Neela Wickramasinghe

Neela Wickramasinghe
නීලා වික්‍රමසිංහ
Born
Dona Delicia Neela Wickramasinghe

(1950-03-30)30 March 1950[1]
Wattala, Ceylon
Died17 January 2022(2022-01-17) (aged 71)
Milan, Italy
EducationMampe Sri Sobhita Maha Vidyalaya
Piliyandala Central College
Occupations
  • Singer
  • teacher
  • composer
SpouseKapila Herath
Parents
  • Don Francis Wickramasinghe (father)
  • Withanaratchige Done Yasawathie Gunasekera (mother)
Musical career
Genres
InstrumentVocals
Years active1967–2022
Labels
  • Nilwala
  • Ransilu
  • Evoke

Visharada Dona Delicia Neela Wickramasinghe (Sinhala: නීලා වික්‍රමසිංහ; 30 March 1950 – 17 January 2022), popularly as Neela Wickramasinghe, was a Sri Lankan songstress, teacher, playback singer and musician.[2][3] A four-time winner of the Sarasaviya Award for Best Singer, Wickramasinghe has contributed a number of popular songs to the Sri Lankan music industry in a career expanded more than five decades.[4]

  1. ^ Malini, Yamuna (8 April 2006). "'Gajaman Nona' of our time". Dailynews.lk. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
  2. ^ Thenabadu, Sunil (8 August 2010). "Versatile playback singer". Sundayobserver.lk. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
  3. ^ Kolitha Bhanu Dissanayake, Ranga Chandrarathne (11 March 2012). "The celestial voice that bears the tonal signature". Sundayobserver.lk. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
  4. ^ "Neela Wickramasinghe, the scholar who completed the song of life". Sarasaviya. 19 January 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2022.