Egodahage George Wilfred Alwis Samarakoon (13 January 1911 – 2 April 1962) known as Ananda Samarakoon was a Sri Lankan (Sinhalese) composer and musician. He composed the Sri Lankan national anthem "Namo Namo Matha" and is considered the father of artistic Sinhala music and founder of the modern Sri Lankan Sinhala Geeta Sahitya (Song Literature).[1] He committed suicide in 1962.
Egodahage George Wilfred Alwis Samarakoon (13 January 1911 – 2 April 1962) known as AnandaSamarakoon was a Sri Lankan (Sinhalese) composer and musician...
politician Samarakoon Mudiyanselage Ranjith, another Sri Lankan politician AnandaSamarakoon (1911 – 1962), a Sri Lankan musician Lahiru Samarakoon (born 1997)...
the national anthem of Sri Lanka. "Sri Lanka Matha" was composed by AnandaSamarakoon and was originally titled "Namo Namo Matha" ("Salute! Salute! Motherland")...
Denna in the Poya day television serial Sitha Nivana Katha directed by Ananda Abenayake. In 2000 she appeared in the serial Kahala Nadaya directed by...
"Mr. AnandaSamarakoon. - e-thaksalawa". e-thaksalawa.moe.gov.lk. Archived from the original on October 24, 2021. Retrieved October 14, 2021. "Ananda Samarakoon...
Walawwe Gretien Ananda Abeykoon (Sinhala: ග්රේෂන් ආනන්ද; 15 March 1957 – 29 December 2010), also as Gration Ananda or Greshan Ananda, was a Sri Lankan...
released through Radio Ceylon. Songwriters like Mahagama Sekara and AnandaSamarakoon and musicians such as W. D. Amaradeva, Victor Ratnayake, Nanda Malini...
Anuradha Perera is also a popular singer. He completed his education at Ananda College.[citation needed] He was married to Dinesha Perera and they had...
of western and Indian proliferation in music, composer and singer AnandaSamarakoon emerged from training at Rabindranath Tagore's school at Shanthiketalan...
to have been written by Rabindranath Tagore and later composed by AnandaSamarakoon in 1940 before the island nation's independence from the British....
School. Some artistes were launched in their respective careers. AnandaSamarakoon lived and worked with Chitrasena and created the National Anthem whilst...
day-to-day tasks like harvesting and sowing. Concerning popular music, AnandaSamarakoon developed the reflective and poignant Sarala gee style with his work...
Wasantha Sandanayake Music directors Allen Ratnayake W. D. Amaradeva AnandaSamarakoon Bibiladeniye Mahanama R. A. Chandrasena Clarence Wijewardena Dilup...
Film Song Composer(s) Writer(s) Co-artist(s) 1955 Seda Sulang Sri Lanka Matha Ma Susarla Dakshinamurthi AnandaSamarakoon Idiriyata Yamu Mohideen Baig...
friends Premakirthi de Alwis, Sunil Ariyaratne, K.D.K Dharmawardena, R.R. Samarakoon, Chintana Jayasena and Bandara K. Wijetunga, Victor decided to attempt...
The couple has one son and three daughters. His son Luckshitha studied at Ananda College and learned music from Lionel Ranwala. Luckshitha pursued his PhD...
national anthem of Sri Lanka. This song was collected by his student Mr. AnandaSamarakoon and M. Nallathamby translated in Tamil language. Other Asian writers...
career started along with Indrachapa Liyanage and his schoolmates from Ananda College in the year 2000. His mother was highly supportive of his musical...
Wasantha Sandanayake Music directors Allen Ratnayake W. D. Amaradeva AnandaSamarakoon Bibiladeniye Mahanama R. A. Chandrasena Clarence Wijewardena Dilup...
The clock tower was erected by D. Simon Samarakoon, in the memory of his parents Cornelis Wijewickrema Samarakoon and his wife. The foundation stone for...
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