Nalin Jayawardena
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Nalin Jayawardena (born April 18, 1957) is a popular Sri Lanka
n 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. Nalin Jayawardena is currently based in Perth
, Australia.
As of now, he has released over 10 CD’s including several tribute CD’s for the legendary singer HR Jothipala (Sinhala : එච්. ආර්. ජෝතිපාල). Nalin Jayawardena has vocalized over 100 original songs. These songs were composed in collaboration with talented sinhala lyric writers such as Dr Vicumpriya Perera (Sinhala : විකුම්ප්රිය පෙරේරා), Sunil Govinnage (Sinhala : සුනිල් ගෝවින්නගේ), Sriya Kumarasingha (Sinhala : ශ්රියා කුමාරසිංහ) and Chrishanthi de fonseka (Sinhala : ක්රිෂාන්ති ද ෆොන්සේකා). Musical composition for Nalin's songs were done by popular Sri Lankan musicians including Nimal Mendis
(Sinhala : නිමල් මෙන්ඩිස්), Rohan Jayawardena (Sinhala : රොහාන් ජයවර්ධන), Sangeeth Wickramasingha (Sinhala : සංගීත් වික්රමසිංහ), Ananda Widyasekara (Sinhala : ආනන්ද වෛද්යසේකර) and Rukshan Karunanayaka (Sinhala : රුක්ෂාන් කරුණානායක).
He has also collaborated in the making of the first-ever Dhammapada Stanzas CD packs with Ven Beruwela Siri Sobitha and Dr Gill Fronsdal. He also collaborated in making the charity CD/DVD in the aid of the Tsunami victims in Sri Lanka.
He has written several of his own songs and began his music carrier at a later stage of his life. He in musically talented in the sense that he has the ability to vocalize in a variety of styles and genre ranging from semi-classical to popular western. He has produced over 10 Sinhala audio CD’s and several DVD’s to entertain his fans.
He is married to Renuka Jayawardena [nee Ranasingha] from Galahitiyawa, Ganemulla, Srilanka, a medical scientist by profession, and has two daughters. He resides in Perth, Australia.
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...
n 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. Nalin Jayawardena is currently based in Perth
Perth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....
, Australia.
As of now, he has released over 10 CD’s including several tribute CD’s for the legendary singer HR Jothipala (Sinhala : එච්. ආර්. ජෝතිපාල). Nalin Jayawardena has vocalized over 100 original songs. These songs were composed in collaboration with talented sinhala lyric writers such as Dr Vicumpriya Perera (Sinhala : විකුම්ප්රිය පෙරේරා), Sunil Govinnage (Sinhala : සුනිල් ගෝවින්නගේ), Sriya Kumarasingha (Sinhala : ශ්රියා කුමාරසිංහ) and Chrishanthi de fonseka (Sinhala : ක්රිෂාන්ති ද ෆොන්සේකා). Musical composition for Nalin's songs were done by popular Sri Lankan musicians including 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....
(Sinhala : නිමල් මෙන්ඩිස්), Rohan Jayawardena (Sinhala : රොහාන් ජයවර්ධන), Sangeeth Wickramasingha (Sinhala : සංගීත් වික්රමසිංහ), Ananda Widyasekara (Sinhala : ආනන්ද වෛද්යසේකර) and Rukshan Karunanayaka (Sinhala : රුක්ෂාන් කරුණානායක).
He has also collaborated in the making of the first-ever Dhammapada Stanzas CD packs with Ven Beruwela Siri Sobitha and Dr Gill Fronsdal. He also collaborated in making the charity CD/DVD in the aid of the Tsunami victims in Sri Lanka.
Early life
Born in Batticaola, in eastern srilanka as the eldest son of Mr Chandra and Mrs MaryAnn Jayawardena, and did his primary studies at Prince of Wales college Moratuwa and at Bandaranayaka college in Gampaha [WP]He has written several of his own songs and began his music carrier at a later stage of his life. He in musically talented in the sense that he has the ability to vocalize in a variety of styles and genre ranging from semi-classical to popular western. He has produced over 10 Sinhala audio CD’s and several DVD’s to entertain his fans.
He is married to Renuka Jayawardena [nee Ranasingha] from Galahitiyawa, Ganemulla, Srilanka, a medical scientist by profession, and has two daughters. He resides in Perth, Australia.
Recent events
Nalin Jayawardena is currently employed as a building service professional in Australia. He recently released a Sinhala audio CD (2011) titled "Duru Ratawala Api."List of Audio CDs
- Kanda Paamule (2004)
- Anusmarana Upahara - H R Jothipala Tribute (2004)
- Tsunami Audio CD (2005)
- Cold Cold Night - Xmas Single (2005)
- Paata Paata Heenayak (2008)
- Upahaara Sihiwatana (2009)
- Weli Aetayak - Vicumpriya Perera Lyrics 02 (2009)
- Athithawarjanaa - Jothi Upahara Gee Pelahara (2010)
- Perth Gamata Paayayi Sandha (2010)
- Paata Paata Samanalayin (2010)
- Duru Ratawala Api (2011)