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Tribute to Sunil Santha
"Sigiri Gee", a cassette and CD with the songs of the late Sunil Santha, the innovative singer and composer will be released at National Musaeum auditorium at 4.00 pm on Monday, September 12.

Some of his popular compositions are included in the cassette and the CD to be releaseed. Graduating from Bathkande Music Academy India Sunil Santha joined the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC) and sang Kirilla Saha Kuduwa, Paduwane Naywane and Adara Nadiye in 1946. Protesing the decision taken by the then authorities to categorize Sri Lankan singers by an Indian musician, Sunil Santha was punished and his programmes were stopped from being broadcast.

Away from SLBC for fifteen years from 1952 to 1967, Sunil Santha did many experiments in music. Among the experimental compositions he created was the music he set for Sigiri Kurutu Gee. According to Sunil Santha the music he set using only four musical notes was the world's first time experiment.

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