Balabhaskar

Balabhaskar
Background information
Birth nameBalabhaskar Chandran
Born(1978-07-10)10 July 1978
Died2 October 2018(2018-10-02) (aged 40)
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
GenresFusion, carnatic, world
Occupations
Years active1995–2018
Websitebalabhaskar.in

Balabhaskar Chandran (10 July 1978 – 2 October 2018) was an Indian musician, violinist, composer and record producer. He is best known for promoting fusion music in South India.[1][2] Hailing from a musically affluent family, he was introduced to the world of instrumental music at the age of three by his uncle B. Sasikumar, a laureate in Carnatic music.[3]

Balabhaskar began his professional career at the age of 12. He made his debut as a music director by composing the soundtrack for the Malayalam-language film Mangalya Pallakku (1998), and was the youngest music composer to have worked in the industry at the age of 17. He had won the Bismillah Khan Yuva Sangeetkaar Puraskaar in 2008 by Kendra Sangeet Natak Academy for Instrumental Music (Violin).

  1. ^ "MusicIndiaOnline: Get drenched with the new form of love". Archived from the original on 11 February 2010. Retrieved 13 January 2010.
  2. ^ Fusion Music
  3. ^ The Hindu: Big, bold and universal[usurped]