VETERAN EVERGREEN RENOWNED VOCALIST PRIYA SURIYASENA FELICITATED AT THE 29th SUMATHI AWARDS CEREMONY WITH THE U.W SUMATHIPALA MEMORIAL AWARD- ONE TIME LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD – By Sunil Thenabadu Image Source :  wikipedia Priya Suriyasena was born on 27 October 1944.His name was popularly made to be known as Priya Suriyasena by Premakeerthi de Alwis as a popular artiste he considered should have a musical name. Priya first emerged as a talented local singer with the guidance of his father Jamis Appuhamy who was a poet a resident of an upcountry middle class family in Nattandiya in the Puttalam district. Priya was the only son among four siblings. He had acquired hereditary affiliations in art from his father who was involved in arts as a poet of repute,His mother was A.M. Podi Menike a typical housewife .Priya has had his primary education in Nattandiya Primary school and the Secondary education GCE O/L ...

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RAINI CHARUKA RENOWNED VOCALIST, ACTRESS, PERFORMER, ENTREPRENUER IN AN EFFERVERSCENT VOYAGE – By Sunil Thenabadu Image Source : srilankamirror Excelling as a musician takes practice and demands opportunities – not just lucky genes. This quote is partly true when the career of Raini Goonatilleke  is taken into importance. Raini may have undoubtedly inherited hereditary affiliations from her parental duo who are acclaimed vocalists for decades. But to be successful one has to have the dire passion which obviously possessed by her. Even if you’re privileged enough to belong to a family that includes musicians, you would still need to study, practice, and get expertise guidance to sing to precision, which propel vocalists towards resounding and  booming accomplishments. “ Turn IT AROUND THROUGH THE POWER OF MUSIC FEATURING Sri Lankan Raini By the Director of UN SGD ACTION GROUP Marina Ponti” The empahsis is already laid as millions of people are DEMONSTRATING ACROSS the ...

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RAINI CHARUKA RENOWNED VOCALIST, ACTRESS, PERFORMER, ENTREPRENUER IN AN EFFERVERSCENT VOYAGE – By Sunil Thenabadu Image Source : srilankamirror Excelling as a musician takes practice and demands opportunities – not just lucky genes. This quote is partly true when the career of Raini Goonatilleke  is taken into importance. Raini may have undoubtedly inherited hereditary affiliations from her parental duo who are acclaimed vocalists for decades. But to be successful one has to have the dire passion which obviously possessed by her. Even if you’re privileged enough to belong to a family that includes musicians, you would still need to study, practice, and get expertise guidance to sing to precision, which propel vocalists towards resounding and  booming accomplishments. Maryon Raini Charuka Goonetillake was born in Kegalle on 10th April 1991 in the general hospital, had lived for seven months, then was moved to Mattegoda residence. At the age of 3 years she was featured on her father’s ...

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VETERAN SINGER NIHAL NELSON BIDS ADIEU AT THE AGE OF 76 YEARS – By Sunil Thenabadu Image Source : onlanka Nihal Nelson has been in the limelight of our music arena for over five decades possessing a deep bass strong voice which is a a rare singing voice, With self-confident, passion ,innate talent, commitment, patience, determination having the ability to accept criticism and rejection. Nihal like other singers tend to be a predominantly artistic individual, meaning that he is all the time creative not at all in a hurry having patience to learn allowing for self-expression. He is innovative, which means that he is usually quite a natural performer self-learning all the time without any mentor after his humble beginning. It is purely Nihal’s innate skill which he possesses for his singing capacity which is sans any hereditary affiliations.    Nihal Nelson  the singing prodigy able to sing pop, soul, balia, rhythm ...

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