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Along with the full band, they returned to Sri Lanka three times and performed at the Rock Meets Reggae Concert. [11] In 2008, Jaya Sri concerts were held at the Fest der Begegnung cultural festival in St. Polten, Afrika Festival in August in Vienna's Danube island where they toured with 'Saamaya-Peace Tour’ Summer Festivals around the ...
Clarence Wijewardena was born on 3 August 1943, in Haputale, Sri Lanka, to an estate medical practitioner. [5] His family moved to Batugedara, Ratnapura, and Clarence abandoned a budding career as a planter to pursue music full-time.
Tharjini Sivalingam (born 30 December 1978) is a former Sri Lankan veteran netball player and former skipper of the Sri Lankan national netball team. [1] With her staggering height of 210 cm or 6 ft 10.5in, [2] she has been recognized as one of the most successful shooters of all time and often regarded as the tallest netball player ever.
He has composed music for 75 Sri Lankan television series, 13 films, and 16 stage plays [28] [29] [30] Subasinghe was the first Sri Lankan to write a cappella pieces with Sri Lankan national themes for SATB choirs, including "The Princes of the Lost Tribe" for Menaka De Shabandu's choir [31] and "Ancient Queen of Somawathee" for Bridget Helpe's ...
In November 2008 and October 2009, Civilization One were invited by TNL (the biggest rock music radio station in Sri Lanka) to perform as the main act at the TNL Onstage Finals in Colombo. This was the first time a western-style heavy metal band had performed in Sri Lanka. [17]
Arjun was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka. His mother is Sinhalese and father is Tamil. [2] Arjun's father, Indrajit Coomaraswamy, is a former governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka. Arjun was a month old when his family moved to the United Kingdom.
Thotagamage Shelton Perera (20 March 1939 – 18 September 1986), was a Sri Lankan musician and a singer. Beginning his career as a tabla player, Perera became one of the most influential singers in Sri Lankan classical music industry. [1] He is also a prolific percussionist as well as a film composer. [2]
Malinga made his ODI debut in Sri Lanka's opening match of the 2004 Asia Cup against the United Arab Emirates, becoming the 123rd player to do so. Easily winning the match by 116 runs, Malinga took the wicket of the Emirati captain, Khurram Khan to finish the match with figures of 1/39. [ 24 ]