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Abeywardena Balasuriya

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1785: 279:, an icon in Sri Lankan music. Some of the other popular members of the family include, Nirmala Ranatunga, Kumar Pieirs, Manoj Peiris, and Sakunthala Peiris. Sakunthala worked at Veritas Radio in Manila. Manoj Peiris is a renowned tabla player and musician of Sri Lanka. Nirmala Ranatunga is also a singer who was married to late Wijeratne Ranatunga, a prominent tabla player. Nirmala's daughter Sewwandi Ranathunga is also a singer. 407:
2013, the patriotic song series sung by the Abeywardena and Niranjala was released under the name "Ran Divaina" at 4.00 pm at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute. It is the first time that a duo has released a CD of sixteen patriotic songs. The song collection was to be released in 2008 for the 60th Independence Diamond Jubilee, but they could not finish the job as Abeywardena got sick.
351:. Apart from that, he also provided articles for newspapers. His song "Piyanani Ma Nawatha Upannoth" is a song that has been firmly established in the field of Sinhala music. Some of his other popular hits include: "Anurādhapuraya Obayi", "Man Næthidā Mē Raṭa", "Avasan Husma Poda", "Bhavayen Bhavē", "Oba Maṭa Mal Kækulaki" (with 295:
He started his music career as a vocalist at Sarasvathi Mandapaya. On 29 January 1963, he passed the singing examination conducted by Navaka Mandala program under the guidance of Amara Bandu Rupasinghe and Elmo Fernando. However, in the meantime, his father was died and halted musical career. Then in
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To commemorate the 66th birth anniversary of the Abeywardena Balasooriya, a musical show titled "Thun Path Rata" was held on 9 March 2011 at 6 pm at John de Silva theatre. During the show, a CD comprises 20 tracks, titled "Apa Gayu Prem Ge Gee" sung Abeywardena-Niranjala was launched. On 12 July
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In his late years, he had a nervous breakdown and had difficulty speaking. He died on 26 March 2010 at the age of 63 while receiving treatment in ICU at the Colombo National hospital. His remains laid at his residence at No. 38, Yahampath Mawatha, Maharagama. The funeral took place at the
398:(1999). Also along with his wife, twelve CDs titled "Abey-Niranjala Vishista Gee" have also been launched. In 2006, he performed his maiden musical concert 'Tira'. After the popularity of the concert, he toured across the island as well as many foreign countries. 300:. In the program, he sang his first solo, "Kavurudo Kavurudo". Since then, he voiced several popular songs for the lyrics made by Sunil Ariyaratne, Ajantha Ranasinghe and Premakeerthi de Alwis. He also participated in many radio musical programs such as 378:
where the program won the Vijiya Rupavahini Sammana Award for the best television program in 1987. Apart from that, Abeywardena took part in the International Record and Music Publishing Market fiesta representing the television.
268:. His father, Kandappuhami was a harmonium player. In mid 1960s, he worked in the Air Force. When the job became a barrier to the singing career, he left the army and joined the Paddy Marketing Board as a technical officer. 255:
musician, playback singer, writer and a television program producer. An A-grade singer with a career spanned more than three decades, Abeywardena made a vital contribution to the music field of Sri Lanka.
374:. Then he became the director and producer of the show. The program became very popular among the public and one of the iconic musical programs in Sri Lanka. Then in 1985, he produced the program 2262: 1325: 768: 1192: 2272: 2282: 272: 1092: 275:’s (SLBC) "Upuli" album. Niranjala is the younger sister of veteran songstress Malkanthi Nandasiri. Malkanthi is married to Prof. 1242: 367: 2206: 1399: 265: 88: 359:), "Nohan̆ḍan Sūriya Kānthā" (with Indrani Bogoda), "Kumbuke Liden" (with Nirmala Ranatunga), and "Kīra Palā Dalu" (with 1295: 935: 793: 370:
was established, M.J. Perera who was the Chairman of the Rupavahini invited Abeywardena to produce the musical program
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at 4 p.m. on 31 March 2010. With the demise of Abeywardena, his wife Niranjala has also retired from singing.
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He was born on 9 March 1947 in Mugunuwatawana, Chilaw, Sri Lanka. He completed education from
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1966, he joined SLBC and became an A grade singer. He participated his first radio program,
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He was married to a fellow singer, Nirajala Sarojani. He met Niranjala while singing in for
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Meanwhile, he attained a scholarship to Germany. In 1982, when
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He later sang the song "Isuru Devindu" in the film 2119: 1948: 1792: 1357: 208: 198: 190: 157: 125: 117: 94: 84: 76: 57: 35: 23: 1143:"Death of popular vocalist Abeywardena Balasuriya" 323:In 1976 he became a playback singer with the film 794:"In memory of Abeywardena Balasuriya March 24th" 1011:"Niranjala reveals the reason for the silence" 1319: 1243:"Nandana Vindana with the beauty of the past" 881:"'I was mesmerised with the music he played'" 8: 738: 736: 734: 382:In 1991, he released his first music album 1326: 1312: 1304: 936:"Manoj Pieris: The lovable star tunesmith" 20: 1193:"Nandana Vindana looking back these days" 1062: 1060: 1058: 1056: 414: 905: 903: 901: 730: 822: 820: 818: 816: 814: 144:Sewwandi Ranathunga (cousin daughter) 850: 848: 7: 2263:20th-century Sri Lankan male singers 773:Department of Government Information 146:Anuradha Nandasiri (cousin daughter) 138:Wijeratne Ranatunga (brother-in-law) 134:Malkanthi Nandasiri (sister-in-law) 1168:"Memory of Abeywardena Balasuriya" 273:Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation 142:Sakunthala Peiris (sister-in-law) 14: 136:Nirmala Ranatunga (sister-in-law) 1783: 368:Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation 1296:Songs of Abeywardena Balasuriya 16:Sri Lankan musician (1947–2010) 243:(9 March 1947 – 26 March 2010 1: 2207:Saman Chandranath Weerasinghe 1400:Chandra Kumara Kandanarachchi 140:Manoj Peiris (brother-in-law) 1068:"Death of a gifted musician" 2273:Sri Lankan playback singers 2299: 2283:People from British Ceylon 266:St. Mary's College, Chilaw 89:St. Mary's College, Chilaw 1781: 1405:Chandrasena Hettiarachchi 1339: 485:Hariyanakota Ohama Thamai 248: 231: 150: 30: 2011:Lakshman Joseph de Saram 1218:"TV workers who left us" 339:as well as in the films 2081:Shihan Mihiranga Bennet 1865:Mariazelle Goonetilleke 1705:Shihan Mihiranga Bennet 911:"A quiet, loving voice" 241:Abeywardena Balasuriya 2182:Madawala S. 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Index

Chilaw
Colombo
St. Mary's College, Chilaw
Sanath Nandasiri
Pop
soul
rhythm and blues
Classical music
Sinhala
Sri Lankan
St. Mary's College, Chilaw
Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation
Sanath Nandasiri
Borella cemetery
Sujatha Aththanayaka
Nanda Malini
Indrani Perera
Chandrika Siriwardena
Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation
Madol Duwa
Duhulu Malak
Veera Puran Appu



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