Cultural Diary
Exhibition of paintings
Vasnatha Namaskarage will hold an exhibition of his paintings at
45/7Walgedara Badulla on October 3 from 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.
Perception art exhibition
Vasantha Namaskarage will hold his 56th solo exhibition of paintings
entitled ' Perception Art' at Open Art Gallery, Bandarawela, Etampitiya
fromOctober 4-31.
SOSL Premieres Concert with Japanese guest conductor
By Mahes PERERA
Lovers of classical music will have another chance of enjoying an
evening of enchanting music when the Symphony Orchestra of Sri Lanka
present their Premieres Concert on October 9, 7.30 p.m. at Ladies
College Hall. The guest soloist will be Atsushi Kimura (French Horn) and
the guest conductor Keiko Kobayashi. The Symphony, Orchestra's programme
for the evening will include Mozart's Horn Concerto No. 3, The Symphony
No. 3 (Rhenish) by Schuman, the Ruy Blas Overture by Mendelssohn and
Richard Strauss' Weiner Fanfare.
Tokyo born conductor Keiko Kobayashi is no stranger to our concert
stages. She was in Sri Lanka for an earlier successful Premieres Concert
by the Symphony Orchestra with the guest soloists Mayumi Mori a renowned
Japanese harpist and flautist Kimihiko Akiyama. Keiko graduated from the
Music Department of the Faculty of Education at the University of
Yamanashi and obtained her Master course in conducting at the Senzoku
Gakuen College of Music in Tokyo. She has studied conducting under the
world famous Seiji Ozawa and other renowned Japanese conductors.
Since her debut she has conducted the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra,
the Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra, the Nagoya Philharmonic
Orchestra, Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra and the Siena Wind Orchestra to
name a few.
Oushada Bavithayata Athwalak
Oushada Bavithayata Athwalak (Handbook on the use of drugs) by
Consultant Physician and Senior Lecturer of Faculty of Medicine of the
University of Colombo Dr.Chamari Weeraratne will be launched at BMICH
Banquet Hall at 3.00 p.m. on September 30 with Minister of Health Nimal
Siripala de Silva as the chief guest. The keynote address will be
delivered by Prof Nimal Senanayake. |
