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டி. அமரதேவா; 5 December 1927 – 3 November 2016), better known by his adopted name Amaradeva, was a prominent Sri Lankan Sinhalese vocalist, violinist and composer. Primarily using traditional instruments like sitars, tablas and harmoniums, he incorporated Sinhala folk music with Indian ragas in his work. [5]
Songwriter (s) Nimal Mendis. "Nim Him Sewwa Ma Sasare " ( Sinhala: නිම් හිම් සෙව්වා මා සසරේ; transl. I searched the limits of Samsara ), commonly referred to simply as "Nim Him Sewwa ", is a Sinhalese -language song by Sri Lankan singer Pandit W. D. Amaradeva. The song first appeared in the 1978 Sri ...
Maha Bo Vannama is a song composed by Chandraratne Manawasinghe and W.D. Amaradeva [1] to the Daha Ata Vannama ( Sinhala: දහඅට වන්නම ). [2] It was written as a dedication to the Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi, the sacred fig tree in the Mahamevnāwa Gardens, Anuradhapura. A dance recital was created and performed for the Vannama by the ...
Producer (s) Maharaja Entertainments. Nim Him Sewwa ( Sinhala: නිම් හිම් සෙව්වා) is a 2020 song by Bathiya and Santhush, Kasun Kalhara, Sashika Nisansala, and Umaria Sinhawansa. The song is a collaboration between the five musical arists, made as a promotion for The Voice Sri Lanka, on which the five artists are the ...
Sri Lankan country music. The art, music and dances of Sri Lanka were derived from ritualistic responses to natural phenomenon. Sri Lanka's earliest folk music was later influenced by the influx of Buddhist traditions. These songs were performed by commoners, and not merely recited by the priestly castes. [3]
In 1963, Amaradeva selected Malini for background singing for the film Ranmuthu Duwa, the first Sinhala colour film. [7] In that film, she sang the song Galana Gagaki Jeewithe with Narada Disasekara which was the first song written by Chandraratne Manawasinghe for cinema. The film won all the Sarasavi awards for music that year where Malini won ...
Occupation (s) Musician, singer, composer, teacher. Years active. 1980–2020. Awards. Kalabhushana State Awards (2017) Widanelage Dharmaratna Ariyasinghe, (16 March 1956 – 9 November 2020, Sinhala: ඩබ්. ඩී. ආරියසිංහ ), popularly as W. D. Ariyasinghe, was a Sri Lankan singer, musician and a composer. [ 1][ 2]
Sunil Santha was a Sri Lankan composer, singer and lyricist. [1] He was pivotal in the development of Sinhala music and folk songs in the mid to late 1940s and early 1950s. [2][3] He composed the beloved soundtracks to Lester James Peries ' films Rekava and Sandesaya in 1956 and 1960. In a later comeback, he produced several experimental works.