Veteran singer and musician Sanath Nandasiri has handed away this morning (March 28) on the age of 81.
The President of the Sri Lanka Singers’ Affiliation Janaka Wickramasinghe introduced to the media that Sanath Nandasiri handed away at his residence as a result of extreme sickness.
He mentioned Funeral preparations could be introduced later.
One of many iconic singers in Sri Lankan music, Sanath Nandasiri can also be a music director and composer who has acquired a number of awards for his compositions in a profession spanning greater than six a long time.
In 1974, he launched his first solo live performance ‘Swarna Kundala’ which was later carried out for greater than 250 live shows. In 1979, he recorded his first full album with the identical title of his live performance. This included his well-liked songs “Kisiwak Nokiyana” and “Egodaha Kandey”.
After that he recorded three main albums for Singlanka 1980 and 1981 which included a few of his best-known songs comparable to “Eka Yayata Mal” and “Mama Nam Asayi”. As well as, he has recorded songs for movies most notably beneath the music course of Premasiri Khemadasa.
In 2016, Sanath Nandasiri was appointed because the Chancellor of the College of the Visible and Performing Arts, following the demise of late veteran musician Pandith Amaradeva.
He was the the third Chancellor of the College of the Visible and Performing Arts, and as a veteran musician had served as a Head of the Division of the Institute of Aesthetic Research and because the first Dean of the College of Music of the College of the Visible and Performing Arts.
He was honoured with an honorary professorship as a tribute to his excellent contribution to the sphere of inventive music in Sri Lankan.
In 2018, a ceremony was held on the Western Province Aesthetic College Resort Auditorium to pay homage to Prof. Sanath Nandasiri with a live performance titled ‘Ninnada 2018 Thunpath Rata Swara Dehana’.
Through the occasion, then President Maithripala Sirisena offered a particular honorary award to Nandasiri.
In 2019, a set of 100 lyrics and chords of Nandasiri’s songs titled “Rasanandaya”, was launched on the Sri Lanka Basis Institute.
In the identical 12 months, he was honoured with the “Janabhimani” Honorary Award on the Bandaranaike Memorial Worldwide Convention Corridor (BMICH).
