Balakrushna Dash

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}} {{Use Indian English|date=May 2023}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Balakrushna Dash | genre = [[Odissi music]] | native_name_lang = or | native_name = ବାଳକୃଷ୍ଣ ଦାଶ | honorific_prefix = Sangita Sudhakara | awards = | label = | years_active = | instrument = | occupation = [[Odissi music]] Guru, singer, composer, music director | death_place = | image = Sangita Sudhakara Balakrushna Das Odissi music.jpg | death_date = | birth_place = | birth_date = | website = | birth_name = Balakrushna Dash | caption = | alt = | landscape =  | image_size = | embed = }} '''Balakrushna Dash''' ({{Langx|or|ବାଳକୃଷ୍ଣ ଦାଶ|translit=Bāḷakruṣṇa Dāsa}}) (May 15, 1923 - November 12, 1993) was a veteran Guru of [[Odissi music]].<ref name="google">{{cite book|title=The Quest for Music Divine|author=Dey, S.C.|date=1990|publisher=Ashish Publishing House|isbn=9788170243014|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=__R04X3cSfoC|accessdate=2014-10-31}}</ref> One of the chief disciples of the legend Pt [[Gokul Srichandan|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.<ref>[http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/104-108.pdf orissa.gov.in] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502001534/http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/104-108.pdf |date=2014-05-02 }}</ref> He was an [[Odissi classical music]] teacher in the [[Odissi Research Centre|GKCM Odissi Research Centre]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.orissaculture.gov.in/gkcm_orc.asp |title=www.orissaculture.gov.in |access-date=1 May 2014 |archive-date=29 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130329165739/http://www.orissaculture.gov.in/gkcm_orc.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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 viz. ''[[Amada Bata|Amadabata]]'', ''Abhinetri'', ''[[Adina Megha|Adinamegha]]'', ''Mathura Vijay'', ''Basanta Rasa'' and hundreds of non-film albums including Odissi, Drama, Theatre and music programs for the AIR, [[Cuttack]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://profile.odiamusic.com/balakrushnadash/music-career/ |title=profile.odiamusic.com |access-date=2014-05-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502000944/http://profile.odiamusic.com/balakrushnadash/music-career/ |archive-date=2014-05-02 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://profile.odiamusic.com/balakrushnadash/ |title=profile.odiamusic.com |access-date=2014-05-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502003804/http://profile.odiamusic.com/balakrushnadash/ |archive-date=2014-05-02 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Among his disciples are [[Shyamamani Devi]] and [[Ramhari Das]].{{citation needed|date=May 2023}}

== See also ==

* [[Odissi music]] * [[Mardala]] * [[Gita Govinda]] * ''[[Gitaprakasa]]''

== References == {{reflist}}

[[Category:Indian male singers]] [[Category:Music directors]] [[Category:Odissi]] [[Category:Musicians from Odisha]] [[Category:Odissi music]] [[Category:Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] [[Category:Recipients of the Odisha Sangeet Natak Akademi award]] [[Category:Disciples of Singhari Shyamsundar Kar]]