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His sister Mercy was a music teacher; his brothers Satischandra and Nimal went into film. [5] Edirisinghe met his future wife Nandani "Kumudu" Munasinghe on a visit to Kandy. They were married in 1979 and had their first child Sankha Chamindra Edirisinghe the following year. In 1985 their daughter Sankani Edirisinghe was born. [5]
The song he wrote for a devotional song competition held in Panadura at that time was sung by Neela Wickramasinghe, who was a school girl at the time. [1] He also composed the first radio song of Sunil Edirisinghe, "Waadakayaneni". [11] His first radio song was 'Hetak Gange Sithala' composed for a 1971 simple song program for Punsiri Soysa. [4]
Edirisinghe is a Sinhalese name that may refer to the following people: Surname. Chamikara Edirisinghe (born 1991), Sri Lankan cricketer; Lakshan Edirisinghe (born 1993), Sri Lankan cricketer; Lilian Edirisinghe (1922–1993), Sri Lankan actress; Lionel Edirisinghe (1913–1988), Sri Lankan musicologist; Mercy Edirisinghe (1945/46–2014), Sri ...
Rathnayake credits his success to his "fitting blend of Western music with Ragadari classical music." [2] His songs deal with diverse themes that vary from love, to patriotism and Buddhism. [3] Matara Achchi is the first film he composed music for and its Sandakada Pahana song sung by Sunil Edirisinghe is
He has one elder brother, late Dharmasiri, four elder sisters - Techla Sandaseelee, late Florida Katherine, Mershia Sirima and Mary Elizabeth and two younger brothers - Nimal Ranjith and Sunil. Youngest of the family, Sunil is a singer in Sri Lankan music industry. [5] Sathischandra Edirisinghe completed his education from five schools.
Edirisinghe then studied at Bhatkhande College of Music in Lucknow, where he was the first Sinhalese to graduate with a Visharada degree, a few months ahead of compatriot, Sunil Santha. Upon his return to Ceylon he was appointed the Chief Inspector of Music, at the Ministry of Education , [ 1 ] which coincided with music becoming a subject in ...
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Weerasinghe was born on 18 February 1949 in Algiriya, Matara in southern Sri Lanka.He was the youngest child to his parents Henry Weerasinghe and Sepalin Weerasinghe. In 1954, Weerasinghe started schooling from Good Shepard Family Convent in Nuwara Eliya, and later moved to Vidyachakra Buddhist School Ruwan Eliya, Welimada Maha Vidyalaya, Pannipitya Dharmapala Vidyalaya [2] and Gamini Maha ...