{"id":147610,"date":"2025-01-18T04:57:11","date_gmt":"2025-01-18T04:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=147610"},"modified":"2025-01-18T04:57:11","modified_gmt":"2025-01-18T04:57:11","slug":"dr-premasiri-khemadasa-emperor-of-sri-lankan-opera-who-revolutionised-music-in-sri-lanka-reminisced-on-87th-birth-anniversary-by-sunil-thenabadu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/dr-premasiri-khemadasa-emperor-of-sri-lankan-opera-who-revolutionised-music-in-sri-lanka-reminisced-on-87th-birth-anniversary-by-sunil-thenabadu\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr Premasiri Khemadasa Emperor of Sri Lankan Opera who revolutionised music in Sri Lanka reminisced on 87th birth anniversary &#8211; By Sunil Thenabadu"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Dr Premasiri Khemadasa Emperor of Sri Lankan Opera who revolutionised music in Sri Lanka reminisced on 87th birth anniversary &#8211; By Sunil Thenabadu<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/premasirikhemadasa.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-147611 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/premasirikhemadasa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/pk-top-slider-1.jpg\" alt=\"kemadasa master\" width=\"411\" height=\"406\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Image Source :\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/premasirikhemadasa.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">premasirikhemadasa.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-104258 size-thumbnail alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Sunil-Thenabadu-411x400-1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"sunil Thenabadu\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>The testimony that music induces sensation is apparent. Certain melodies are embedded in our memories for ever. The power and the ability to change us and modify the world is always linked with a soundtrack of one genre or another. Music is a lustrous light that enters through the ears , routes through the body, similar to \u00a0blood that streams inside its veins.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">When times get rough, the music carries us through the darkest of nights, like a narrow boat drifting off at sea through a cloud of\u00a0indecision. For over fifty years of composing Dr Premasiri Khemadasa fused Sri Lankan folk elements, Indian ragas, and western classical forms into glorious melodies that captured the deepest longings of the people who shaped his life. His fusion of several genres of music was unique to native Sri Lanka and the whole world too. Many foreign musicians in many parts of the world had endorsed his musical elements to be captured by counterparts in overseas countries too having never stopped creating music which was comparable to a duck taking to water.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eF80w9gM-eo?si=KqhFaY-fCfC-6y4e\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Young Khemadasa Perera born on January 27th\u00a01938 in the village Talpitiya in Wadduwa, as the last child in a family of \u00a0thirteen siblings, Father was Simon and Mother Allen Perera had been brought up with many odds with severe financial constraints\u00a0 Khemadasa has had his education at St. John\u2019s College Panadura and\u00a0 at Sri Sumangala College Panadura.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Father Simon Khemadasa had expired when he was only seven years which left mother a huge burden to bring up the family which she was able to meet with the meagre income received from a few milking cows. To consolidate the family income the eldest brother had commenced weaving mats, having left school early after a conflict with the Principal had travelled in the Fort bound trains playing the \u2018bamboo \u00a0flute \u2018gifted to him \u00a0to earn an additional income.\u00a0 Khemadasa has had a passion and lust for music\u00a0 when he was only six years old.\u00a0 He was determined to pursue a career in music by learning to blow the flute.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9ixZjqSj7K4?si=srlnbyDMbOCmG2hu\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Khemadasa is the only known Sri Lankan musician who practised the crafted opera. His famous operas include \u2018Manasawila\u2019, \u2018Doramandalawa\u2019 and \u2018Sondura Varnadasi\u2019. Everything about Khemadasa is drawn in grandmaster strokes., harmonising instrumental music with human sounds. His pioneering effort was effective in his very first Sinhala opera \u2018Kalemal\u2019, which was a significant element in his career. Perhaps the most salient feature of Khemadasa\u2019s music is the use of western classical music with\u00a0 use of \u2018folk \u2018rhythms\u2019. He had affirmed that Music doesn\u2019t lie. \u2018If there\u2019s something to be changed in this world, then it could happen through music\u2019. \u00a0His Opera\u2019s began to change in the Classical music to unique intensity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">For Khemadasa his large-scale operas have been some of the most successful ventures in Sri Lankan culture. He wrote groundbreaking musical scores for over 150 films, including many of with Sri Lanka\u2019s signature, internationally acclaimed classical films. He also wrote music for an award-winning BBC documentary In the Agni opera, you can listen to a one-and-half-hour musical performance giving the impression of a gigantic epic theatre because of its huge sonic canvas. Each new melody, harmony and rhythmic change is monumental and there is nothing to compare with it in the contemporary musical marvel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">He has successfully conducted his music in Beijing, Paris, Prague and Vienna. He received dozens of awards for his contribution to the music of his country. As a philanthropist and educator, Khemadasa started the Khemadasa Foundation to train young adults in music free of charge as he did not want poor children to deprive of learning. His students came from small villages all over the island. Even now it is still in existence run by his wife and daughters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Khemadasa\u2019s debut as a film composer came with Sirisena Wimalaweera\u2019s \u2018Roddie Kella\u2019. With his musical score for \u2018Bambaru Ewith\u2019, he introduced a style of music unacquainted with Sri Lankan cinema until then. He then began collaborating with acclaimed director Lester James Peries handling the music for films like \u2018Golu Hadawatha\u2019 and \u2018Nidhanaya\u2019. Dr. Khemadasa\u2019s contribution to teledramas also brought outstanding masterpieces to the public. \u00a0In collaborating with director Jayantha Chandrasiri has turned out remarkable ventures whereas the themes he created for Chandrasiri\u2019s television series \u2018Dandubasnamanaya\u2019 had shown unprecedented power of captivating.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9H7koJz05o4?si=CtGVc2L-n-TfE6aR\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">There\u2019s something universal about the creative arts that\u2019s good for health, and mental health. Visual arts, drama, literature, and music, despite their differences, all have some things in common which make us feel, provide meaning, accelerate reflection, and bring us all together. Music connects us; one soul to another. When we move to the same rhythm, we momentarily live in harmony. In all societies, a primary function of music is collective and communal, to bring and bind people together. Khemadasa was a vigilant inspired force swayed via humanism, which lay deep in his heart. A repertoire of scores written for teledramas including \u2018Weda Hamine\u2019, \u2018Sathara denek. Senpathiyo\u2019, \u2018Akala Sandiya\u2019,\u00a0 \u2018Gangulen Egodata\u2019, \u2018Ella Langa Aalawwa\u2019 \u2018Pura Sakmana\u2019 and \u2018Asalwesiyo\u2019, \u2018Sadisi Tharanaya\u2019 \u2018Bambaru Ewith\u2019. stage play \u2018Fiddler on the Roof\u2019, \u2019Angara Ganga\u2019 \u00a0and \u2018Aesop\u2019 bestowed the public with memorable musical familiarities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">As a philanthropist and educator Khemadasa started the Khemadasa Foundation to train young adults in music free of charge to which students came from small villages across the country,The foundation continues through the efforts his wife Latha and his two daughters Anupa and Gayathri.A state funeral was accorded to him when he died in year 2008 when thousands of mourners from all religions, ethnic groups \u00a0and classes paid respects.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZyuzxEvw4Ns?si=2joCIsF9eMJ-mfYA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The bottom line is that in all cultures, all over the world, music has a special place among humans, and it affects us in characteristic ways. In those times when the day seems bleak, the melody of Khemadasa guides us through the darkness to the light, which lies at the end of the tunnel. \u00a0Music\u2019s power is undisputable. It is used to evoke every emotion. It has been used to rally patriotism in times of war, as anthems of change during protests, as lullabies at bedtime, as remembrances at funerals, to calm us in turmoil, and as a refuge from the chaos of the world around us. It is hard to believe that another Dr Khemasiri Premadasa would ever be born in the world. \u00a0May he attain Supreme Bliss of Nirvana.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><b><i>Sunil Thenabadu in Brisbane<\/i><\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><b><i>email\u00a0<\/i><\/b><b><a id=\"m_4258737522774494923OWA86ff8d2d-8306-b59a-a8b0-e003e274e916\" style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"mailto:sthenabadu@hotmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sthenabadu@hotmail.com<\/a><\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><b><i>WhatsApp 0061444533242<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/elanka-newsletter-sign-up\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Click here to receive your free copy of the eLanka Newsletter twice a week delivered directly\u00a0to\u00a0your\u00a0inbox!<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr Premasiri Khemadasa Emperor of Sri Lankan Opera who revolutionised music in Sri Lanka reminisced on 87th birth anniversary &#8211; By Sunil Thenabadu Image Source :\u00a0premasirikhemadasa.com The testimony that music induces sensation is apparent. 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