Incredible Violin Player - Pandith Amaradewa

To most Sri Lankans, the name “Amaradeva” is as familiar as the voice of the man who carried it. Pandit W. D. Amaradeva, who passed away on Thursday (November 3) at the age of 88, had been, for as long as anyone remembers, the defining voice of Sri Lankan music – a composer, vocalist, and instrumentalist above all others. His life’s labor is the result of years spent pioneering and developing an entire musical tradition – one for which he will, no doubt, be immortalized in time to come.

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