Saman Lenin

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Visharad
Saman Lenin
විශාරද සමන් ලෙනින්
Born
Kottawa Iniyage Saman Thusitha Lenin Kumara

(1980-05-01) May 1, 1980 (age 43)
Galle, Sri Lanka
NationalitySri Lankan
EducationSt. Aloysius College
Alma materUniversity of the Visual & Performing Arts
Occupations
  • Singer
  • musician
  • ethno-musicologist
AwardsBest Singer
Musical career
Genres
Instrument(s)Vocals
Years active2007-present
Labels
  • MEntertainment
Websitesamanlenin.com

Visharad Kottawa Iniyage Saman Thusitha Lenin Kumara (Born 1 May 1980: Sinhala: සමන් ලෙනින්), popularly as Saman Lenin, is a Sri Lankan vocalist, musician, and ethno-musicologist. He is popular in Sri Lanka as an exponent of Sri Lankan folk music, and incorporates traditional folk tunes into his music.[1] Despite a relatively short career in the music industry thus far, he has sung over 200 songs, and is considered by many to be one of the most talented folk artists in Sri Lanka.[2]

Personal life[edit]

He was born on 1 May 1980 in the village called Kottava in Unawatuna, Galle, Sri Lanka as the fifth child of the family. His father Kottava Master was an art teacher. He received education at St. Aloysius College in Galle. At school, he was popular as an athlete where he was included to the school cricket team, swimming and bodybuilding team.[3] He played in the college cricket team for the under 16 to under 19 team and later served as team leader. At that time Dennis Lillee selected 17 of the best school fast bowlers in Sri Lanka and did a bowling camp, where Lenin was among the 17 best fast bowlers in Sri Lanka.[4] At that time, he also excelled in art and sculpture. He has four elder brothers and one younger sister.[5]

In 2004, he entered University of the Visual & Performing Arts, in Colombo and obtained a degree in Ethno-musicology.[6] Then he became a lecturer of the same university.[7]

Career[edit]

During his university life, Lenin learned folk music under renowned musicians such as Rohana Baddage and Saman Panapitiya. In 2005, he rose to prominence after contesting in 'Rajatha Rashmi', a musical reality contest organized by the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation. Finally he won the second place in the contest. Then he was selected for the background singing for the film Siri Parakum directed by Somaratne Dissanayake. The song 'Ambaruvo' from the film had a special impact on establishing his different voice in the music industry in this country. He further established himself in the field of film background vocals and contributed to Prof. Sunil Ariyaratne's film Paththini and Lalith Pannipitiya's film Sangile.[5][8]

He has gained popularity for his singing in a number of Sri Lankan teledramas and participated in many cultural events.[9] In 2011 at the 8th Television State Awards, he won the Best Singer award for the serial Yasa Isuru.[10] In 2014, he sang the theme song for the television serial Kolamba Ahasa for which in 2015, he won the award for the Best Vocalist at 2015 Sumathi Awards.[11] In 2015, he started his solo musical concert 'Sneha Warsha'. The first concert was held at the Law Faculty of the University of Colombo.[12] In the same year, he was awarded the Best Singer award at the State Music Awards.[13] In 2016, he was awarded the Bunka Award by the Japan Friendship and Cultural Fund (JSFCF).[14]

In 2017, he performed a concert called 'Gigurum Warsha' along with Nilakshi Halapitiya. In addition, he made another concert with Rohana Beddage for the first time with the tile 'Desaman Bedda'. Both concerts were also performed in Australia in 2019.[7] In 2018, he won the Best Singer award at Raigam Tele'es for the serial Eliya Kanda.[15] He has also sung in the film Siri Parakum, directed by Somaratne Dissanayake, the song Ambaruwo, which became famous. He has performed internationally many times in Australia, India, Thailand, Doha, Maldives, Dubai.[16] On 9 June 2018, he participated to the musical concert 'Gee Mal Suwanda Gee Miyasi with Makaranda Pasvida Gayum Asiriya' held at the Nelum Pokuna Theater.[17] In the same year, he sang the song 'Samasara Kanda Laga' which deals with the Samasara Hill Landslide tragedy.[18] In 2019, he released the solo hits 'Amude' and 'Amude 2', both songs received large fanbase and popularity.[19][20]

Apart from singing, he also worked as an actor. His maiden television acting came through the television serial Yasa Isuru. Then he acted in the serials Ransiri Mal and Paanamankada.[21]

Playback singing[edit]

Year Film Ref.
2012 Super Six
2014 Siri Parakum
2016 Paththini
2018 Aladin Saha Puduma Pahana
2019 Sangile

References[edit]

  1. ^ "It is a lie fabricated by the media that the younger generation does not appreciate our things ... My blood dances when I hears the drums of the low country - Saman Lenin". Divaina. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
  2. ^ "Civilization at the State Music Festival Raising the voice and Loss of musical talent". Divaina. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
  3. ^ "Romantic Evening - Saman Lenin Reflecting on School Love". Divaina. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
  4. ^ "If it wasn't for the musician, I would have been on the Sri Lankan cricket team - Saman Lenin". Divaina. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
  5. ^ a b "Our voice in the world of singing: Saman Lenin". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
  6. ^ "Saman Lenin bio". Sailing Conductors. Retrieved 2021-05-23.
  7. ^ a b "Outside music is lot to us than our own music - Saman Lenin". Dinamina. Retrieved 2021-05-23.
  8. ^ "I do not want to be labeled Pattini Prof. Sunil Ariyaratne". Divaina. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
  9. ^ "Embrace explosion of colourful culture". Sound Telegraph. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
  10. ^ "Rupavahini State Awards Ceremony- Result 2011-2012". Department of Cultural Affairs - Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2021-01-30.
  11. ^ "Best singer of "Sumathi Awards 2015"". sbs.com.
  12. ^ "Give words to the language, Perform in that manner: Saman Lenin's Music Revolution". Divaina. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
  13. ^ "State Music Awards". Divaina. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
  14. ^ "Saman Lenin got Bunka Award". mirrorarts. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
  15. ^ "Raigam Tele'es 2017 award winners". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  16. ^ "World music legend headlines spiritual concert tonight at Festival 2018". Mirage News. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
  17. ^ "'Makaranda', fragrance on the 9th at the Lotus Pond". Silumina. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
  18. ^ "Heart touching song written on a bus 'Samasara Kanda Laga'". Silumina. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
  19. ^ "YouTube Hit අමුඩෙ". Deshaya. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
  20. ^ "The poem, which was sung with the pain of separation, turned into a song". Silumina. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
  21. ^ "I'm not an artist trying to go wild ... Saman Lenin". Divaina. Retrieved 2021-05-24.

External links[edit]

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