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14 Facts About Premasiri Khemadasa

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Deshamanya Kala Keerthi Dr Premasiri Khemadasa known as "Khemadasa Master" was a Sri Lankan music composer.

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Premasiri Khemadasa combined Sinhala folk tunes, Hindustani music, Western music and many other streams of music in his compositions while adapting them to fit contemporary music.

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Premasiri Khemadasa grew up in Talpitiya, Wadduwa and attended St John's College Panadura and then Sri Sumangala College Panadura.

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Premasiri Khemadasa was self-taught, learning how to play on cheap bamboo flutes when he was only 6 years old.

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Premasiri Khemadasa was asked to come to the Radio Ceylon for an interview on the day he was scheduled to take his Senior School Certificate examination.

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Premasiri Khemadasa finished the examination much ahead of time and travelled to the audition.

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Premasiri Khemadasa passed the audition and became a member of Radio Ceylon.

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Premasiri Khemadasa then began collaborating with acclaimed director Lester James Peries handling the music for films like Golu Hadawatha and Nidhanaya.

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Lately Premasiri Khemadasa has given his contribution to films such as Agnidahaya and very recently to Ammavarune, the last film by Lester James Peiris who has announced his retirement.

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Premasiri Khemadasa has composed music for films produced outside Sri Lanka.

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Premasiri Khemadasa's cantata named Pirinivan Mangalya, probably the only Buddhist cantata ever composed, was based on the death of the Lord Buddha and it was played at his funeral by the students of the Khemadasa Foundation.

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Premasiri Khemadasa is the only known Sri Lankan musician who practised and created opera.

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Premasiri Khemadasa has a large group of students many of whom were derived from rural milieus and trained for performing in his operas.

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Premasiri Khemadasa's operas, being written in Sinhalese, form what can be recognised as Sinhalese opera.