TWO PIANO RECITALS
For CFS Prithipura Home 10th October 2019
On 10th October 2019 at the Lionel Wendt at 7.00p.m.
versatile Two pianists, talented and Ramya Perera and de Livera Soundarie David perform Rodrigo, a variety will of works ranging from classical, jazz to fusion at a two-piano recital in aid of The Ceylon Fellowship of Service, Prithipura Home in Wattala on 10th October 2019 at the Lionel Wendt at 7.00 p.m.
Well-known dancer, drummer and percussionist Kala Keerthi Ravibandhu Vidyapathy will be a special guest performer at this fundraiser event. The programme includes a sonata for two pianos by Mozart, Dave Brubeck’s ballad on a Jazz theme and a medley of Walt Disney waltzes from the movies arranged by Greg Anderson.
A senior member of the Sri
Lanka Symphony Orchestra
and of the Colombo Music Chamber Society, Ramya performs regularly with
Soundarie David Rodrigo,
covering a wide repertoire by classical composers and arrangements on popular themes. At a young age, Ramya won a scholarship to study at the Royal Academy
in the United Kingdom and in 2002 was awarded honourary membership of the Academy for her commitment and education to high standards in teaching and performing. In 2016, Ramya was awarded the Lylie Godridge Memorial Award
for her contribution to western classical music. Soundarie David
Rodrigo pursued her musical education at the Royal College
of Music in London, specialising in piano performance and piano accompaniment. As a
soloist, Soundarie has performed locally and internationally. She is sought-after as an accompanist and enjoys collaborating with local and foreign artists. Soundarie is the Founder and Director of the award winning female choir “Soul Sounds”. Ravibandu
hails from a line of traditional dancers and temple painters. He has learnt dancing from Chitrasena and Vajira and drumming
from Piyasara and Punchiguru. He is an internationally recognised percussionist equally good on Pakhavaj and Tabla as on the Gatabera. He has shared the stage with world famous drummers such as Billy Cobham and Zakir Hussein.
CFS Prithipura Home is a residential facility providing a safe environment from childhood onwards for mentally and physically differently abled males and females and currently houses 66 residents ranging from 14 to 60 years. The residents come from poor homes where their families are unwilling or economically unable to look after them. Some were abandoned at birth and ended up at the Home on the orders of the Courts.
As a non-profit organisation,
CFS Prithipura Home looks to the community for support. State funding offsets only a small part of the cost of caring for residents, therefore private donations are essential. The Home receives contributions from individuals, corporations and foundations while donations of dry rations and food, sponsoring a resident, sponsoring a meal and fund raising are other ways to help the Home to continue its work.
Volunteers are always welcome to contribute their time and services to the Home.