Cultural Diary

Marambari concert:

Edward Jayakody celebrates 35 years in music

The popular musician Edward Jayakody will conduct his first ever solo concert entitled 'Marambari' at the BMICH, Colombo on January 5 at 6.45 p.m. The concert will consist of 24 popular songs. Among other vocalists, Edward's daughter Saranya Jayakody will also contribute. Rohana Weerasinghe will direct the music for the concert.

Edward Jayakody is not only a singer. A little known fact is that he had directed music for scores of films, television series and stage plays etc. Among his songs for children, 'Koppara Koppara' is famous.

Jayakody won the Swarna Sanka Award in 1987 for Best Male Singer for the film 'Gedara Budun Amma'. He won the award for the Best Music Director in 1979 and 1980 for the plays 'Nidane' and 'Aparadaya Saha Danduwama'.

He entered the Government College of Music in 1976 (presently the University of Visual and Performing Arts). He was a teacher of music at Nalanda College Colombo in the 1980s. Jayakody's album 'Dedunu Palama' was released on April 6, 2003.

However, Marambari is his first solo concert like famous solo concert 'Saa' by Victor Ratnayake.

Correction

In the article entitled 'Puzzle baffles....' all references to the author should be Dr. W.Ramasinghe. The paragraph under the question 'What is the objective of the book? , should read as "Those who teach Mathematics at all levels" and not as "at University level". The error is regretted.