{"id":99961,"date":"2022-09-20T12:26:43","date_gmt":"2022-09-20T12:26:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=99961"},"modified":"2022-09-20T12:28:01","modified_gmt":"2022-09-20T12:28:01","slug":"patrick-denipitiya-the-music-maestro-icon-the-musician-who-has-contributed-most-to-native-sri-lankan-music-having-revolutionised-our-music-for-over-three-decades-by-sunil-thenabadu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/patrick-denipitiya-the-music-maestro-icon-the-musician-who-has-contributed-most-to-native-sri-lankan-music-having-revolutionised-our-music-for-over-three-decades-by-sunil-thenabadu\/","title":{"rendered":"Patrick Denipitiya the music maestro, icon, the musician who has contributed most to native Sri Lankan music having revolutionised our music for over three decades &#8211; by Sunil Thenabadu"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\":mr\" class=\"hP\" style=\"text-align: center;\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-thread-perm-id=\"thread-f:1744488772261593416\" data-legacy-thread-id=\"1835ab4bb14f4148\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Patrick Denipitiya the music maestro, icon, the musician who has contributed most to native Sri Lankan music having revolutionised our music for over three decades &#8211; <span style=\"color: #800080;\">by Sunil Thenabadu<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8V-0ahesXPk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Patrick Denipitiya was born into a family with ten children in Kotahena. His parents were Coronalis Denipitiya, a railway station master and Mary Simona ,n\u00e9e Fernando housewife. His siblings were named Sunny, Benedict, Paul, Andrew, Anne, Edward, Anton, Bertram, and Milton. Patrick had studied at St Benedict&#8217;s College, Colombo initially and finally at St. Aloysius&#8217; College in Galle as his father was stationed in Galle. While at St Benedict\u2019s College been a very bright student\u00a0 had even taught junior students in mathematics under a \u2018banyan\u2019 tree within the school location. Patrick had been a very bright student in class his father had wanted him to become a doctor, had even gained admission to the medical college having bought him all compulsory equipment\u2019s like dissecting sets , stethoscope etc but as he disobeyed through sheer anger he had thrown all equipments to the sea. Patrick\u00a0 had disobeyed and disappointed his beloved father to tall unprecedented elevations by joining \u2018radical\u2019 Sunil Shantha\u2019s music classes following his elder brother Bertram, as his passion was music was greater possessing abundance of\u00a0 innate talent. Usually for anyone to possess talent in any field , they should originate via hereditary affiliations but in the case of Patrick it was purely via inborn talent .He\u00a0 has had his first music lessons from Sunil Santha who continued to give him free lessons having featured him in his recordings as a guitarist. Sunil Shantha had been so impressed with the talent of Patrick to overwhelming dimensions such that he had even visited home to take him for practices. Sunil Shantha had ordered him to teach music to students without a charge. Patrick had risen to unparalleled heights in his music attributes to be described as the teacher of the Sri Lanka\u2019s pop music who initially revolutionised the then music by introducing the electric Hawaiian guitar which was much effective delivering music to much larger magnitudes .Partrick was initially known as only an instrumentalist but later after proving his wider skills and expertise with the electric Hawaiian guitar was soon known to be labelled as an abundantly inspired musician.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-99962 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Patrick-Denipitiya.png\" alt=\"Patrick-Denipitiya\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/>He was a major part of the crusade that brought western music culture to Sri Lanka in the late 1950\u2019s and the 1960s.In year 1959 Patrick Denipitiya recorded a duet by Rupa Indumathi and Jayatissa Hettiarachchi \u201cRuwan Ambara Pemara Salana\u201d lyrics of Lionel C de Silva, which was sung live at the Studio Wally\u2019s Dehiwala stage during Vesak when annually a Sinhalese Jathaka story is performed on a stage along Galle Road patronised by huge audiences.Later on the song was sung by Latha Dissanayake who had a conflict saying it was her song which was squashed by Patrick. He was morally instrumental as the pioneer in introducing the electric Hawaiian guitar into Sri Lankan Sinhala music industry and was responsible for many new musical compositions, arrangements, music direction and performance of many Sinhala songs and film songs from the late 1950s to 1997.Prior to Patrick\u2019s intervention to western type Sinhalese music it was PLA Somapala who dominated the musical arena who was even named\u00a0 as \u201cPittala Sangeethakaraya\u2019 as he had initially introduced many western musical instruments to native Sri Lanka, which totally changed the music culture in Sri Lanka when music was delivered by only unplugged eastern instruments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">He had a unique ability whereby he could write music scores without using an instrument in both Eastern and Western notation quickly than anyone else. He was able to do this for an entire orchestra that utilized both eastern and western instruments. He directed music for a lot of songs written by Karunaratne Abeysekera, George Leslie Ranasinghe,\u00a0 Cyril A Seelawimala , Premakeerthi De Alwis, KDK Dharmawardene, Fr. Mercelyn Jayakody, f The music composition of song \u2018Srinivibushitha\u2019\u00a0 sung by Kalasuri Latha Walpola in year1977 had to be made abruptly as it was ordered to be sung at a wedding by Ranasinghe Premadasa the then Prime Minister written by Hemashri De Alwis. The lyrics of the song \u201cPere Diga Muthu Etayai me\u201d was also composed by the same lyricist Hemashri de Alwis earlier on, remembering that song Patrick had impeccably composed by Patrick. During a television program the presenter had contacted Kalasuri Latha Walpola who praised Patrick Denipitiya to unparalleled magnitudes saying he was the most competent musician, a maestro,\u00a0 a giant, \u2019dakshaya\u2019 an exclusive musician, she had come across as he could easily back instantly performing his whistling, one who never refuses to back for any song. When Patrick composed music for the \u201cSrivibushana\u201d song he had got the violinist Turin Jayaratne to include a rare pause when he notified to make the music in the song very exclusive.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Patrick after the demise of Mohammed Ghouse, BS Perera had taken the brunt of our music been, the Music Director for many original songs sung by C.T. Fernando, Milton Mallawarachchi, C.D. Fonseka, Susil Premaratne, Anjalene Gunathileke n\u00e9e Lanerole, Sydney Attygalle, Mallika Kahawita, Maurice Dahanayake, Christopher Paul, H R Jothipala, Kanthi Wakwella, Henry Caldera, Latha Walpola, Sujatha Attanayake, Indrani Perera, Rupa Indhumathie, M.S. Fernando, Irene de Alwis, Camilus Anton Peiris, Freddie Silva, Ivor Dennis, Jayatissa Hettiarachchi and many\u00a0 others,also for many calypso groups such as The \u2018J\u2019 brothers, \u2018Samanalayo\u2019, Grain Leornados etc. Patrick had reproduced many songs for instance of CT Fernando recorded at the SLBC\u00a0 earlier adding more spice with his electric Hawaiian guitar accompanying by his \u2018Patrick Denipitiya Combo\u2019 meaning composition, which consisted mostly Partick on his electric Hawaiian guitar and another musician playing the piano accordion.In an era when piano and guitars were prohibited inside the recording studios at the SLBC, Patrick Denipitiya had taken his electric Hawaiian guitar for recordings sans any fear.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">It is learnt that Patrick had been listening to many genres of music\u00a0 like Latin American,\u00a0 Hindi, classical, pop. Rock etc which had helped in his music journey to compose music to diverse vocalists to enthral audiences. Pactrick Denipitya is definitely the fore runner for all group songs that were sung by many groups later.It is learnt and reported that it was Patrick Denipitya who had propagated the seeds for the development of the group songs.Patrick had been a bright student while in school particularly in mathematics, hence the music composed was scientific music combination of maths and music.Patrick was never afraid of critics ,he was bold enough to carry on regardless through his journey.Patrick was the first musician in the annals of our history to record songs on Columbia discs for vocalist Milton Mallawarachchi which was later bought over by Ms Sooriya.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Patrick Denipitiya did songs to a 4 by 4 beat which were not Baila songs\u00a0 but were accepted by Sri Lankans to sing at parties over the usual Baila rhythmic\u00a0 songs. To name a few \u201cSihina Lowe Sihina Mewu\u201d, \u201cEththa Kadureli Simba Simba Devatila\u2019,\u2019Nelum Male Pethi Kadala Oruwa Sadala\u201d a duet by MS Fernando and Angeline Gunatilleke, \u201cUdarata Menike Manahara Kandurata Thilake\u201d duet by CD Fonseka and MS Fernando.During Patrick Denipitiya\u2019s tenure as a musician he had produced many instrumentalists to the music field v.i.z.,Manoj Peiris, Ranjith Perera,Keerthi Paskuel,Stanley Peiris just to name a few.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">He directed music in many movies beginning with &#8220;Senghawunu Menika&#8221; in 1967, &#8220;Senakeliya&#8221; a box office hit in 1974 and &#8220;Loka Horu&#8221; 1976. He has co-directed movies including &#8220;Saudan Jema&#8221;, &#8220;Akke mata Awasara&#8221; and has directed, performed, and assisted in many ways in over 5000 commercial songs and movie song recordings. Patrick was ever willing help co musicians, was a humble musician who had assisted many with his music notations which he could write very past perhaps faster than anyone else. This ability had been observed by an Indian musician when he had visited Sri Lanka. There had been instances that many musicians had been credited for the work performed by Patrick Denipitiya to which he has had no regrets such a lavish person.In his pioneer endeavour in films v.i.z.,\u2019Senghavunu Menika\u201d there had been many songs that became hits one in particular was the duet of Latha and Dharmadasa Walpola, the song \u201cPipila Hada Wile\u201d. Patrick Denipiya had composed music for approximately for three hundred films, apart from film songs the background music for each frame music needs to be provided to suite the appropriate scene which is somewhat of a cumbersome process.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">He was the music composer in Sinhala films such as &#8216;Senakeliya&#8217;, &#8216;Sangawuna Menika&#8217;, &#8216;Loka Horu&#8217; and co-directed the film music in &#8216;Saudan Jema&#8217; and a few other films with P.L.A. Somapala too. He has contributed his immense innate talent to many other film recordings of other music directors such as Muththusamy having started\u00a0 to write music scores for Muththusamy\u2019s &#8216;Prema Tharange&#8217; song &#8216;Chandraya Paayala \u2013 Latha Walpola&#8217;, P.L.A Somapala, M.K. Rocksamy, T.K.Latiff, Galagedara M Haq, Mohommed Sally, Sarath Balasooriya, Many Indian music directors such as T.R. Papa and other compatriots, assisting them with his familiarity and aptitude to play many instruments. Rocksamy, Patrick and Latif were the three Tamil, Sinhala and Muslim icons genius\u2019 cum close friends who frequently appeared and backed in most of the film background music and song recordings for nearly three decades.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FAc0SiU5YbM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">He composed the first Sinhala group song &#8216;Udarata Menike Manahara Kandurata Thilake&#8217; by C.D. Fonseka, Razeena Yakim, Angeline Goonethileke and Shelton Mendis as well as many other popular songs including &#8216;Aatha Kandurali Simba Simba&#8217;, &#8216;Pulun Wage Sudu Raula Digai 1958&#8217;, &#8216;Vishnu Devinde&#8217; and &#8216;Umayanganiyo Surralaliniyo&#8217; by Jothipala, &#8216;Nelum Male Pethi Kadala&#8217; by M.S. Fernando, Angeline Goonetilleke and Nimala Atapattu, &#8216;Hithe Ekak Thiyan&#8217; by Angeline Goonetilleke, &#8216;Iwuru Thala&#8217;, &#8216;Ma Nisa Oba&#8217;, &#8216;Sayuru Theredi&#8217;, &#8216;Rayak Upadda&#8217; and &#8216;Ma Ha Eda&#8217; by Milton Mallawarachchi as the music composer and &#8216;Shreeni Vibushitha Lanka Bebale&#8217; by Latha Walpola. Many of C.T. Fernando&#8217;s songs such as &#8216;Sihina Lowe&#8217;, &#8216;Hela Jathika Abhimane&#8217;, &#8216;Aane Dingak Innako&#8217;, &#8216;Maa Baala Kaale&#8217;, &#8216;Sandawata Rantharu&#8217;, &#8216;Mal Loke Rani&#8217; and &#8216;Punsanda Hinahenne&#8217;, among others, became hits under his unique music direction and compositions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Patrick was the music director for many individual artists shows such as &#8216;Baig Geethika&#8217; by Mohideen Baig, C.T. Fernando&#8217;s &#8216;Wana Bamabru&#8217;, &#8216;Rukmani Handa&#8217; by Rukmani Devi and Helen Daniels, P.L.A. &amp; Chithra Somapala\u2019s &#8216;Ranwan Gee&#8217; and &#8216;Sundar Geeth&#8217; Hindi by Tudor Jayashantha. In addition to playing, he had also sung in some recordings of songs such as &#8216;Sihina Lowe&#8217; with C.T. Fernando the original was a SLBC recording, &#8216;Ganga Yamuna Hawuna&#8217; with Mallika Kahawita and &#8216;Ho Mata Ethi Sampatha&#8217; with Christopher Paul.The\u00a0 music of the song \u201cBiwwa Neda Wadakaha Sudiya\u201dwas also by Patrick sung by his brother Bertram Denipitiya and CD Fonseka\u00a0 but was banned from playing at SLBC.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">He was the first to introduce the electric lap slide guitar to Sri Lanka&#8217;s Sinhala Music industry while also being a pioneer in introducing pop music to the Sri Lankan oriental music industry in the early 1960s. He worked in harmony with all orchestras of Sri Lanka including the Radio Ceylon Orchestra for many decades.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Patrick Denipitiya toured Europe with C.T. Fernando in 1969 as the first Sri Lankan music director to travel to Europe on a tour and had a meeting with the internationally renowned George Harrison of the Beatles, had impressed him with his vast musical knowledge. He also toured Canada and the United States with H.R. Jothipala. Patrick Denipitiya has also visited cities such as: London, UK; Zurich, Switzerland and Paris, France with Chitra Somapala and P.L.A. Somapala , also\u00a0 with M.S. Fernando to many other countries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">He formed his own band &#8216;Patrick Denipitiya Combo\u2019 in the 60s in addition to being the band leader for the original SIAC, the band had performed at many sweep ticket lottery shows, Maliban Guwan Totilla&#8217;, the &#8216;Elasto Show&#8217;, the Kandy Lake Club, Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium shows, Akase Kade and Tropicana Club to name just a few. He also performed on many Television programmes. Later on with the advent of more TV channels in Sri Lanka, the \u201cPatrick Denipitiya Combo\u201d frequently appeared in television shows like ITN&#8217;s &#8216;Madhu Rasanga&#8217;, ITN&#8217;s &#8216;Ambhal\u2019s Ghee Dham Mala&#8217; which was incidentally\u00a0 the first amateur song contest on Sri Lankan television, Rupavahini Anniversary and &#8216;Musically Yours&#8217;, although there are many other television programmes on which the \u2018Combo\u2019 band has appeared.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">In 1961, Patrick married Celcie Fernando,had commenced life from zero sans\u00a0 owning a\u00a0 dwelling. The duo has\u00a0 three children: Primus; Mahesh and Shyami. Shyami currently resides in Canada and is married to Greg Jayasundera who is an applications Consultant at a leading bank in Canada. Primus is employed as a senior airport services officer in a leading airline and was one of the pioneers of the one-man show industry in Sri Lanka in the early 1980s.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Patrick Denipitiya on the invitation of Sunanda Mahendra had attended the BBC \u2018Sandeshaya\u2019 program in UK along with CT Fernando at the Commonwealth hall as the first musician to be invited. The latter was suffering from a throat ailment was intending to take treatment during the visit.Patrick with his immense expertise had lowered two notes from the musical notations to enable CT Fernando to sing in comfort in this all important \u2018Sandeshaya\u2019 program.In a few songs of CT Fernando Patrick too had been duetting form the onset.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">It is reported that Patrick had commenced life at zero.Some days he had worked the entire day all twenty four hours in order to keep the home fires burning having had to support the three children. He had never wanted the sons Primus and Mahesh to follow music but wanted them to study and to be qualified in other professions having been educated at St.Peters College.Primus had for a short time had joined the father in playing an electric Hawaiian guitar which of course is much affective than the spanish guitar. The elder Primus is in another trade while Mahesh is an accomplished musician owning his own band ,emulating the illustrious father has his own studio also do new compositions for many Sri Lankan artistes in rerecording their old songs with modern musical arrangements in the renowned Derana Studio.Though he was very much involved in his music, Patrick also worked to support his family, being employed at the Census Department in the early Fifties, then at Lake House , subsequently to Lake House bookshop lately. He also took up teaching, teaching music theory, guitar -Hawaiian , Spanish guitar , piano and keyboard to many students purely for his love and passion for music and sharing knowledge and not purely for economic gain. He was fondly remembered by eminent people like Pandith Ameradeva, former SLBC chairman Late Mr Eamon Kariyakaravana for giving children music lessons free of charge and to many other students until his migration to Canada in year 1990. He continued to teach, and was actively involved in music while living in Canada. He directed music for the first ever Sri Lankan teledrama in Canada &#8220;Ratakin Ratakata&#8221; , had also performed at events and functions, for concerts of Sri Lankan artists touring Canada.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/31Mjj3XxRU8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">While in Sri Lanka attending his elder son&#8217;s wedding in 1997, Patrick Denipitiya had suffered a stroke , was partially paralysed , was then taken back to Canada. Partick was lucky enough to have his wife Celcie who looked after him during the 16-year period between his stroke and his death on the 23rd March 2013 in Brampton, Ontario, Canada.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Photo Source :\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/sooriya.lk\/artist\/patrick-denipitiya\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sooriya<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><strong><em><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Sunil Thenabadu<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong> e mail\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"mailto:sthenabadu@hotmail.comwhatsapp\">sthenabadu@hotmail.com<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>whatsapp\u00a0<\/strong>0061444533242<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patrick Denipitiya the music maestro, icon, the musician who has contributed most to native Sri Lankan music having revolutionised our music for over three decades &#8211; by Sunil Thenabadu Patrick Denipitiya was born into a family with ten children in Kotahena. 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