Alston Koch to perform at the 2020 Oscars ‘After Party’
View(s):Sri Lankan born popular singer and actor Alston Koch will be one of the main features at the ‘After party’ of the 91st Oscars to be held at the Dolby Theatre at ‘Hollywood and Highland Center’ in Hollywood on Sunday, February 9.
Alston Koch
Among last year’s considerations for the ‘Oscar’ and an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for his haunting role in ‘According to Matthew’, Alston Koch is the winner of ‘The Cignis’ award for best actor in 2019.
This will be another role for Alston this time as an entertainer when he sings for the Academy Awards ‘After Party’ for the stars at the Beverly Hills Hilton in Hollywood this year on the 9th February, 2020 immediately following the Academy Awards Telecast worldwide.
Last year’s winner of the Derana ‘Sri Lankan of the Year’ award following previous years’ winners
Kumar Sangakkara and Jacqui Fernandez and newly appointed as the Brand Ambassador for The Rotary Club, Alston Koch celebrating a great year. Alston, not surprisingly is already off to a great start for 2020 in his adopted home Los Angeles, California.
His movie ‘According To Matthew’ was the most talked about movie in Sri Lanka while running to full houses in cinemas across the island for 75 days.
A much sought after singer in past Academy Award celebrations and the performer of many original songs with hits worldwide and an album that climbed to the No two spot in the Australian and International charts, Koch has also performed the national anthem of Australia, Sri Lanka and the USA in official functions representing all three countries and that was a rare feat that must be recognised.
He also performed, produced and wrote the album for the America’s Cup in 1986 which was and still is the most expensive sporting event in the world.
Commissioned by the Australian Task Force the album ‘The Kookaburra and the song ‘Kookaburra’ was one of the first songs to be played on the MTV Network stations throughout the World in 1986.
A member of The Grammy Academy he has toured the world performing to International audiences while being a part of the Grammy advocacy and a major supporter of original music.
During the unfortunate bombings in Sri Lanka in 2019 he brought the people of his country of birth together with his song and video ‘We Are One’ supported by Cinnamon Hotels and Resorts and the Sri Lankan community.
As an Ambassador for Climate Change and an Ambassador for Sri Lanka Tourism Alston Koch was hailed as the ‘Purveyor of Disco and Soul’ music in the Southern Hemisphere by the World Rock music Historian Glenn A Baker in his popular book ‘Disco Inferno’ and ARIA (Australian Record Industry Association) called him the ‘Funk Master’ when his album ‘DON’T FUNK WITH ME’ hit the Pop Charts.
Best known for his worldwide Gold hit ‘DISCO LADY’ recorded when signed for RCA Records worldwide Alston has also recorded for EMI, SONY and BMG Arista ARIOLA amongst other labels like BMG Crescendo in India CINEVOX (Italy) and MEGA RECORDS in Scandinavia.