Amarasiri Peiris
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Amarasiri Peiris අමරසිරි පීරිස් | |
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| Origin | Sri Lanka |
| Genres | Sri Lankan music |
| Occupation | 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 my 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]
