Amarasiri Peiris
Amarasiri Peiris | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Sri Lanka |
| Genres | Sri Lankan music |
| Occupation | Violinist / Solo (music)-Singer , |
| Years active | Present |
Amarasiri Peiris is a Sri Lankan Musical artist who is well known as a Violinist and a Vocalist[1].
Life and carrier
He is the son of late Albert Peiris who was a Radio Ceylon artiste of the 1940s. He studied at Buwanekaba Vidyalaya, Maharagama and the University of Visual & Performing Arts (former Heywood Institute). He joined SLBC as an A-grade violinist, and eventually, became a music conductor, a music controller and, at the time of my retirement, he worked as the Director, Music at SLBC. Peiris is an awarded Singer in Sri Lanka[2] and he still performs on stage[3]. His first popular song is Landune which was composed by maestro Premasiri Khemadasa. And then he sang many popular songs like
