- Premadasa Hegoda
Premadasa Hegoda is a
Sri Lanka nsitar ist. He has lived inJapan since 1974.Hegoda studied with
Ravi Shankar . He is the President of the Premadasa Hegoda Foundation. He is an Associate Professor of Music at theUniversity of Tokyo and also teaches Indian music atTakasaki Art College . He also operates the Premadasa Institute of Indian Music inTokyo , 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 theTokyo 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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