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Amara Ranatunga

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6 December 2007, a completed cd album produced by Vijitha Trade Centre label known as "Udumbara" in 2008. felicitation ceremony "Maha Re Yame, Dayaratna-Amara Abhinandana" was held at 6.30 p.m. at BMICH. On 17 August 2011, a CD containing new songs was released at 5 pm in the Ananda Samarakoon studio of the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation. On that day, Yapa Bandara Seneviratne's book "Sinhala Sangeethaye Dayaratne Ranatunga Suvipul Siyatsara" was also released.
271:(born as Ranatunga Arachchige Dayarathna Ranatunga) where they got registered on 8 August 1963 and celebrated wedding on 30 January 1964. Dayarathna was born on 29 October 1940 as the youngest child to a family of six in Nawala, Nugegoda. His father Charles Peter Ranatunga was a school principal and his mother Dona Maslin Kolombage was a housewife. He completed education from 279:(SLBC). In 1969, Dayarathna joined with SLBC as the first Producer in the Music Unit where he was promoted as the Head of Department - Controller of Sinhala Music in 1978. Dayarathna's elder sister, Somalatha Ranatunga is also a singer. Dayarathna's maternal uncle D. M. Kolambage was the first Sinhala announcer at the Radio Ceylon. 306:. She got the opportunity to sing in a play after recognizing Ananda Sarath Wimalaweera and U. A. S. Perera in her college days, who were involved in the radio service during this period. She got the opportunity of singing according to the music of the musician Lionel Edirisinghe, and playing a role in the play 393:
In 1997, to commemorate the 55th Independence of India, the Indian Government awarded "Bharatha Mithra" to the Amara and her husband Dayarathna. From 1997 to 2001, Dayarathna and Amara became lecturers on North Indian Classical music in the Ethno Musicology Department at the California University. On
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In 1986, she started her career in music professionally. Due to her excellence in the field of classical research music, she also became its Head of Department and later promoted to professor in 1995. For her doctorate, she composed own classical melodies for 34 Hindi lyrics and 10 Sinhala songs. Her
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While in the school in 1952, Amara joined Heywood and mastered classical music under B. S. Wijeratne. Both Amara and Dayarathna began studying classical music at the age of twelve. Dayarathna was the first male student of Heywood, whereas Amara was the first female student. At the end of the six-year
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Amara was born on 22 August 1939 in Batuwatta, Gampaha as the fifth child of the family with eleven siblings. Her father, Don Wiyolis Kasthuriarachchi was the Head Master of the Hanwella Primary School. Her mother, Dona Alpinona Meegahapola was a housewife. Her father was from Batuwatta and her
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On 16 October 2018, Amara died at the age of 79 while receiving treatment at a private hospital for a heart attack. Her remains were brought to the University of the Visual & Performing Arts at 1.00 pm and later the final rites were held at the Borella General Cemetery on 18 October 2018.
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course at the Heywood College of Music, Amara and Dayaratne got teaching appointments at the age of 18. Amara was appointed to the Meegoda Central College and Dayaratne received the appointment at Richmond College, Galle. She continued to work as a teacher for 43 years.
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produced by the program 'Lama Uyana' presented by Sarath Wimalaweera. She was an artist in the "Lama Uyana" program in 1948-49 and soon sang a motherly song under the scholar B. S. Wijeratne. In 1950, she had the opportunity to act in Wasantha Kumara's play
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mother was from Mathugama. She was educated at Hanwella Primary School and later attended to Hanwella Rajasinghe Central College. She played netball and attended other activities at school including learning ballet under maestro Wasantha Kumara.
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in India. After returning to Sri Lanka in 1964, she worked as a lecturer at the Government College of Music on 1 February. Meanwhile, she became a graduate of the
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The couple has two sons: Nanditha Sarada, Pulasthi Indika and a daughter, Kumudumathie Rupashika. Their son, Pulasthi sang the song
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with mother Amara at the age of eight. Nanditha is married to Sadhana Abeysekara, who is the granddaughter of late songstress
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She started her singing career at the age of eight or ten with the first song
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and later served as the Head of the Department of Aesthetics at the
533: 290:. Sadhana's sister, Supriya is also a popular singer in Sri Lanka. 245::අමරා රණතුංග: born 22 August 1939 – 16 October 2018), popularly as 343: 771:"The seniors are not silent, But people do not hear their voices" 417:"The unbroken bridge between classical music and classical music" 350:, Amara also served as its Professor and Head of the Department. 915: 919: 746:"Veteran singer Amara Ranthunge passed away at the age of 79" 358:. Later, she sang several popular classical songs such as 859:""It will not be able to fill that gap until I die"" 1731: 1560: 1404: 969: 374:. 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Gampaha
Colombo
Sri Lankan
Bhatkhande University
Banaras Hindu University
Dayarathna Ranatunga
Pop
soul
Indian classical music
Tanpura
Prof.
Sinhala
Sri Lanka cinema family
Dayarathna Ranatunga
Ananda Sastralaya, Kotte
Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation
Wasantha Sandanayake
Bhatkhande University
Banaras Hindu University
University of Kelaniya
Dhrupad
Ritwik Sanyal
Khyal
University of the Visual and Performing Arts



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