SLLS 102: A Musical Evening with Harsha Makalande

Date: Sunday, 23rd October 2022
Time: 1400 UK/ 1830 SL
Zoom meeting
Veteran jazz pianist and award-winning composer, Harsha Makalande, is also the great grandson of the influential Sri Lankan playwright, John De Silva. After leaving Ananda College in 1976, Harsha entered the professional world of music in Sri Lanka and studied music under the veteran jazz pianist Cecil Rodrigo. He played for bands such as “Pioneers”, “Arabesque”, and “Amazing Grace” in his initial years and created his fusion music group KHROME; an orchestra with a repertoire of classical, pop, jazz, fusion and oriental music, in 1988. They have performed in many significant venues in overseas such as ZDF in Germany, The Tokyo Opera City in Japan, Sydney Opera House in Australia and the Jazz Yatra festival in India. His composition, ‘ස්වරසංග වන්නම’, a work for orchestra, piano and Sri Lankan drums, was performed by the Colombo Symphony Orchestra in 1992, and the work has been the subject of post graduate research both in Sri Lanka and abroad. Harsha’s music for films and for Tissa Abeysekara’s television series පිටගම්කාරයෝ, has won him awards. With the vision of adding finesse to the talent of music in people, he founded the Harsha Makalande Institute of Music where he teaches music composition on the computer, keyboard techniques, basic composition elements like chord formation etc, filling a lacuna in the field of music education in the country.

[@layaalles610]

Thank you and I enjoyed. I have to listen to this again.

[@roshanpawani]

Congratulations sir

[@suranganiedayaratne9933]

Well done Harsha, you are great to remember the family history which most have forgotten after reaching the limelight.

[@mahengee]

Very well conducted Ruwan. Enjoyed it very much. Good to see Lalnath too.

[@srilankanliterarysociety7511]

Many thanks

[@katesabaratnam5316]

Harsha's voice cannot be heard.