ROOKANTHA A TRUE FAMED MUSIC GENIUS IN EFFERVERSCENT VOYAGE IN CELEBRITY FOR OVER FOUR DECADES – by Sunil Thenabadu Mario Glory Rookantha Goonatilleke was the only son apart from his elder sister born to his parents, mother had been a teacher. it is his innate talent in music that had made him the significant musician he is.He has not had any hereditary affiliations from the family or his ancestors for music.From his very young days he has had a liking for music ,when he was just three years ago as a toddler had a liking to  hear the sounds from the piano they have had at home.Asa he was short had insisted mother to carry him so that he could drag the keys of the piano from left to right and vice versa, the beat that came out sounded so well.Mother had known that he has an innate talent for music. As he grew up Rookantha used to hear ...

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KOCHCHI SINGING QUARTET DELIVERING RED SPICE OF MUSIC VIA DYNAMIC FOURSOME DISPLAYING AESTHETIC MAGNIFICIENCE – by Sunil Thenabadu Photo Source:youtube.com   The recent Covid-19 lockdown period had given musicians in ,particular and the general public in general to engage themselves to devote ample time to novel creations as time was accessible in abundance. The joint Aluth Iskole perception of Mariyazelle GUNATILAKE,Kelum SRIMAL,UPALI Sannasgala and Mahesh Denipitiya linking seventy five artistes and singers was very admirable which was a booming triumph. Correspondingly the aspiration of dream star season 2  Upekha Nirmanai de Silva daughter of acclaimed ‘Jolly Seeya”alias Chandu de Silva,too which had been lingering in her mind for sometime to form a female band with a talented foursome, first of its kind in Sri Lanka, was able to get off the blocks in establishing a dynamic foursome with spicy pods in Erandi Madushika Ranaweera, Shashika Madushani Herath and Nirasha Natalie ...

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INDIKA UPAMALI EFFERVERSCENT THREE DECADE VOYAGE IN CELEBRITY, SENIOR LECTURER IN CHARGE OF APPIED MUSIC POSSESSING A RARE TONAL ADORNED VOICE – by Sunil Thenabadu Indika Upamali  is the well renowned singer, composer, director and a senior lecturer in the university of Visual and Performing Arts. Indika is a household name in singing circles  locally and Internationally. She is perhaps the most competent in the music field as a singer having  learnt Opera music under her Guru Deshamanya Kala Keerthi Dr Premasiri Khemadasa better known as “Khemadasa Master”. Master had explored various styles of music from around the world had successfully revolutionized  developing a unique style of music the ”Opera” music combining Sinhala folk tunes, hindustani, western and other streams of music to make compositions of a unique style adapting them to fit into more precisely to contemporary music. Opera is  form of art that relates a story through music ...

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PRATHIBA PRABHA MULTI TALENTED PHENOMINAL CELEBRITY AT THE APEX OF FAME – by Sunil Thenabadu Behind all the songs and music that we hear, there are some untold stories. Stories of those musicians who dedicated their lives to music. Stories of each of their career paths are identified by only them. In a competitive and saturated industry like music, one demands a lot of luck to thrive. What are the qualities behind the success of famous vocalists?  Prathiba Prabha Perera  is one who would certainly  thrive in this industry for her innate skill, her dedication and passion. Though Prabha had been singing over a decade her path is slow not at all in haste. Many commence music as a passion but to transform passion into a career is a path of a struggle which Prathiba Prabha  is achieving with complete dedication and hard work which is the way to stardom ...

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