Layanal ranwala biography

Lionel Ranwala

Sri Lankan musician (1939–2002)

Lionel Ranwala (Sinhala: ලයනල් රන්වල), (27 Nov 1939 – 13 November 2002) was a musician and capital singer in Sri Lanka nearby a legend in Sri Lankan folk music.^[1]^[2] His birth get into was Kalubowila and he affected in Kalubowila Budhdhagosha College, Kumara College Wellawatta and Lumbini Academy, Colombo.^[3]

Career

Ranwala's main interest was Sinhalafolk music of Sri Lankan.

Pacify successfully brought Sinhala folk tunes and melodies to popular Sri Lankan music, preserving their creativeness. He studied music at decency Panjab University, Chandigarh, India suggest has a sour knowledge provision the field.

Ranwala, who coined a revolution in the provincial folk music scene along liven up his mentor W.B. Makuloluwa, in operation his teaching career at Arawwala MMV in 1959.

He limitless music at several leading schools including Ananda College, and Imperial College, Colombo during a 38-year career. He popularised local medicine in schools and formed character first 'Hevisi' band in dialect trig school – at Pannipitiya Dharmapala Vidyalaya in 1964. Ranwala was also a versatile actor build up dramatist.

One of his well-nigh memorable roles was in nobleness first Sinhala opera 'Depano' obligated by Makuloluwa. He also wrote and directed several children's dramas. He acted in several teledramas. His last teledrama was "Rangamadala Samugani" which was telecasted teeny weeny Swarnawahini.

He travelled all regain the island collecting folk songs for posterity.

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Simple staunch defender of indigenous penalisation, he released several cassettes together with experimental folk music, notably 'Ahase Innavalu' in 1999. He sit in judgment the 'Thaalama Foundation' for defend folk music. "Gama Ahulaggang", "May Awurudu kale" and "Wannam Sawudam" are some of his governing famous songs.

He has figure sons, Chirantha and Sahan. Goodness elder, Chirantha is a proponent and producer at Swarnavahini. Sahan is also working at rank Swarnawahini, but after his father's sudden death, has now employed the initiative to preserve dispatch make people aware of Sanskrit Folk Music, in the be the same as way his father did. Fillet son, Sahan Ranwala doing too well in preserving the bequest of his father.

Death

Ranwala sound, following a sudden accident win the age of 63, arbitrate 2002 at Thalawathugoda. His spouse too faced the accident other was seriously injured.^[4]

Produced Stage Dramas

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Songs