Musical show to felicitate Somasiri Medagedara
The Somasiri Medagedara Fan Foundation has organised a musical show
and a felicitation ceremony to mark three decades of music career of
Somasiri Medagedara titled Issara bendi pema sithwala suwandai -
adaraneeya Medagedara.
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It will be held at the National Youth Centre, Maharagama, on October
9 at 7 pm. Youth Affairs and Skills Development Minister Dullas
Allahapperuma will be the chief guest. Medagedara will also launch his
latest CD Pahan Vetak containing 19 songs written by popular lyricists.
Medagedara will sing 25 of his old and new songs at the show which
will be backed by the SLBC musical band led by Saman Wijesinghe. His
contemporaries such as Chandralekha Perera, and Dhammika Karunaratne and
popular singers such as Deepika Priyadharshani Peiris, Pradeepa
Dharmadasa and Sulochana Sandamali will participate in the show. His
eldest son Yasas Kantha Medagedara and daughter Yashoda Rasanjali
Medagedara will also join in singing. The show is open to the public.
Somasiri Medagedara is a popular singer who has contributed many
popular hits to Sinhala music fans during his musical career which spans
over three decades. Several songs sung by Medagedara such as
Ahinsakaviya, Obe Adarai, Issara bendi pema, Ridawan epa me tharam,
sithak bindunu pasu and asa imu api susudu wellaka are still very
popular. Even the present generation has embraced the songs due to their
sentimental value. Medagedara first entered the musical arena in 1980 as
a member of the first youth singing group set up by the National Youth
Services Council on September 1, 1980. He was also a member of the first
batch of diploma holders of fine arts (music) produced by Bellwood
Aesthetic Institute.
Medagedara is also among one of the popular artistes produced by the
National Youth Services Council along with his contemporaries such as
Shirley Vijayantha, Chandrasena Hettiarachchi and Chandralekha Perera.
He launched his maiden cassette Mmangala Yahana in 1986 and his second
cassette Ahinsakaviya in 1989 which became very popular among the fans.
Medagedara launched his third cassette Sithak Bindunu Pasu in 2000. He
reproduced his popular old hits with Sun Flowers by releasing two CDs in
2000 and 2001. His third CD Suwanda haduwak was released in 2004.
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