Rohan Joseph de Saram
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Rohan Joseph de Saram was a Sri Lanka
n pianist and conductor
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Educated at Royal College, Colombo, Rohan went on to study at the prestigious Juilliard School of Music and studied conducting under Prof. Carl Bamberger.
He started his career with the American Philharmonic Orchestra, of which he later became its Music Director. He returned to Sri Lanka in 1990 on President R. Premadasa's invitation, and founded the Philharmonic Society of Sri Lanka. The Society was set up to serve as the parent of Opera Lanka which was intended to be the national opera company of Sri Lanka with a working partnership with Opera India. He died in Rome in 2004 from renal cell carcinoma.
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 pianist and conductor
Conducting
Conducting is the art of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. The primary duties of the conductor are to unify performers, set the tempo, execute clear preparations and beats, and to listen critically and shape the sound of the ensemble...
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Educated at Royal College, Colombo, Rohan went on to study at the prestigious Juilliard School of Music and studied conducting under Prof. Carl Bamberger.
He started his career with the American Philharmonic Orchestra, of which he later became its Music Director. He returned to Sri Lanka in 1990 on President R. Premadasa's invitation, and founded the Philharmonic Society of Sri Lanka. The Society was set up to serve as the parent of Opera Lanka which was intended to be the national opera company of Sri Lanka with a working partnership with Opera India. He died in Rome in 2004 from renal cell carcinoma.