Inheriting the tradition
Uvindu Illeperuma
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Vishradha
Sadana Ranathunga |
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Sadana’s mother Daya Hemantha
and grandmother Wasantha Sandanayake |
Being a digit of a family chain which did a yeoman service to nourish
Sri Lankan arts Visharadha Sadana Ranathunga is going to hold a concert
to revive the contribution.
“My father is Shanthi Abeysekara who was a film director and my
grandmother Kalasuri Wasantha Sandanayake who is reputed as the
Uthuwankande Kokilawiya. So music is injected into my blood naturally.
It is my duty to add more value to what my family did on behalf of Sri
Lankan music,” Sadana said.
This year she will launch a CD album which includes the songs sung by
her family along with hers.
“The songs and music of our family should be protected otherwise they
will be purloined by the unfavorable elements in the sector for monetary
gains. So this preservation should be done immediately. I don’t want
other people to claim the values of our family,” she further said.
Sadana, in addition to her activities mainly done for the preservation
of family music, teaches music to primary students of Royal College,
Colombo.
“The main thing in my mind is the concert which is coming up this
year. That will be held in a grand scale. The organizing activities are
being done these days. The concert will be a fresh and a new experience
to Sri Lankans who love the Sinhala song,” she concluded.
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