18th of May 2019 marks the 11th death anniversary of Dr. Lionel Algama. The renowned, gifted and multifaceted musician, innovator of musical instruments, teacher, conductor and composer of music passed away on the 18th of May 2008. He was 74 years old at the time of his demise after a brief illness.
In the name of Allah, the Gracious the Merciful
I have a little prayer, for you the greatest of all
The violin as known to many is the baby of string musical instrument family with four strings with tuned notes G, D, A and E played with a bow. Violin is the baby of the string family but like babies make the deepest sounds. The violin is the smallest and highest pitched stringed instrument typically used in western music. A person who plays the violin is called a violinist. One of the most sought after and accomplished violinists in Sri Lanka is well accredited Thushani Jayawardena. Having commenced on this inimitable journey as a toddler when she was crawling, as her father was a reputed violinist Asoka Jayawardena formerly at SLBC orchestra. For her sixth birthday she was queried to choose between a piano or a violin. She had opted for violin from that date her life has revolved around playing the violin. She is now a very competent violinist on precisely pressing down the strings to change the pitch, while her right hand moves the bow or plucks the strings. The violin sometimes called the” fiddler” is exclusively accessible when speaking about folk music.
Popular singer Anjalin Gunathilaka has passed away at the age of 79.
Asoka Handagama’s latest movie Asandhimitta will be coming to cinemas of CEL, Ridma, Scope at Colombo City Center and to a few centers of EAP for limited engagement with limited shows from 22nd March. The lead actress of this movie Nilmini Sigera won the Yakushi Pearl Award for the ‘Most Brilliant Performer’ at the 14th Osaka Asian Film Festival concluded recently on in Osaka, japan. Asandhimitta was programmed under main competition of OAFF, with movies from Korea, Hong-Kong, China, India, Japan, Vietnam, Philippine and Taiwan. The role in Asandhimitta was Nilmini’s first appearance in big screen.
On the 30th September 2004, 14 years ago Sri Lanka’s heroic epoch era of Sinhala cinema died, alongside with the sudden demise of legendary film personality and politician it was comparable to the shutting down of the screen of the Sinhala cinema where he stood very tall for nearly three decades dominating in many spheres spaced out from his unique, distinctive and in his own inimitable styles of acting.
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