In fact, many of the traditions, festivals, and even the day-to-day lives of Sri Lankans reveal to the world the significant bond they have with Sri Lankan music. Music has always been an integral part of the Sri Lankan culture. A state funeral was held by the government, followed by a week of national mourning.W D Amaradeva, the Wonderful Maestro of Sri Lankan Music! He was a prominent Sri Lankan vocalist, violinist and composer. In 1972, Amaradeva composed the music for the Maldivian National Anthem (Gaumii salaam) at the request of Maldivian Government.Īmaradeva died at the age of 88 on 3 November 2016 due to heart failure. The University of Kelaniya conferred on him the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Fine Arts) Honoris Causa in 1991 and the University of Ruhuna and University of Peradeniya conferred on him the Degree of Doctor of Letters, Honoris Causa in 19. He has also represented Sri Lanka in many forums including the UNESCO 1967 Manila Symposium. Notably he still remains the most popular artist as confirmed by Nielsen Media Research findings. In 2003 the French government awarded him the prestigious honour Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. Īmaradeva received numerous awards, including the Philippine Ramon Magsaysay Award (2001), Indian Padma Sri Award (2002) and Sri Lankan "President's Award of Kala Keerthi" (1986) and Deshamanya Award (1998). Jayaratne, Sunil Edirisinghe and Gunadasa Kapuge etc. His work was vital in the creation of the "sarala gee" genre practised subsequently by artists like Sanath Nandasiri, Victor Ratnayake, T.M. In doing so, he created a uniquely Sinhalese music style that stayed true to folk tradition while incorporating outside influences. Noting that it mostly revolved around a single melody, he decided to add verses that would lead up to the central melody which would now be a chorus thus forming two parts (unseen earlier in traditional Sri Lankan music) removing restrictions that had existed earlier. In the mid-1950s, Amaradeva in his Janagayana project consulted experts of the Kandyan dance tradition like Panibharatha, Kiriganita, Gunamala, Ukkuva and Suramba in his path to understand what constituted Sinhala folk music. Philippine Ramon Magsaysay Award (2001), Indian Padma Sri Award (2002), President's Award of Kala Keerthi (1986), Doctor of Philosophy (Fine Arts) Honoris Causa (University of Kelaniya - 1991), The Degree of Doctor of Letters (University of Ruhuna - 1993), Honorary degree of Doctor of Letters (University of Peradeniya) (1998), Deshamanya (1998), Sri Lankabhimanya (2017) , Chancellor of the University of the Visual and Performing Arts
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