Balabhaskar | ബാലഭാസ്ക്കർ | Kerala Violinist Balabhaskar
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ബാലഭാസ്കർ വിടവാങ്ങി; സംഗീത സൗന്ദര്യം നിത്യതയിൽ Balabhaskar Chandran (10 July 1978 – 2 October 2018) was an Indian violinist, composer and record producer. He is best known for promoting fusion music in South India. 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. Balabhaskar passed away after suffering from a massive cardiac arrest on October 2nd, 2018. He breathed his last at the Ananthapuri Hospital in Thiruvananthapuram, where he was admitted along with his wife, Lakshmi, following a car accident on September 25. The 40-year-old singer-musician and his family met with an accident at Pallipuram, near his hometown of Thiruvananthapuram. The couple and their two-year-old daughter, Tejasvini were on their way back from a temple trip in Thrissur when the car crashed into a tree. While the couple was rushed to a nearby hospital, Tejasvini, unfortunately, could not be saved. According to reports, Lakshmi has still not regained consciousness. Balabhaskar had severe head and spine injuries followed by an accident. Even after multiple surgeries, he had sustained multiple organ failure and was on ventilator. Lakshmi too had sustained multiple fractures in different parts of the body and was on ventilator, but was recovering. Their driver, Arjun, too was reported to have sustained minor injuries. As per the Mangalapuram police, it was suspected that the driver may have dozed off while driving, causing him to ram into the tree. Balabhaskar was a noted musician who began his career at the age of 12. He had composed the soundtrack for the Malayalam film Mangalya Pallak, and was the youngest music composer to have worked in the industry. He was known for his unique south Indian fusion music. He had won the Bismillah Khan Yuva Sangeetkaar Puraskaar in 2008 by Kendra Sangeet Natak Academy for Instrumental Music (Violin). Balabhaskar has performed with many noted musicians and instrumentalists in India and abroad, including Ustad Zakhir Hussain, Sivamani, Louis Banks, Vikku Vinayakram, Hariharan, Mattannoor Sankarankutty, Ranjit Barot, Fazal Qureshi, and so on. He also performs with his guru and uncle Shri B. Sasikumar, as violin duo in Carnatic concerts. ബാലഭാസ്ക്കർ നമ്മെ വിട്ടുപോയി.......സംഗീത ലോകത്തിന് തീരാനഷ്ടം....വയലിൻ എന്ന സംഗീത ഉപകരണത്തിൽ വിസ്മയം തീർത്ത കലാകാരൻ. 5 തവണ തുടർച്ചയായി യൂണിവേഴ്സിറ്റി കലോത്സവത്തിലെ വിന്നറായിരുന്നു.ബിഗ് ഇന്ത്യൻ ബാൻഡ്, ബാലലീല എന്ന ബാൻഡുകൾ സ്ഥാപിച്ചു. പന്ത്രണ്ടാം വയസിൽ തന്നെ വേദിയിൽ തന്റെ കഴിവ് തെളിയിച്ചു.കോളേജ് കാലഘട്ടത്തിൽ കൺഫ്യൂഷൻ എന്ന ബാൻഡിലൂടെ പ്രശസ്തനായി.മലയാളത്തിലെ ഏറ്റവും പ്രായം കുറഞ്ഞ സംഗീതഞ്ജൻ ആണ്. മംഗല്യപ്പല്ലക്ക് എന്ന സിനിമയിലൂടെ സിനിമാ സംഗീത രംഗത്ത് വന്നു. ഇലക്ട്രിക് വയലിൻ കേരളത്തിനു പരിചയപ്പെടുത്തിയത് ഇദ്ദേഹമാണ്.
