PANDIT S.BALLESH set his heart on also being the best and towards this goal,he sought to be the Shishya of no less a GURU than Bharat Ratna USTAD BISMILLAH KHAN saheib he had the good fortune of receiving his guidance from maestro.He has enabled him to refine technique and mastery. PANDIT Sri S.BALLESH born on 1st april 1958 in M.K.HUBLI in KARNATAKA , hails from the illustrious family of renowned Shehnai players his father Pandit Sanna Bharamanna ji himself a famous shehnai player of note has been his 1st guru ji .He continued under his uncle Shehnai Vidhwan Sri.Dhodda Bharamanna ji. At the age of 9yrs he started his carrer. He learnt Hindustani vocal from Dr. DP.Hiremath. And he started playing vocal style (Gayaki ang) in his instrument shehnai. He learnt higher extra ordinary khayal gayaki deeper music from Maharastra Maha Pandit Sri. Kothanda Salvankai Maharaj he trained him very much.He gave his first public performance at the age of 15yrs in 1973 at Sri Sadguru Balaiyogi Swami ji Thourgad math (Hubli). And his 2nd performance in All India Radio in Dharwad.He has a high degree in radio Kendra.He has given many performances in many Sabhas in India & abroad & also performed for many culturals events. In Gadag,Gana Gandharav Ganayogi Panchakshara Sangeeth Ustav, he gave the Shehnai performance and brought the listeners mind immediately with the Gayaki Ang tone and received the hearty blessing from Pandit Puttaraj gavai ji. Pandit ji praised of his Gayaki ang style.After the performance Sri.Veereshwar madri ji took him to Chennai for film music. Sri S.Ballesh had a long music career, he has given many concerts in All India. In GADAG, BANGALORE, DHARWAD, IN MAHARASTRA MIRAJ ,MUMBAI, PUNE, NASIK & CHENNAI, TRIVANDRUM, KHOHIKODE ,KASARKODE ,HYDERABAD,
VIJAYWADA, BHOPAL, IN U.P BANARAS, LUCKNOW, ALLAHABAD, DELHI, CALCUTTA, GAWHATHI, PATNA, AHMEDBAD, JAIPUR, PANAJI also in abroad like DUBAI,NEWYORK,FRANCE,SINGAPORE ,MALAYASIA,SRILANKA,AUSTRALIA, ITALY, in almost U.K .He has given many Jugalbandhi concerts with various artists of Hindustani and Carnatic music. He is the leading shehnai artist & has spanned over 32yrs of unbatting popularity such of the appeal of his shehnai, he has worked with almost all the famous Music Directors of south & north India for COLLYWOOD,BOLLYWOOD films recordings industry,He has played 20,000 devotional songs of all languages & and in various albums. Sri S.Ballesh can play on his Shehnai, Aalaapi like khayal singing, Jhala like Sitar and Sarod, Tatkar like kathak-dancers, Harquatts like sarangi and violin, continuity of tone like been and also adds sweetness of bansuri to all this. His son Sri B.Krishna is a promising young shehnai artist, who was trained by his father at age of 12yrs,he has given his 1st public performance with his father at age of 16yrs. He has been accompanying his father for past years & has given Solo performances also. He has played in film recordings, albums, devotional songs also. He has performed with his uncle Sri Veereshwar madri ji Dilruba & Shehnai jugalbandhi combination & received blessing from him. At first he is proud to perform shehnai before Ustad BISMILLAH KHAN Saheib & got a hearty blessings after performance and accepted as his disciple, it is happy to say that he is a proud disciple of USTAD JI at presently he went to Banarus to received the guidance from ustad ji .He performed in Ganga Ustav in Banarus & proud younger son of Ustad ji, Ustad Nazim Hussain Khan Ji accompanied in tabla.
NOTE:- He has worked With all the music directors in south india in Tamil,Kannada,Telugu,,Malayala m,konkaniand from K.V.Mahadevan to A.R.Rehaman in many bollywood music directors from Naushad ji to Anumalik to A.R.Rehaman.... No 37, A.V.M street, Venkatesh nagar
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