Amarasiri Peiris

Amarasiri Peiris
අමරසිරි පීරිස්
Origin Sri Lanka
Genres Sri Lankan music
Occupation(s) Violinist / Solo (music)-Singer,
Years active Present

Amarasiri Peiris is a Sri Lankan Musical artist who is well known as a Violinist and a Vocalist.[1]

Life and carrier

He is the son of late Albert Peiris who was a Radio Ceylon artiste of the 1940s. He studied at Buwanekaba Vidyalaya, Maharagama and the University of Visual & Performing Arts (former Heywood Institute). He joined SLBC as an A-grade violinist, and eventually, became a music conductor, a music controller and, at the time of his retirement, he worked as the Director, Music at SLBC. Peiris is an awarded Singer in Sri Lanka[2] and he still performs on stage.[3] His first popular song is Landune which was composed by maestro Premasiri Khemadasa. And then he sang many popular songs like

  • Hanthanata Payana Sanda
  • Oba Apple Malak Wage
  • Mage Punchi Rosa Male
  • Ape Ahinsaka Adare
  • Sanduda Awadiyen.[4][5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The role of an artiste is a hallowed one".
  2. ↑ "Hiru golden film awards".
  3. ↑ "kelani-cables-welfare-society-presents-prabhanandaya".
  4. ↑ "Amarasiri Peiris' Hanthanata Payana Sanda".
  5. ↑ "Let your heartstrings dance".
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