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Sunil Santha was a Sri Lankan composer, singer and lyricist. Known as the "Father of the Modern Sinhala Music" [1] He was pivotal in the development of Sinhala music and folk songs in the mid to late 1940s and early 1950s. [2] [3] He composed the beloved soundtracks to Lester James Peries' films Rekava and Sandesaya in 1956 and 1960. In a later ...
He was well known for establishing long time relationship with legendary musician Sunil Santha, who is known as one of the icons and pioneers of Sinhala music. He had worked as a playback singer in many Sinhala films including Sri Lanka's first Sinhala film Rekava. He died on 18 June 2018 at his home in Seeduwa at the age of 86. [2]
Some artists visited India to learn music and later started introducing light music. Ananda Samarakoon was the pioneer of this attempt also composing the Sri Lankan National Anthem. Then Sunil Santha who also did not stick to Hindustani music introduced light music of his own, influenced by the Geethika (Christian hymns) tradition of Sri Lanka.
This is a list of notable Sri Lankan musicians (music artists and bands) from all genres. The musicians/bands are listed according to the alphabetical order by first name. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
After the audition Sunil Santha brought Amaradewa to stay at Chitrasena Studios, his roommate was A. J. Ranasinghe. By chance filming of the film Ashokamala commenced nearby. Gerard J. Pieris of Moratuwa introduced Amaradeva to Mohamed Ghouse Master who was handling the music for the film and Ghouse recognising Amaradeva's skill enlisted him as ...
His first song was recorded with renowned musicians Sunil Santha and Surya Sankar Molligoda. [4] At the same time, he met his future wife Chithra Somapala. In 1946, he first sang a song with Chitra. He composed many songs to Chitra and together they sang several duets including: Yamuna Yamuna Sobana, Dambulu Gale and Sukomala Bada Lelawa.
The music and lyrics were composed by Sinhala musical pioneer Sunil Santha and Rev. Fr. Merciline Jayakody, respectively. The music director was B. S. Perera. Lyrics by Fr. Marcelline Jayakodi. Latha Walpola, Indrani Wijebandara, Sisira Senaratne and Ivor Dennis contributed vocals. Sisira Senaratne sang the main song "Olu Nelum Neliya Rangala".
Caldera was born on 19 August 1937. Completely blind at the age of 14, he attended the Seeduwa Deaf and Blind School. There, Caldera studied under maestro Sunil Shantha, who conducted classes for blind students. After leaving school, Caldera continued to learn from Shantha at his house in Dehiyagatha, Ja-Ela.