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theartsdesk from Colombo: A Pianist of the World
A Sri Lankan pianist uses linguistics to create music
Sunday, 29 August 2010
Tanya Ekanayaka: One of Sri Lanka’s pre-eminent concert pianists
Since winning the Symphony Orchestra of Sri Lanka Concerto Competition at the tender (and record-setting) age of 16, Tanya Ekanayaka has become one of Sri Lanka’s pre-eminent concert pianists. Last month she was the first from her country ever to appear in the long-running Pianists of the World series at St Martin-in-the-Fields, with a programme featuring Bach, Beethoven, Ravel and her own improvised composition, Adahas: of Wings of Roots.
Since winning the Symphony Orchestra of Sri Lanka Concerto Competition at the tender (and record-setting) age of 16, Tanya Ekanayaka has become one of Sri Lanka’s pre-eminent concert pianists. Last month she was the first from her country ever to appear in the long-running Pianists of the World series at St Martin-in-the-Fields, with a programme featuring Bach, Beethoven, Ravel and her own improvised composition, Adahas: of Wings of Roots.
I have absolutely no idea what’s going to come out of my hands. Yesterday I found myself playing something, and then someone knocked on the door, and it was gone
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