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Mirihana Arachchige Nanda Malini Perera (Sinhala:නන්දා මාලනී: born 23 August 1943), popularly as Nanda Malini, is a Sri Lankan musician. One of the best known and most honoured singers of Sri Lanka, Malini's choice of singing themes are based on real life and social-cultural situations. [ 1 ]
Narada Disasekara (7 June 1933 – 19 May 2010) was a Sri Lankan classical singer. He was the first singer to win the Sarasaviya Award when he was awarded for Best Male Playback Singing in 1964 for his duet Galana Gangaki Jeevithe with a young Nanda Malini for Ranmuthu Duwa.
In 1984, Dayarathna became the Director of Music and Music Research where he was the in-charge of all four music units - Sinhala, English, Tamil, Hindi and Muslim, as well as all the regional services. [15] He continued to render the musical service and guidance to the music field through the SLBC and finally retired in 1996.
A Musicians in Sri Dalada Maligawa. The music of Sri Lanka has its roots in five primary influences: ancient folk rituals, Hindu religious traditions, Buddhist religious traditions, the legacy of European colonisation, and the commercial and historical influence of nearby Indian culture—specifically, Kollywood cinema and Bollywood cinema.
He is an accomplished lyricist who wrote several songs for popular artists such as Nanda Malini, W.D. Amaradeva and Victor Rathnayake. [11] Some popular lyrics made by Ariyaratne include: Me guru pare , Podiduwage sina welai , Buddhanu Bhawena , Oba themei kiya bayyai , Api ethata ethata pa nagala , Viyo ge gayana , Yalu bala sande and Ane ...
The DVD comprises 20 popular songs sung by Ananda. [14] His final song album was Desithaka Gee produced in year 2007 with 12 new songs. [7] In 2009, he launched a CD at the Namel Malini Punchi Theatre on 14 February at 9 am. The CD comprises 23 songs sung at Ananda Rathriya and his son Mario also launched Gayana Gayum made up of 16 tracks on ...
In time, Amaradeva's music came to reflect an entire philosophy, reflective of the spirit of a nation. He has composed music for ballet (Karadiya, Nala Damayanthi, etc.), film (Ranmuthu Duwa, Gam Peraliya, Ran Salu, Delovak Athara, Gatavarayo, Rena Girav, Thun Man Handiya, Puran Appu, etc.), theatre (Wessantara, etc.), radio and television. He ...
At the school, she studied music under renowned musicians, Manjula Vithnage, B.Victor Perera and Nanda Malini. [9] Having performed in radio and television programs as a child artist, [10] Deepika later studied music under the musician Dunstan de Silva. In the meantime, she met popular artist Athula Ransirilal at Kalubowila Sri Sambuddha ...