Sangitarnavachandrika Sangita Koumudi
Gurus	Gokul Srichandan Seikh Khan Mohammed Basudeb Mahapatra Lokenath Kanungo Harihara Rayaguru Gobinda Chandra Suradeo Upendranath Tripathy Prabhupada Mohan Sundar Deb Goswami Gayaka Siromani Apanna Panigrahi Kabichandra Kali Charan Patnaik Shyamsundar Dhir Banikantha Nimai Charan Harichandan Astabadhani Acharya Tarini Charan Patra Adiguru Singhari Shyamsundar Kar Nrusingha Nath Khuntia Jagabandhu Sahu Markandeya Mahapatra Paschimeswar Jena Lokanath Rath Kashinath Pujapanda Biswanatha Pujapanda Lokanath Pala Sangita Sudhakara Balakrushna Dash Sukadeb Patri Bisnupriya Samantasinghar Binapani Mohanty Bina Debi Binapani Mishra Radhamani Mahapatra Suramani Raghunath Panigrahi Shyamamani Devi Akhil Kumar Lenka Padmakesari Damodar Hota Bhajana Samrata Bhikari Charan Bal Gopal Chandra Panda Bhubaneswari Mishra Sudha Mishra Ramarao Patra (Bina) Ramhari Das
Mardala	Singhari Shyamsundar Kar Chakradhar Sahu Padmanabha Panda Mahadev Rout Kashinath Muduli Banamali Maharana Dhaneswar Swain Satchidananda Das
Kabyas	Gita Govinda Usabhilasa Rasakallola Baidehisa Bilasa Koti Brahmanda Sundari Labanyabati Bichitra Ramayana Bidagdha Chintamani Mathura Mangala Kisorachandrananda Champu
Allied artforms	Odissi dance Mahari Goṭipua Pala Prahallada Nataka Radha Prema Lila Dasakathia Bharata Lila Rabana Chhaya

v t e Odisha Sangeet Natak Akademi award
1970s	Sunanda Patnaik (1970) Samuel Sahu (1970) Pankaj Charan Das (1970) Tarini Charan Patra (1971) Ramachandra Mania (1971) Kelucharan Mohapatra (1971) Kali Charan Patnaik (1971) Singhari Shyamsundar Kar (1972) Chandrasekhar Bhanja (1972) Ramachandra Mishra (1972) Purnachandra Singh (1973) Khetramohan Kar (1973) Deba Prasad Das (1973) Adwaita Charan Mohanty (1973) Shyamasundar Dhir (1974) Jatin Das (1974) Minati Mishra (1974) Kartik Kumar Ghose (1974) Balakrushna Dash (1975) Durlav Singh (1975) Sanjukta Panigrahi (1975) Gopal Chhotray (1975) Kashinath Pujapanda (1976) Priyanath Mishra (1976) Srihari Nayak (1976) Bhanjakisor Patnaik (1976) Nrusinghanath Khuntia (1977) Kashinath Sahu (1977) Bhubaneswar Mishra (1977) Mayadhar Raut (1977) Pranabandhu Kar (1977) Bhagaban Sahu (1977) Nimai Charan Harichandan (1978) Radharani Debi (1978) Madan Mohan Lenka (1978) Manoranjan Das (1978) Baidyanath Ratnasarma (1978) Khitish Chandra Moitra (1979) Lakhminarayan Patra (1979) Jagabandhu Sahu (1979) Arjuna Panda (1979) Mahadev Rout (1979) Byomakesh Tripathy (1979) Niranjan Kar (1979)
1980s	Markandeya Mahapatra (1980) Upendra Nath Tripathy (1980) Priyambada Mohanty Hejmadi (1980) Kamala Lochana Mohanty (1980) Dayasagar Padhi (1980) Syamasundar Mahapatra (1980) Sukumar Sahu (1981) Nitai Palit (1981) Dhruba Charan Ratha (1981) Lalmohan Patra (1981) Biswajit Das (1981) Raghunath Panda (1981) Ananda Sankar Das (1981) Binapani Mishra (1982) Natabara Sena (1982) Padmanabha Panda (1982) Harekrushna Behera (1982) Bhubaneswar Mahapatra (1982) Banchhanidhi Satpathy (1982) Prafulla Kumar Deo (1982) Lokanath Rath (1983) Bhanumati Debi (1983) Bholanath Das (1983) Radhagobinda Ghose (1983) Raghunath Datta (1983) Prafulla Kumar Rath (1983) Maguni Charan Kuanr (1983) Bishnupriya Samantasinghar (1984) Dukhiram Swain (1984) Jadunath Das Mahapatra (1984) Ananta Charan Sae (1984) Kashinath Panda (1984) Radharani Mahapatra (1985) Manimala Debi (1985) Arun Kumar Seth (1985) Ramani Ranjan Jena (1985) Narasingha Mahapatra (1985) Bina Debi (1986) Lakhmi Debi (1986) Gobind Tej (1986) Rajkishor Ray (1986) Purendra Dhada (1986) Satyanarayana Panda (1986) Dayasagara Panda (1986) Batakrusna Sena (1986) Dinabandhu Das (1988) Chakradhar Sahu (1988) Satyananda Bisoi (1988) Gajendra Das (1988) Lokanath Pal (1988) Bijay Mishra (1988) Artabandhu Routray (1989) Basanta Kumar Mahapatra (1989) Bhakta Batchala Patro (1989) Sukadev Patri (1989) Brundaban Patra (1989) Srikanta Sen (1989) Prasanna Choudhury (1989) Radhakrushna Bhanja (1989) Madhabananda Kar (1989) Krushna Chandra Rath (1989)
1990s	Ramachandra Mahapatra (1990) Narayan Behera (1990) Somanath Das (1990) Gopinath Behera (Mardala) (1990) Gopinath Behera (Odissi dance) (1990) Maguni Charan Das (1990) Baishnab Charan Pradhan (1990) Purnachandra Kanungo (1990) Lakhmidhar Nayak (1990) Lakhminarayan Achari (1990) Niranjan Satpathy (1990) Kananabala Debi (1990) Bhagabata Swain (1990) Dhiren Dash (1991) Jadumani Kanungo (1991) Nilakantha Mishra (1991) Gloria Mohanty (1991) Iswara Chandra Mohanty (1991) Dayanidhi Tripathy (1991) Padma Charan Behera (1991) Nitai Charan Sinha (1991) Sudhakar Sahu (1991) Hema Behera (1992) Dhaneswar Patnaik (1992) Anima Pedini (1992) Gangadhar Pradhan (1992) Madhusudan Acharya (1992) Nidhirama Maharana (1992) Kokila Prabha Debadasi (1992) Dhobi Behera (1992) Agani Prusty (1992) Paramananda Saran (1993) Murari Prasad Mishra (1993) Rajat Kumar Kar (1993) Ananta Mahapatra (1993) Kumkum Mohanty (1993) Umesh Chandra Kar (1993) Gopal Sahu (1993) Parasamani Debadasi (1993) Sasimani Debadasi (1993) Manabodha Bhatta (1994) Ananta Charan Mahapatra (1994) Trinath Pradhan (1994) Jiwan Pani (1994) Sarat Pujari (1994) Madhavi Mudgal (1994) Ramachandra Mishra (1994) Kartik Chandra Rath (1994) Dasarathi Maharana (1994) Jayasingha Hansa (1995) Krushna Chandra Pratihari (1995) Bhajakrushna Pujapanda (1995) Bhimasen Satapathy (1995) Raghunath Mishra (1995) Mohammad Hamid Ahed (1995) Akshaya Kumar Mohanty (1995) Ranjit Kumar Nag (1995) Dhruba Charan Biswal (1995) Sibaram Sahu (1996) JVS Rao (1996) Ramesh Chandra Das (1996) Radhakrushna Bhanja (1996) Paschimeswar Jena (1996) Bholanath Ray (1997) Umadevi Patnaik (1998) Durga Charan Ranbir (1998) Bhikari Bal (1999) Sikandar Alam (1999)
2000s	Gopal Chandra Panda (2000) Biswanath Pujapanda (2001) Arati Mishra (2001) Harmohan Khuntia (2001) Gour Patnaik (2001) Sonal Mansingh (2001) Kumudini Debi (2002) Trinath Maharana (2002) Jitendriya Haripal (2002) Biswanath Mahapatra (2003) Mitrabhanu Gountia (2003) Buddhaprasad Rao (2003) Akrura Maharana (2004) Nabaghana Parida (2004) Mohini Mohan Patnaik (2004) Sangeeta Dash (2004) Ramahari Padhi (2005) Ghanashyam Panda (2005) Bhubaneswari Mishra (2005) Chittaranjan Pani (2005) Aloka Kanungo (2005) Rabi Narayan Mahapatra (2006) Arjun Charan Samal (2006) Rabindra Atibuddhi (2006) Ramarao Patra (2006) Arjuna Panigrahi (2007) Jagannatha Behera (2007) Saileswar Nanda (2007) Debendra Narayan Satpathy (2007) Badal Sikdar (2008) Gobinda Chandra Pal (2008) Ramhari Das (2008) Dhaneswar Swain (2008) Bijaylakshmi Mohanty (2009) Bankim Sethi (2009) Indrani Mishra (2009)
2010s	Ladu Kishore Pani (2010) Niranjan Rout (2010) Indira Pratihari (2010) Dibakar Mohanty (2010) Simanchala Mandala (2011) Binapani Nayak (2011) Uma Charan Das (2011) Manmath Kumar Satpathy (2011) Ramachandra Sahu (2012) Maheswar Rana (2012) Maheswar Rao (2012) Niranjan Patra (2013) Purusottam Parida (2014) Prashant Kumar Rath (2014) Mohan Charan Swain (2014) Satchidananda Das (2014) Swarupa Chakraborty (2014) Subas Chandra Mallick (2014) Motilal Dora (2014) Narayana Sahu (2014) Jagadananda Churia (2014) Dinabandhu Nayak (2014) Lala Biren Prasad Ray (2014) Aruna Mohanty (2014) Maheswar Saraf (2014) Narayan Chandra Ray Mahapatra (2014) Alekh Chandra Biswal (2014) Lata Ghosh (2015) Chitta Ranjan Mishra (2015) Purna Chandra Swain (2015) Giridhari Mohanty (2015) Lakhmikant Palit (2015) Alekh Sahu (2015) Hadibandhu Sahu (2015) Sankar Prasad Tripathy (2015) Soudamini Pati (2015) Sudam Bishoyi (2015) Dhira Basa (2015) Batakrusna Swain (2015) Nabakishore Mishra (2015) Santosh Kumar Padhy (2015) Khageswar Pradhan (2015) Sirsananda Das Kanungo (2015) Keshab Chandra Rout (2016) Santilata Chhotray (2017) Sudha Mishra (2017) Kalandi Charan Parida (2017) Rabi Sankar Pradhan (2017) Ramesh Chandra Das (2018) Simanchala Das (2018)

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