Evening of Classical Music with Chiho Akaishi and Eshantha Peiris
View(s):Alliance Française de Colombo will present an evening of Classical music by Japanese Pianist Chiho Akaishi and Rioo Kuratou (Soprano) on Friday 14th March at the Alliance Française DE COLOMBO Air conditioned Auditorium at No 11 Barnes Place, Colombo 7. Eshantha Peiris, One of the best Pianists in Sri Lanka will perform as the Guest Artist for the evening. Their programme includes Camille Saint-Saens : ‘Carnaval des Animaux’and Claude Debussy : ‘Petite Suite’
Eshantha Peiris
Eshantha is the founder and Co-director of “Musicmatters”, an institution in Colombo dedicated to innovative music-making and creative music education. He had his secondary education at St. Joseph’s College, and graduated from New York University with Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Music Performance and Composition.
Eshantha’s discography includes two albums of Brazilian classical music recorded with flautist Celina Charlier, and two albums of original fusion music recorded with the band ‘Thriloka’.
Chiho Akaishi hails from Shikzuoko, a City in between Nagoya & Tokyo. Their performance for the evening will feature Piano Solo – Eshantha Peiris, Baritone Solo – Rioo Kuratou, Piano Solo – Chiho Akaishi, Piano Four Hands – Eshantha Peiris and Chiho Akaishi – Claude Debussy, Piano Four Hands – Eshantha Peiris and Chiho Akaishi – Camille Saint-Saens, etc. Entrance is Free and limited. Invitations are available at Alliance Française DE COLOMBO from March 7th.