List of Sri Lankan musicians
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This is a list of musicians from the country of Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...

 which is located south of India
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The musicians are listed according to the alphabetical order, by their first name.

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  • A.S.A.K.I*
  • Ajith Bandara
    Ajith Bandara
    Ajith Bandara is a Sri Lankan singer. He is popular in the country for winning the first season of the singing contest Sirasa Superstar in 2006. His first album was "Thilaka Thiyanna". The album was launched in Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium in Colombo....

  • Ananda Samarakone
    Ananda Samarakone
    Egodahage George Wilfred Alwis Samarakoon was a Sri Lankan composer and musician...

  • Annesley Malewana
    Annesley Malewana
    -Life and career:Malewana was born in Ratnapura , and attended St. Joseph’s College in the capital city of Colombo. Upon leaving school, he met Clarence Wijewardena, who formed the group Moonstones...

  • Amila Bandara Warnasooriya
  • A. E. Manoharan

Amarasiri Peris

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  • Centigradz
  • Chamari Weerakoon
  • Clarence Wijewardane
    Clarence Wijewardane
    Clarence Wijewardana was a Sri Lankan musician who pioneered the use of electric guitar in Sinhala music. He is said to have revolutionized Sri Lankan music in the 1960s and is often named as the father of Sri Lankan pop music - having influenced performers in ranging from W D Amaradewa, Premasiri...

  • Cliff Foenander
    Cliff Foenander
    Cliff Foenander was a Sri Lankan musician who performed in South East Asia and Las Vegas. Cliff died 21 November 2000.-Career:Cliff grew up in Colombo, and in the 1950s he started performing in clubs and dances around Ceylon....

  • C.T. Fernando
    C. T. Fernando
    Cyril Tudor Fernando was a popular Sri Lankan singer.Fernando entered music in the 1940s. He was praised by critics for the themes and wording of his songs like "Vana Bamaru," "Bilinda Nelwa Ukule" and "Rosa Male." His other popular songs include "Lo Ad Giles Male Tarawa" and "Mariya Mawu Kuse."-...


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  • Gresha Schuilling
    Gresha Schuilling
    Gresha Schulling is a Sri Lankan musician. She has been hailed as a rising star from the world of popular music in South Asia....

  • Gunadasa Kapuge
    Gunadasa Kapuge
    -Early life:Kapuge was born on August 7, 1945 either in the village of Miriswatte in the Galle District or in the tiny village of Thanabaddegama in Elpitiya. He was the second of eight children. He went to school until grade five at Karandeniya Central College and later at Dharmasoka College in...

  • Mohammed Gauss
    Mohammed Gauss
    Mohammed Gauss was a Sri Lankan film music composer. His compositions for filmi in the 1950s are credited by music critics as having been influential in developing a Sri Lankan style of film composition distinct from that of Indian films.-References:...

  • The Gypsies
    The Gypsies
    This article is about the Sri Lankan band, for other uses of the term see The Gypsies The Gypsies are a Sri Lankan band that perform English and Sinhala songs and have been around since the early 1970s.-History:...

  • Givanthi Ekanayake
  • Geethadeva Hemalal

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  • Lakshman Joseph de Saram
  • Lakshman Hilmi
  • La Bambas
    La Bambas
    La Bambas was an influential Sri Lankan music group, composed of Priya Peiris, Rolinson Ferdinando, Brian Fernando, Erinton Perera and Lasla Fernando...

  • Lionel Ranwala
    Lionel Ranwala
    Lionel Ranwala was a prominent Sri Lankan musician.Ranwala's main interest was Sinhala folk music of Sri Lankan...

  • Lakshitha hettiarachchi

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  • Milton Mallawarachchi
    Milton Mallawarachchi
    Milton Mallawarachchi was a popular Sri Lankan musician.Mallawarachchi has sung songs by Karunaratne Abeysekera, K. D. K. Dharmawardena, Premakirthi de Alwis, Clarence Wijewardena, Upali Danawalawithana, Dharmasiri Gamage, Ajantha Ransinghe, Shelton Weeraratne, Kularatne Ariyawansa, Ananda...

  • Mohideen Baig
    Mohideen Baig
    Mohideen Baig was a popular Sri Lankan musician. He was a Muslim who moved to Sri Lanka from Salem in Tamil Nadu, India. Beg's son, Ishak is also a singer but not that popular in Srilanka like his father was. Baig has dueted with H. R. Jothipala, G.S.B. Rani Perera, Latha Walpola, Sujatha...

  • The Moonstones
    The Moonstones
    The Moonstones was an influential Sri Lankan band, led by Clarence Wijewardene and Annesley Malewana. Originating in Ratnapura, the group was one of the most popular Sri Lankan bands during the 1960s.-Formation:...

  • M. S. Fernando
    M. S. Fernando
    M. S. Fernando was a Sri Lankan baila singer. He is heralded a major player in the development of baila music and was widely popular among Sri Lankan audiences....

  • Maxwell Mendis
  • K.B.Mahindakumar

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  • Nimal Mendis
    Nimal Mendis
    Nimal Mendis is a Sri Lankan singer and songwriter. He is one of a handful of Sri Lankan musicians to make it to the BBC television programme Top of the Pops in 1968....

  • Nihal Nelson
  • Nithi Kanagaratnam
  • Natasha Rathnayake
  • Nalin Jayawardena
    Nalin Jayawardena
    Nalin Jayawardena is a popular Sri Lankan singer and vocalist. He was the first Sri Lankan singer to release an internet based audio album in Sinhala allowing his fans from around the world to download the album free of charge. This album titled Kanda Paamule was released in 2004...


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  • Pahan Silu
    Pahan Silu
    Pahan Silu is the name of a band formed in late 2002 by American-born musician Priyan Weerappuli....

  • Pandith Amaradeva
    Pandith Amaradeva
    Wannakuwatta Mitiwaduge Don Albert Perera , better known by his adopted name Amaradeva, is a Sri Lankan vocalist and musical composer...

  • Premadasa Hegoda
    Premadasa Hegoda
    Premadasa Hegoda is a Sri Lankan sitarist. He has lived in Japan since 1974.Hegoda studied with Ravi Shankar. He is an associate professor of Music at the University of Tokyo and also teaches Indian music at Takasaki Art College...

  • Premasiri Khemadasa
    Premasiri Khemadasa
    Dr.Premasiri Khemadasa also known as "Khemadasa Master" is one of the most influential composers in Sri Lankan music. Exploring the various styles of music around the world Khemadasa endeavored to develop a unique style of music...

  • Priya Suriyasena
    Priya Suriyasena
    Priya Suriyasena is a Sri Lankan popular vocalist and lecturer in music who embarked his music career through the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation in 1972.- Childhood :...


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  • Rohan Shantha Bulegoda
  • Rookantha Goonathilake
  • Rohan De Silva
  • Rohan Joseph
  • Rohan de Saram
    Rohan de Saram
    Rohan de Saram is a British-born Sri Lankan cellist. Until his thirties he made his name as a classical artist, but has since become renowned for his involvement in and advocacy of contemporary music....

  • Robin Foenander
  • Rolinson Ferdinando
  • Rukmani Devi
    Rukmani Devi
    Rukmani Devi was a Sri Lankan singer and actress, who was often acclaimed as "The Nightingale of Sri Lanka". She made it to the silver screen via the stage and had acted in close to 100 films, at the time of her death...

  • Rasika hewage
  • Rezi Ahamed

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  • Som Wardner
    Som Wardner
    Som Wardner is a Sri Lankan-born British musician and socialite, best known as the frontman of the band My Vitriol.Wardner was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka and raised as a Sinhalese Buddhist. Noted for artistic abilities from an early age, Wardner had one of his art exhibitions opened by the...

  • Stigmata (band)
    Stigmata (band)
    Stigmata is a Sri Lankan heavy metal band based in Colombo, Sri Lanka, formed in 1999. This band is not to be confused with the legendary hardcore/metal band, Stigmata, from Troy, Ny.-Early years:...

  • Sunil Edirisinghe
    Sunil Edirisinghe
    Patikirige Sunil Jayapreethi Edirisinghe is a critically acclaimed Sri Lankan classical musician....

  • Surenie De Mel

  • Somathilaka Jayamaha
  • Sajjad Hassan
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