{"id":77325,"date":"2021-11-05T10:06:05","date_gmt":"2021-11-05T10:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=77325"},"modified":"2021-11-05T10:06:05","modified_gmt":"2021-11-05T10:06:05","slug":"remembering-dr-lionel-algama-music-maestro-on-his-13th-death-anniversary-by-sunil-thenabadu-in-brisbane-australia-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/remembering-dr-lionel-algama-music-maestro-on-his-13th-death-anniversary-by-sunil-thenabadu-in-brisbane-australia-7\/","title":{"rendered":"REMEMBERING Dr. LIONEL ALGAMA, MUSIC MAESTRO ON HIS 13TH DEATH ANNIVERSARY – by SUNIL THENABADU In Brisbane Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"

REMEMBERING Dr. LIONEL ALGAMA, MUSIC MAESTRO ON HIS 13<\/span><\/b><\/span>TH<\/span><\/sup><\/b><\/span>\u00a0DEATH ANNIVERSARY\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/span>\u00a0– by\u00a0<\/span>SUNIL THENABADU In Brisbane Australia<\/span><\/b><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/u><\/u><\/h1>\n

\"REMEMBERING<\/p>\n

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\"\"18<\/span><\/b><\/span>TH<\/span><\/sup><\/b><\/span>\u00a0OF May2021\u00a0scripts the13th death anniversary of Dr. Lionel\u00a0Algama\u00a0the renowned, gifted and multifaceted Musician, Innovator of musical instruments, Teacher, Conductor and Composer of music passed away on the 18<\/span><\/b><\/span>th<\/span><\/sup><\/b><\/span>\u00a0of May 2008. He was 74 years old at the time of his demise after a brief illness.<\/span><\/b><\/span>\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/u><\/u><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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He was a contemporary of famous musicians in the likes of legendary Dayananda Gunawardena,\u00a0Premasiri\u00a0Khemadasa\u00a0and Pandit\u00a0Amaradeva. In addition he was an acclaimed ‘A’ grade singer, in Hindustani and Bengali as well, Examiner of\u00a0music ,\u00a0‘A’ grade Instrumentalist in ballet – stage – films \u2013 Tele-drama – Director, Conductor, Inventor of the original instrument called the ‘Soorthar’ and then the more sophisticated ‘Sree\u00a0Veena’.<\/span><\/b><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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He successfully wrote two theses for his doctorate, the first of which was Teaching of Music and the other was Development of the Chordophones in East and West in the years 1978\u00a0and\u00a0 1979.<\/span><\/b><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"REMEMBERING \u00a0 \u00a0The final perfected product of the “Sree Veena” was completed only in\u00a01994\u00a0 He\u00a0possessed\u00a0 a\u00a0prodigious knack for combining sounds and the \u2018Sree Veena\u2019 could bring out the combined sounds of many instruments and it could be utilized for a solo recital without any other musical\u00a0instruments.<\/span><\/b><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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He is a native of Siyane Korale in the Gampaha District. He had his primary education at Veyangoda Central. His father, a wealthy businessman Jinadasa Perera,\u00a0who\u00a0ran his own theatrical company mainly for<\/span><\/b><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>amateurs. It was a\u00a0monotonous\u00a0every evening for artistes to conduct rehearsals at their residence. Having identified his talents and interest in this creative field at his tender age of 20 years in 1955, his father a person of means sent him to\u00a0Visva\u00a0Bharathi University, West Bengal,\u00a0Shantiniketan\u00a0to complete a degree in Music.\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Having studied Bengali and Hindustani he became an important member of the broadcasting team of the University as an instrumentalist during the tenure of his course. As he grew in stature as a musician he evolved with time, his own distinctive inimitable style of composing music for Ballet, Tele-drama, Stage plays and Films.<\/span><\/b><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"REMEMBERINGHe was always interested in experimenting with sounds and instruments. Eventually, he invented the ‘Soothar’ which as basically the blending of sounds produced by\u00a0Sithar, Hawaiian guitar, Sarod, Santoor, Harp and\u00a0Goothawadyam. Besides his own “Soothar” he had mastered the\u00a0Sithar, Sarod, Harmonium, Piano, Organ,\u00a0Mendolin,\u00a0Tennor, Banjo, Guitar, Esraj,\u00a0Torshani, Santoor, Violin and\u00a0Tablano\u00a0which no other musician in Sri Lanka is\u00a0competent \u00a0who\u00a0could have challenged the Maestro. Even today it is difficult for any famous musician to live up to his standards in playing such a range of musical instruments so eloquently.\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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He was a gifted and the best innovator Sri Lanka had ever produced, It is unfortunate that his contribution to the field of\u00a0music had not been the due recognition by the administrators in Aesthetic music, He excelled at classical and jazz concerts and Ballets in New Delhi, Calcutta, Bombay, Benares, Jaipur and Pakistan between the years 1955 1959.These recitals were applauded, hailed and appreciated by numerous types of audiences.<\/span><\/b><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"REMEMBERINGSubsequently he performed at Perth and Tasmania in Australia with the\u00a0Chitrasena\u00a0Ballet troupe, Broadcasting and T.V. Singapore in 1963. Between 1979- 1980 he performed for B.B.C. London, I.T.V. London,<\/span><\/b><\/span>\u00a0Manchester, Birmingham Camden Centre London, W.C.I., Commonwealth Institute of London,\u00a0Bharathiya\u00a0Vidya Bhawan (U.K.centre) Institute of Indian Culture London also toured all the Scandinavian countries for musical recitals and concerts.\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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He recollects his performance at the\u00a0Bharathiya\u00a0Vidya Bhawan Institute of Indian Culture, London, a\u00a0jealously guarded aristocratic preserve of high caste Indian Brahmin. He was\u00a0requested to perform before the institute’s Board of Directors and\u00a0was allowed to\u00a0perform only after passing a rehearsal. The performance was for charity. His performance fascinated the audience by keeping them spellbound.\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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From 1959 to 1989 he worked as a music teacher and he had a long stint at\u00a0Thurstan\u00a0College, Colombo as the teacher of music. He created the College theme song.\u00a0The College theme song composed by genius musician Dr Lionel\u00a0Algama\u00a0has still not been changed.<\/span><\/b><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"REMEMBERINGIn 1975 he was appointed as a Cultural Development Officer in the Ministry of Cultural Affairs. He was also entrusted with the duties as the Chief Examiner of Music, in both theory and practical at the Faculty of Aesthetic Education, University of Kelaniya. He served as a supervisor in music, Ministry of Education in the Republic of Maldives from 1983 to 1984. He was entrusted to design the North Indian Classical music syllabus for the Institute of Asian Culture, University of Windsor, Sunset Avenue, Ontario, Canada.\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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He has composed and directed music in several films, ballets, dramas produced in Sri Lanka and won awards for the Best Music directions in 1961, 1963, 1966, 1976, 1984, 1996 and 2000. The first of many films in which he made the music score was in the film “Patachara’. He was the winner of the National award for the Best Music Directions and Creations in 1995\u00a0and also\u00a0won the best Tele-drama Music Directors Award in 2000.\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The musical score and composition of the\u00a0award-winning\u00a0film “Parasathumal” produced by Chitra Balasuriya was also his. He composed music the main theme song sung by Sujatha\u00a0Attanayaka, “Parawuna\u00a0malwala\u00a0suwanda\u00a0athethe” music of was his composition, which was an\u00a0award-winning\u00a0song. The other films he directed the music were \u2018Banduramal\u2019, \u2018Pradeepaya\u00a0Mawewa\u2019,\u2019Mayurige\u00a0Kathawa\u2019, \u2018Bambara\u00a0Geethaya\u2019 and \u2018Vasanthi\u2019 etc. Altogether he had directed music in 09 films.<\/span><\/b><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"REMEMBERINGHe had composed music for a number of\u00a0stage\u00a0plays such as Dayananda Gunawardena’s “Naribena, Romeo and Juliet,\u00a0Sinahawa,\u00a0Nuwana\u00a0Podiya,\u00a0Tikirimalie, Oedipus, Kusa\u00a0Pabawathie, and the Horror of\u00a0Mahahena.” He also directed music for ballets,\u00a0Karadiya,\u00a0Nala\u00a0Damayanthi,\u00a0Sakunika,\u00a0Ginihora,\u00a0Rankikily,\u00a0Kinkini\u00a0Kolama, Capture, Isolation, Making of Men, Through the Desert and Macbeth. In\u00a0addition,\u00a0he has composed, organized, and conducted music for several feature programs in Hindustani, Classical and Light music.\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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He performed his new instrument “Sree\u00a0Veena” in a solo concert at Elphinstone Theatre,\u00a0Maradana\u00a0on\u00a0\u00a0 January 7th\u00a01996. Professor of\u00a0Music, University of Delhi\u00a0Ajit\u00a0Singh\u00a0Paintal\u00a0was the chief guest had this to say.’ The “Sree\u00a0Veena innovated by\u00a0Algama\u00a0had unique sound quality of many Indian instruments like Sarod, Sitar and\u00a0Swar-Mandal all combined together into one instrument.\u00a0Algama’s\u00a0performance is marked with, highly skilled technique as he is fully conversant with several Indian and Western musical instruments. It is a unique experience to listen to\u00a0Algama\u00a0playing on\u00a0Sree\u00a0Veena Indian Ragas with such depth\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Dr. Lionel\u00a0Algama\u00a0celebrated his 70th birthday on 24\u00a0March,\u00a02005. To commemorate the golden jubilee of his musical career it was his intention to celebrate the occasion with a solo music recital with the aid of his invention, the \u201cSree\u00a0Veena\u201d.\u00a0Unfortunately\u00a0,due\u00a0to the tsunami catastrophe, he was compelled to postpone the event without any reluctance.<\/span><\/b><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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May his life through \u2018sansara\u2019 be shortened until he attains the supreme bliss of\u00a0Nirvanna.<\/span><\/b><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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SUNIL THENABADU In Brisbane Australia<\/span><\/b><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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