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 the President of the Premadasa Hegoda Foundation. He is an Associate Professor of Music at the University of Tokyo and also teaches Indian music at Takasaki Art College. He also operates the Premadasa Institute of Indian Music in Tokyo, which provides instruction in sitar, sarod, esraj, tabla, and voice. [http://india-music.parfe.jp/english/english.html]

He composed the first sitar concerto in Japan, sponsored by Nihon Television, which was performed with the Yomiuri Symphony Orchestra and the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra. He has also collaborated with jazz musicians, Japanese traditional musicians, and other musicians from around the world.

External links

* [http://www.h6.dion.ne.jp/~jecna/ewhois.html Premadasa Hegoda biography]


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