Contact:
Visual Arts & Design and Performing Arts Unit,
University of Kelaniya
Sri Lanka
Current Position:
Visual Arts Design & Performing Arts Unit
Department of Fine Arts
Educational Qualifications:
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2010 |
Doctorate in Musicology Department of Musicology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. |
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2004 |
Master of Music (First Class), Faculty of Performing Arts, Banaras Hindu University, India. |
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2001 |
Certificate in Teaching in Higher Education, Staff Development Centre, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. |
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1998 |
Upadhi of Sangit Visharad, Bhatkhande Vidyapith, Lucknow, India. |
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1997 |
Post Graduate Diploma in Archaeology, Postgraduate Institute of Archaeology, University of Kelaniya. |
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1995 |
Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts (First Class honours), University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. |
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1991 |
Upadhi of Vadya Visharad, Bhatkhande Vidyapith, Lucknow, India. |
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1987 |
Certificate of National Music Examination, Examination Department of Sri Lanka. |
Awards:
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2005 |
Chinese Governmental Scholarship for the PhD, Shanghai Conservatory of Music, China. |
1986
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Gold Medal for Violin, National Schools Music and Drama Competition, Ministry of Education, Sri Lanka. |
Service in Sri Lanka:
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23 March 2023 |
Music Program for cancer patients, at Maharagama Apeksha hospital |
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July 2022 |
Second examiner of the UVPA students’ dissertations |
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15-17 June 2022 |
Supervisor of the B.A. General (External) Degree Practical exams |
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March 2022 |
Student counsellor, University of Kelaniya |
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February 2022 |
Coordinator of the M.A in Music Program, University of Kelaniya |
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February 2022 |
Reviewer of the University of Peradeniya Research Grants - 2022 |
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2022 |
Jury Member of the Rupavahini National Award Ceremony 2021 |
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February 2022 - |
External Member of the Board of Study in the Indigenous Knowledge and Community Studies of the Faculty of Graduate Studies, Sabaragamuwa University, Sri Lanka. |
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July 2021 |
External Examiner of the Aptitude test at the University of Visual and Performing Arts |
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March 2021 |
Coordinator of the Covid Committee, University of Kelaniya |
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16 March 2021 |
Workshop for the Derana Dream Stars-Final 48 |
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February 2021 |
Jury member of the Derana Dream Star Audition, Randiya Hotel, Moratuwa |
Working Experience Abroad
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2022 |
Chair of the ICTM-Sri Lanka National Committee |
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2007-2021 |
Liaison Officer for Sri Lanka in the International Council for Traditional Music (ICTM). |
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2007–2021 |
Visiting Professor for B.A & M.A courses Selected Chapters in Ethnomusicology with focus on South Asia, Anthropology of Music (Comparative Music Studies), Music and Healing Rituals, Applied Ethnomusicology), at the Department of Musicology, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. |
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2010–2015 |
Member of the Advisory Committee of the State Musical Review of Children, Youngsters and Adults with Special Needs Let's Sing, Play, and Dance, Slovenia. |
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2013 |
Ph.D course on Musics of the World (South Asia) and Music and Healing, Academy of Arts, University of Split, Croatia. |
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2011–2015 |
Member of the Jury of the International Ethno Festival-Contest Voices of the Golden Steppe, Astrakhan, Russia. |
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2008- to date |
Member of the Advisory Board of the Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies. |
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2007- to date |
Liaison Officer for Sri Lanka in the International Council for Traditional Music (ICTM). |
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2007- to date |
Member of »Cultural and Ethnomusicological Society Folk Slovenia« |
Publications:
Book
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2019 |
Music and Healing Rituals of Sri Lanka: Their Relevance for Community Music Therapy and Medical Ethnomusicology. Colombo: S. Godage & Brothers (Pvt) Ltd. Publishers. 2019. (ISBN 978-955-30-4034-3) (Second Edition) |
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2013 |
Music and Healing Rituals of Sri Lanka: Their Relevance for Community Music Therapy and Medical Ethnomusicology. Colombo: S. Godage & Brothers (Pvt) Ltd. Publishers. (ISBN 978-955-30-4034-3). |
CD
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2016 |
Musical Images of Sri Lanka/Glasbene podobe Šrilanke, Lasanthi ensemble, Ljubljana: Cultural and Ethnomusicological Society Folk Slovenia. KDFS CD 005. |
Selected Articles
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2021 |
»Transcultural Dynamics in the Experience of a Sri Lankan Musician in Slovenia«. In Svanibor Pettan ed. Music and Minorities: (Trans)cultural Dynamics in Slovenia After the Year 1991/Glasba in etnične manjšine: (trans)kulturna dinamika v Sloveniji po letu 1991. Ljubljana: University of Ljubljana Press, Faculty of Arts. 2021: 191-207. ISBN 978-961-06-0462-4 DOI: 10.4312/9789610604624 (Online).
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2021 |
»Transcultural Dynamics in the Experience of a Sri Lankan Musician in Slovenia«. In Svanibor Pettan ed. Music and Minorities: (Trans)cultural Dynamics in Slovenia After the Year 1991/ Glasba in etnične manjšine: (trans)kulturna dinamika v Sloveniji po letu 1991. Ljubljana: University of Ljubljana Press, Faculty of Arts. 2021: 191-207. ISBN 978-961-06-0463-1 (Printed version).
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2020 |
»Liaison Officer Report – Sri Lanka«. In Bulletin of the International Council for Traditional Music. 143/April: 19-21. ISSN (Online) http://ictmusic.org/sites/default/files/documents/bulletins/143-ICTM-Bulletin-Apr-2020-better.pdf |
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2019 |
»Indigenous Voices within the Majority-Minority Discourse in Sri Lanka« »Music, Migration and Minorities« In Muzikoloski Zbornik - Musicological Annual 55/2. University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, pp. 201-224. |
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2019 |
»Sri Lanka: History, Culture, and Geography of Music«. The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Music and Culture, Vol. 5: 2069-2073. . |
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2018 |
»Ethnomusicology of the Individual: Vishnuchittan Balaji between Tradition and Innovativeness«. (co-authored with Svanibor Pettan) In Muzikoloski Zbornik - Musicological Annual 54/1. Ljubljana: University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, pp. 107-122 (ISSN: 0580-373X) (Print) & ISSN: 2350-4242 (Online) (DOI: 10.4312/mz.54.1.107-122). |
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2017 |
»Sangīta Chikitsāva, Ehi Pravanathā Hā Eyin Apa Samājayata Äthi Vädagathkama«. (Music Therapy, Its Trends and Their Importance for Our Society Today). Sangeet. Journal of the Eastern Music Education II. Colombo: Aesthetic Education Unit, Ministry of Education, pp. 73-90 (ISSN 2478-0944). |
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2017 |
»Use of Applied Ethnomusicology for the Betterment of Children and Youngsters with Special Needs: A Case Study from Slovenia« In The Conference Proceedings of the First International Conference of Musical Heritage of Montenegro. Music Academy of the University of Montenegro, pp. 31-46 (ISBN 978-9940-9540-3-1). |
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2017 |
»Opening Urban Social Spaces Through the Arts«. In Journal of Urban Culture Research, Vol. 15. Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts, Chulalongkorn University and Urban Research Plaza/ Urban Culture Research Center, Osaka City University, Bangkok, Thailand, pp. 28-41 (ISSN 2228-8279) (Print) & ISSN 2408-1213 (Online). |
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2017 |
»Liaison Officer Report – Sri Lanka«. In Bulletin of the International Council for Traditional Music. 133/January: pp. 24-26. ISSN (Online) http://ictmusic.org/sites/default/files/documents/bulletins/133-ICTM-Bulletin-Jan-2017-better.pdf. |
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2016 |
»Bali Healing Ritual in Sri Lanka from a Medical Ethnomusicology Perspective«. Muzikološki zbornik - Musicological Annual 52/2. Ljubljana: University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, pp. 121-136 (ISSN 0580-373X). |
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2016 |
»Etnomuzikologija pojedinca: indijski muzičar dr. V. Baladži između teorije i prakse«. (co-authored with Svanibor Pettan) In Muzika između teorije i prakse. Novi Sad: Akademija umetnosti, Serbia, pp. 36-49 (ISBN 978-86-88191-64-7). |
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2012 |
»On the Therapeutic Aspects of Indian Classical Music«. In Musik-, Tanz- und Kunsttherapie 1/12 (music, dance and art therapy 1/12) Themenheft – Außereuropäische Musiktherapie (Special Issue - Extra-European music therapy), Karl Hörmann et al. Edition. Musik-, Tanz- und Kunsttherapie 1/12 (Music, Dance and Art Therapy 1/12), Münster: Hogrefe Verlag, Germany, pp. 8-14 (ISSN: ISSN-L 0933-6885, ISSN-Online 2190-6254). |
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2012 |
»Merging of Cultural Beliefs, Music and Healing: Towards Medical Ethnomusicology in Sri Lanka«. In Music in Society, ed. Jasmina Talam et al. Sarajevo: Musicological Society of the FBiH and Academy of Music in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, pp. 277-286 (ISBN 978-9958-689-01-7). |
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2012 |
»Sodobne prakse zdravstvenega varstva na Šrilanki« (Contemporary Health Care Practices in Sri Lanka). In Le Monde Diplomatique, French-Slovenian edition (July-August): pp. 15-17. |
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2011 |
»Music, Medicine and Culture: Ritual Healing Practices in Sri Lanka«. In Pax Sonoris: IV-V edition. Ed. E. M. Shishkina. Astrakhan: The State Folklore Centre, Russia, pp. 70-75 (ISSN 2222-4343). |
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2011 |
»Music Therapy - Sri Lankan Approaches«. In Methodology of Music Research Vol. 6. Approaches to Music Research: Between Practice and Epistemology. Eds. Leon Stefanija and Nico Schuler. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, Germany, pp. 229-236 (ISSN 1618-842X). |
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2010 |
»Community Music Therapy in Action: Healing through Pirit Chanting in Sri Lanka«. In The Proceedings of the 8th Academic Forum “Empowering Urban Culture and Creativity: Art, Publicity, and Transformation”, Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts, Chulalongkorn University and Urban Research Plaza/ Urban Culture Research Center, Osaka City University, Bangkok, Thailand, pp. 148-156 (ISSN 2228-8279). |
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2010 |
»Liaison Officer Report – Sri Lanka«. In Bulletin of the International Council for Traditional Music. CXVI (116), Canberra: International Council for Traditional Music, Australia, pp. 50-54 (ISSN 0739-1390). |
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2010 |
»Music as a Medium of Treatment: A Case Study from Sri Lanka«. In Media and Diversity: Proceedings of the International Conference on Mass Medic Studies – 2010. Eds. Tudor Weerasinghe, Laban Hill et al. Colombo: Department of Mass Media, Sri Palee Campus, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, pp. 44-53. |
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2009 |
»Between Tradition and Modernity, Between East and West: Experiences with Music Therapy in Sri Lanka«. In Music in Society, ed. Ivan Čavlović. Sarajevo: Musicological Society of the FBiH and Academy of Music in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, pp. 208-219. |
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2009 |
»Music and War in Sri Lanka«. In Militärmusik im Diskurs, Band 3, ed. Michael Schramm. Bonn: Bundesamt für Wehrverhaltung, Germany, pp. 93-106. |
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2009 |
»Cultural Policies and Minority Musics in Kosovo and Sri Lanka. What Can We Learn from a Comparative Study?« (co-authored with Svanibor Pettan). In Voices of the Weak: Music and Minorities, ed. Zuzana Jurkova. Prague: Slovo21, Czech Republic, pp. 24 - 33 (ISBN 978-80-254-4095-7). |
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2005 |
»Sannivēdana Kāryayehilā Sangītayē Samājayīya Bhūmikāva«. (The Role of Music in Communication). In Mediology. Horana: Sri Palee Campus, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, pp. 208-218. |
Invited Lectures (a selection):
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30 March 2023 |
Music, War & Peace: The Case Study of Sri Lanka, Department of Musicology, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. |
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17 February 2023 |
Music Therapy for Stress Management, Student Orientation Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya |
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2020 |
»Introduction to Music of Sri Lanka & Sri Lankan Traditional Music as a Subject of Informal Education. (M.A. lectures), Faculty of Education, University of Maribor, Slovenia. |
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2020 |
»Music and the Mind« Invited Online Lecture on Music and Healing Rituals of Sri Lanka and Their Relevance for Community Music Therapy. The University of Global Health Equity and Hamwe Festival, Rwanda. |
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2019 |
Music Education and Social Inclusion. Invited guest lecture at Rajshahi university, Bangladesh. |
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2019 |
Music and Healing Rituals of Sri Lanka. Invited guest lecture at the Institute of Alliance Francaise, Bangladesh. |
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2019 |
Music and Healing Rituals of Sri Lanka. Invited guest lecture at the Institute of Modern Languages, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. |
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2019 |
Music and Healing Rituals of Sri Lanka. Invited guest lecture at National Art Gallery Auditorium, Shilpakala Academy, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. |
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2019 |
Music Therapy and Medical Ethnomusicology for Today. Invited guest lecture at the Board Room of the Faculty of Social Sciences, Centre for Heritage Studeis, University of Kelaniya. |
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2019 |
Majority-Minority Discourse in Sri Lanka. Invited guest lecture within the course Music and Minorities in Europe at the Department of Music, University of California, Berkeley, USA. |
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2019 |
Perspectives of a Sri Lankan Musical Minority in Slovenia. Invited guest lecture within the course Music and Minorities in Europe at the Department of Music, University of California, Berkeley, USA. |
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2018 |
Music and War in Sri Lanka, Introduction to Indian Music & Introduction to Sri Lanka and Sing Along: Singing Workshop. M.A. lectures at the Faculty of Education, University of Maribor, Slovenia. |
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2018 |
New Directions in (Ethno)Musicology. Invited guest lecture, Department of Musicology, University of Visual and Performing Arts, Colombo. |
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2018 |
Introduction to World Music. Invited lecture. Department of Musicology, University of Visual and Performing Arts, Colombo. |
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2018 |
Music Thearpy and Medical Ethnomusicology for Today. Invited guest lecture at the Psychiatry Unit of the Medical Facutly, University of Kelaniya. |
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2017 |
Introduction to World Music: South Asia. M.A. lectures at the Faculty of Education, University of Maribor, Slovenia. |
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2015 |
Music and Healing Rituals of Sri Lanka at the Faculty of Education, University of Maribor, Slovenia. |
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2014 |
Music and War in Sri Lanka & Music and Healing Rituals of Sri Lanka. Ondokuz Mayis Samsun State Conservatory, Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey. |
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2014 |
Soundscapes of India (Classical, Semi-Classical and Film Music). Faculty of Education, University of Maribor, Slovenia. |
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2014 |
Music and Healing Rituals of Sri Lanka: Their Relevance for Community Music Therapy and Medical Ethnomusicoloy. Department of Music Therapy of the Music and Performing Arts University, Vienna, Austria. |
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2013 |
Musics of South Asia – Sri Lanka, India and their Musical Soundscapes & Music and Healing Rituals of Sri Lanka and their Relationship to Music Therapy and Medical Ethnomusicology. Graduate Institute of Ethnomusicology of Tainan National University of the Arts, Taiwan. |
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2013 |
Music and Healing Rituals of Sri Lanka. Music Academy. Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. |
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2013 |
European Influences in the Musical Soundscape of Sri Lanka. Faculty of Arts, University of Juraj Dobrila, Pula, Croatia. |
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2013 |
Music, Healing Rituals and Medical Ethnomusicology: Views from Sri Lanka. Shanghai Conservatory of Music. Shanghai, China. |
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2011 |
Music and Healing Rituals in Sri Lanka. Faculty of Social Works, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. |
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2011 |
Music and Healing Rituals in Sri Lanka. Department of Music of the University of Pittsburgh, USA. |
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2011 |
Music and Healing Rituals: Towards Medical Ethnomusicology in Sri Lanka. The Music Academy, University of Novi Sad, Serbia. |
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2011 |
Music and Healing Rituals: Towards Medical Ethnomusicology in Sri Lanka. Faculty of Music of the University of Belgrade, Serbia. |
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2011 |
Musics of South Asia: India and Sri Lanka. Academy of Music, University of Zagreb, Croatia. |
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2010 |
Music and Healing Rituals in Sri Lanka. ICCR invitation to Banaras Hindu University, India. |
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2010 |
Music and Healing Rituals in Sri Lanka. ICCR invitation to Bhatkhande Music Deemed University, Lucknow, India. |
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2009 |
Music Therapy: Western Theories & their Approaches to Sri Lankans’ Musics and Medical Practices. Panadura Teaching Hospital, Panadura, Sri Lanka. |
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2009 |
Music Therapy: Western Theories & their Approaches to Sri Lankans’ Musics and Medical Practices. M. O. H. Office, Piliyandala. Sri Lanka. |
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2008 |
An Introduction to Indian Music. Academy of Music, University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. |
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2008 |
European influences in Sri Lankan Music. Faculty of Arts, University Juraj Dobrila, Pula, Croatia. |
Invited Lectures (a selection):
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July 2022 |
Second examiner of the UVPA students’ dissertations |
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15-17 June 2022 |
Supervisor of the B.A. General (External) Degree Practical exams |
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March 2022 |
Student counsellor, University of Kelaniya |
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February 2022 |
Coordinator of the M.A in Music Program, University of Kelaniya |
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February 2022 |
Reviewer of the University of Peradeniya Research Grants - 2022 |
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2022 |
Jury Member of the Rupavahini National Award Ceremony 2021 |
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February 2022 - |
External Member of the Board of Study in the Indigenous Knowledge and Community Studies of the Faculty of Graduate Studies, Sabaragamuwa University, Sri Lanka. |
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July 2021 |
External Examiner of the Aptitude test at the University of Visual and Performing Arts |
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March 2021 |
Coordinator of the Covid Committee, University of Kelaniya |
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16 March 2021 |
Workshop for the Derana Dream Stars-Final 48 |
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February 2021 |
Jury member of the Derana Dream Star Audition, Randiya Hotel, Moratuwa |
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2021 |
Appointment as a member of the Board of Study of Centre for Indigenous Knowledge and Community Studies, Sabaragamuwa University. |
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2021 July 14 |
Served as a Panel member for the undergraduate research symposium (URS-21) of Applied Arts, Faculty of Music, University of Visual and Performing Arts, Colombo 07. |
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2021 |
Resource person to revise the Ethnomusicology syllabi, Department of Ethnomusicology, University of Visual and Performing Arts. |
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2021 (01 March – 30 July ) |
Visiting lecturer in ethnomusicology, School of Music, Sri Lanka Technological Campus (SLTC). |
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2019 |
Visiting lecturer, Department of Fine Arts, University of Kelaniya. |
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2019 |
External examiner of the Aptitude test of the University of Visual and Performing Arts, Colombo. |
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2018 |
Jury member of the All Island (National) Schools’ Music Competition, National Institute of Education, Maharagama. |
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2018 |
Visiting lecturer, Dept. of Fine Arts, University of Kelaniya. |
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2018 |
External examiner of the Aptitude test of the University of Visual and Performing Arts, Colombo. |
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2010-2013 |
Visiting lecturer (Music Therapy), Department of Applied Music, University of Visual and Performing Arts, Colombo. |
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1999-2011 |
Lecturer, Department of Performing Arts, Sri Palee Campus, University of Colombo. |
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2004-2005 |
Head/Department of Performing Arts, Sri Palee Campus, University of Colombo. |
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2004-2005 |
Student Counsellor, Sri Palee Campus, University of Colombo. |
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2001-2002 |
Student Counsellor, Sri Palee Campus, University of Colombo. |
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1996-1997 |
Temporary Assistant lecturer, Department of Fine Arts, University of Kelaniya. |
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1992-1996 |
Artist - North Indian Classical Music (Violin), Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC). |
Selected Workshops:
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2018 |
Singing Workshop for Anthropology of Music students. Department of Musicology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. |
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2018 |
Singing Workshop for M.A students. Faculty of Education, University of Maribor, Slovenia. |
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2017 |
Singing workshop for professional singers. ITD Theatre, Zagreb, Croatia. |
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2016 |
Sri Lankan Sing Along: Teaching and Learning Methods of Songs. Academy of Music in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. |
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2013 |
Soundscapes of North India: Classical, Semi-classical and Film music. Graduate Institute of Ethnomusicology of Tainan National University of the Arts, Taiwan. |
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2007 |
Improvisation in North Indian Classical Music. Faculty of Arts, University Juraj Dobrila, Pula, Croatia. |
International Conference Participations with Research Papers:
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21-27 July 2022 |
Participation in the Plenary Roundtable titled Music, Research, and War at Home at the 46th ICTM World Conference, The New University of Lisbon, Portugal. http://ictmusic.org/ictm2022/programme |
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26-27 May 2022 |
“Round-Table Discussion on Creative Interactions in Cultural Traditions: A Euro-Asian Perspective on Elemental Music and Dance in Education” at the International Conference Creative Interactions 2022, University of Music and Performing Arts, Munich, Germany. https://creativeinteractions2022.eu/
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26-28 August 2021 |
“Pirit Chant – A Buddhist Sound Practice in Sri Lanka” At the Music-Religion-Spirituality - International Multidisciplinary Symposium, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. |
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23-24 August 2021 |
“The State Musical Review of Children and Youngsters with Special Needs: Lessons from Slovenia” At the Access To and Through Education Conference – 2021, The Centre for Disability Studies (CDS) and the Coordinating Centre for Students with Disabilities (CCSD) of the University of Kelaniya and the Centre for Disability Research, Education & Practice (CEDREP) of the University of Colombo. |
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28 August 2020 |
Roundtable Discussion on »Music and minorities« in the experiences of individual musicians in Slovenia of Today. At the International Multidiciplinary Symposium, Music and Minorities: (Trans)cultural Dynamics in Slovenia after 1991, City Museum Ljubljana. Slovenia. |
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27 August 2020 |
»Transcultural Dynamics in the Experiences of a Sri Lankan musician in Slovenia« At the International Multidiciplinary Symposium, Music and Minorities: (Trans)cultural Dynamics in Slovenia after 1991, City Museum Ljubljana. Slovenia. |
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18-22 September 2019 |
»Artistic Means and Therapeutic Effects in Sri Lankan Healing Rituals« The Asia-Pacific Congress at the Research Centre of Arts Therapies, Beijing Normal University, China. |
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11-17 July 2019 |
»Is There a Sustainable Future for the Indigenous Vedda Minority of Sri Lanka?« A Panel Presentation on »Music, Minorities, and Migrations« 45th ICTM World Conference, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. |
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23-25 August 2018 |
»Indigenous Voices within the Majority-Minority Discourse in Sri Lanka« at the International Multidisciplinary Symposium, »Sounds of Minorities in National Contexts« At the Geographical Museum ZRC SAZU, Ljubljana, Slovenia. |
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23-30 July 2018 |
»Music and Minorities in the Context of the Cultural and Ethnomusicological Society Folk Slovenia: An Autoethnographic Approach« at the ICTM Joint Symposium of the Study Group on Music and Minorities and the Study Group on Music and Gender”, Department of Folk Music Research and Ethnomusicology, University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna, Austria. |
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22 November 2017 |
»Traditional Music and Healing: An Insight into the Folk Rituals of Sri Lanka« at the IInd International Symposium of “Folk Music and Performance: Evaluating our Inheritance and Ensuring a Lasting Bequest”, National Theatre, Kathmandu, Nepal. |
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30 August – 01 September 2017 |
»Use of Applied Ethnomusicology for the Betterment of Children and Youngsters with Special Needs: A Case Study from Slovenia« International conference »Music Heritage of Montenegro«, Music Academy of the University of Montenegro. |
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7-8 March 2017 |
“Opening Urban Social Spaces through the Arts” 15th Urban Research Forum Bangkok, Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts, Chulalongkorn University. Thailand. |
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20-22 October 2016 |
»Sri Lankan Sing Along: Teaching and Learning Methods of Songs« 10th International Symposium "Music in Society", Academy of Music in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. |
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19-24 September 2016 |
»Creating Vibrant Spaces for and through the Arts« 27th Annual Conference of Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies "Cities at Risk – From Humiliation to Dignity". Inter-University Center, Dubrovnik, Croatia. |
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30-31 October 2015 |
»Ethnomusicology of an Individual: Indian Musician Dr. V. Balaji between Theory and Practice« First Science and Art Symposium "Music between Theory and Practice", Academy of Arts, Novi Sad, Serbia. |
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09-10 May 2014 |
»Musics of South Asia in Slovenia« ICTM Joint Meeting: Italy, Austria, and Slovenia. Pulfero (Udine), Italy. |
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03-09 September 2013 |
»East Meeting West in Slovenia: Indian Music Impact on a Central-European Country« The 2nd International Sceintific Ethnomusicological Congress "East and West: Ethnic Identity and Traditional Musical Heritage as a Dialogue of Civilizations and Cultures", Astrakhan, Russia. |
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11-17 July 2013 |
»Indian Music in Slovenia through the eyes of a South Asian Researcher« 42nd ICTM World Conference, Shanghai Conservatory of Music, Shanghai, China. |
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18-20 October 2012 |
»Specific Research Problems in the Field of Traditional Music in Sri Lanka« The 3rd International Symposium on Asian Studies "Language, Thought, Realities". Dept. of Asian and African Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. |
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08 October 2012 |
»Music between East and West: Is there any Influence of Eastern Countries on European Music?« Round table discussion, UNICUM – Contemporary Music Festival, Society of Slovene Composers, Ljubljana, Slovenia. |
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25-28 August 2011 |
»European Influences in the Hybrid Musical Soundscape of Sri Lanka« The 4th International Symposium of the Department of Musicology "Encounters Between Traditional Music and Dance and European Musical Culture in Various Places and at Various Times", Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. |
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28-30 October 2010 |
»Merging of Cultural Beliefs, Music and Healing: Towards Medical Ethnomusicology in Sri Lanka« 7th International symposium "Music in Society", Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. |
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19-30 July 2010 |
»Curing Arterial Hypertension with Indian Classical Music: An Experiment in Applied Ethnomusicology« 6th symposium of ICTM Study Group Music and Minorities and 2nd symposium of Study Group Applied Ethnomusicology, Hanoi, Vietnam. |
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19-20 March 2010 |
»Music as a Medium of Treatment: A Case Study from Sri Lanka« Media and Diversity International Conference, Sri Palee Campus, University of Colombo, Hotel Janaki, Colombo. |
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9-10 March 2010 |
»Art and Communal Health: Applied Ethnomusicology in Action« The 8th Academic Forum “Empowering Urban Culture and Creativity: Art, Publicity, and Transformation”, Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts, Chulalongkorn University and Urban Research Plaza/ Urban Culture Research Center, Osaka City University, Bangkok, Thailand. |
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27-29 November 2008 |
»Some Thoughts on Therapeutic Aspects of Music: The Experiences from Sri Lanka and North India« Congress of the Austrian Heart Association "Methods in Cardiological Rehabilitation and Prevention and New Results of Cardiology", Radenci, Slovenia. |
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29-31 October 2008 |
»Between Tradition and Modernity, Between East and West: Experiences with Music Therapy in Sri Lanka« 6th International symposium "Music in Society", Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. |
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23-24 September 2008 |
»Music and War in Sri Lanka« Symposium Musik in Fremdwahrnehmung und Eigenbild, Bonn, Germany. |
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24 May – 1 June 2008 |
»Cultural Policies and Minority Musics in Kosovo and Sri Lanka. What Can We Learn from a Comparative Study?« (with Prof. Svanibor Pettan), 5th Meeting of the Study Group Music and Minorities Prague, Czech Republic. |
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May 8-9 2008 |
»Music Therapy: Sri Lankan Approaches« International Musicological Conference "Approaches to Music Research: Between Practice and Epistemology", Ljubljana, Slovenia |
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4 -11 July 2007 |
»Sri Lankan Folk Music and Human Health« 39th World Conference of the ICTM, Vienna, Austria |
Resource Person in Conferences
24 February 2023 Chair of the Music Session of the Undergraduate Research Symposium 2022, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya.
February 2023 Reviewer of the Undergraduate Research Symposium 2022, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya.
19, 20 January 2023 Panel Chair of the 1st International Conference on Harmony and Reconciliation, The Harmony Centre, University of Vavuniya.
14 December 2022 Session Chair of the International Research Symposium – 2022, University of the Visual and Performing Arts, Colombo.
03 February 2022 Session Chair of the HUG 2021, the Fourth Undergraduate Research Symposium of the Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya.
12 January 2022 Co-Chair of the 21st International Postgraduate Research Conference, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya.
December 2021 Panel Member of the Online Research Symposium 2021, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Visual and Performing Arts, Colombo 07.
November 2021 Abstract Reviewer of the International Postgraduate Research Conference (IPRC) 2021, University of Kelaniya.
October 2021 Abstract Reviewer of the FGA-UVPA Online Symposium 2021.
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03 February 2022 |
Session Chair of the HUG 2021, the fourth Undergraduate Student Symposium of the Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya |
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12 January 2022 |
Co-Chair of the 21st International Postgraduate Research Conference, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya |
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December 2021 |
Panel Member of the “Online Research Symposium 2021”, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Visual and Performing Arts, Colombo |
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November 2021 |
Abstract Reviewer of the International Postgraduate Research Conference (IPRC) 2021, University of Kelaniya |
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October 2021 |
Abstract Reviewer of the FGS-UVPA online symposium 2021 |
Research Interests
Music therapy, medical ethnomusicology (music and healing rituals), music of minorities, music and conflict resolution, applied ethnomusicology
Language Proficiency (other than Sinhalese and English)
Hindi, Chinese, Slovene
Selected Concerts
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2020 August 30 |
Indian classical music concert at the 27th Literary and Music Festival Living Literature, ŠKUC Ljubljana, Slovenia. |
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2020 August 28 |
Lasanthi: South Asia Express concert at the 32nd International Music Festival »Nights in Old Ljubljana Town«, Slovenia. |
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2019 December 28 |
Solo performance at the Rajshahi university, Bangladesh. |
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2018 April 05 |
Indian Classical Music Performance at the Indian Day Celebration, Library Hall, Bežigrad, Ljubljana, Slovenia. |
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2017 November 08 |
Guest performance at the Annual Concert of the Cultural and Ethnomusicological Soceity Folk Slovenia, ZRC Atrium, Ljubljana. Slovenia. |
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2017 September 28 |
Solo performance at the Opening Ceremony of the International Symposium Musics Matter!. University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna, Austria. |
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2017 August 24 |
Concert of Slavic Musics at the 29th International Music Festival »Nights in Old Ljubljana Town«, Slovenia. |
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2017 June 01-05 |
Concerts of Sri Lankan Musics at the FIMU/31st International University Music Festival, Granit National Theatre, Belfort, France. |
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2016 September 22 |
Solo singing performance at the 27th Annual Conference of Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies, Town Hall of the Inter-University Centre, Dubrovnik, Croatia. |
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2016 July 23 |
Concert of Sri Lankan music at the 50th International Folklore Festival in Zagreb, Croatia. |
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2016 April 12 |
Ensemble Lasanthi CD launching concert, The City Library Hall, Ljubljana, Slovenia. |
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2016 April 08 |
»Musical Journey to Sri Lanka« Sri Lankan music concert at the Ethnographic Museum in Zagreb, Croatia. |
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2015 June 27 |
North Indian music concert. Festival Mitnek. Črna na Koroškem, Slovenia. |
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2014 December 25 |
North Indian music concert. Ondokuz Mayis Samsun State Conservatory, Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey. |
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2014 November 20 |
Sri Lankan music concert. The Baroque Hall, Radovljica Castle, Slovenia. |
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2014 October 31 |
Indian classical music concert. The 5th aNOther festival, Vienna Concert hall, Austria. |
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2014 September 20 |
Concert of Slavic songs. Red Hall of the National History Museum, Astrakhan, Russia. |
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2014 November 06 |
Sri Lankan music concert. Ruefa Lounge, Hauptplatz. Graz, Austria. |
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2014 June 05 |
Sri Lankan music concert. Godibodi Festival, Ljubljana, Slovenia. |
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2014 April 26 |
Concert of Sri Lankan music. The MOYA international ball event, Vienna, Austria. |
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2014 February 04 |
Concert of Sri Lankan music at the 66th Anniversary Independence day of Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. The Sri Lankan Embassy, Vienna, Austria. |
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2013 December 07 |
Sri Lankan music concert. Red Hall of the Mayor's house, Ljubljana, Slovenia. |
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2013 October 31 |
Indian music concert. The Graduate Institute of Ethnomusicology, Tainan National University of the Arts, Tainan, Taiwan. |
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2013 September 05 & 08 |
A performance of Sri Lankan music. The Astrakhan State Philharmonic Square, Astrakhan, Russia. |
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2012 August 31 |
Sevdalinka Bosnian urban song performance. The »Harmonika Concert« Mestni Muzej, Ljubljana, Slovenia. |
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2012 August 25.08 |
An Invited Guest performance. Prilep, Macedonia. |
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2011 September 15 &18 |
Sri Lankan music performance. The 3rd International Ethnographic Festival-Competition »Voices of Golden Steppe«, Astrakhan, Russia. |
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2011 August 27 |
Concert of Sri Lankan music. Drugačna Slovenija/A Different Slovenia. Festival Nights in the Old Ljubljana Town, Ljubljana, Slovenia. |
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2011 July 30 |
A performance at the 41st Mednarodni folklorni festival (41st International Folklore Festival). Beltinci, Slovenia. |
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2010 October 09 |
Concert of South Indian Music with Indian virtuoso Chitravina N. Ravikiran, City Museum Hall, Ljubljana, Slovenia. |
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2008 June 22 |
Indian music concert. The Humiliation and Dignity Studies Boat Conference, Bergen. Norway. |
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2008 October 29 |
Indian music concert. Academy of Music, University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. |
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2007 December 19 |
Indian music concert. Faculty of Arts, University of Juraj Dobrila, Pula, Croatia. |
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2007 September 24 |
A performance of Indian classical music. The Third Conference of the World Music, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China. |
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2004 |
Indian classical music performance at “Swara Samadhi” Indian music program. Sri Palee Campus, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. |
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2004 |
Indian classical music performance at the Drama Festival. Sri Palee Campus, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. |
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1994 |
»Gimhana Gi« solo concert, Nalanda Central College, Minuwangoda. |
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1992 |
»Gimhana Gi« solo concert, Dharmaloka Hall, University of Kelaniya. |
Web:
Ethnomusicology I: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5LwPa52bzY
Ethnomusicology II: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuDWzNhk9bc
National Radio Slovenia. First Program Fortissimo (Indian classical music)
http://4d.rtvslo.si/!arhiv/fortissimo-kviz-v-tricetrtinskem-taktu/174329903