Amaradeva, now 88, began with Baila:
The Master’s Voice
The name is still magic. So is the voice. With dozens of accolades
and encomiums showered on him in the past several decades, maestro
Amaradeva continues to secure his place as Sri Lanka’s leading
composer and vocalist as well as for the richness and depth of his
understanding of music. It is magical how deftly he had applied his
vast knowledge to produce a vast corpus of semi-classical light
music that remains outstandingly popular, even today.
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