Vicumpriya Perera

Vicumpriya Perera
Born19 February ????
Sri Lanka
NationalitySri Lankan
EducationAnanda College, St. Anthony's College, Wattala
Occupation(s)lyricist, poet, mathematician

Vicumpriya Perera (Sinhala: විකුම්ප්‍රිය පෙරේරා) is a Sri Lankan born mathematician, lyricist, poet and music producer.[1][2] He has published three books of Sinhala poetry, Mekunu Satahan (Sinhala: මැකුනු සටහන්) in 2001,[3] Paa Satahan (Sinhala: පා සටහන්) in 2013, [4][5] and Mawbime Suwandha (Sinhala: මව්බිමේ සුවඳ) in 2023.[6] He has written over 200 songs and has produced eleven Sinhala song albums. He currently works as a mathematics professor in Ohio, US.

Life and career

Vicumpriya Perera is originally from Wattala, Sri Lanka. He is a graduate of St. Anthony's College, Wattala and Ananda College, Maradana, Sri Lanka. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics with first class honors from University of Colombo, Sri Lanka and continued his graduate studies at Indiana University - Purdue University at Indianapolis. He obtained a doctorate degree from Purdue University in Pure Mathematics with research concentrating on operator algebras and functional analysis in 1993.[7]

Vicumpriya Perera lives in Ohio, US, where he has worked as a mathematics professor at Kent State University (Trumbull campus) since 1998.[8][9] He works in operator algebra, which is an area of pure mathematics.

Vicumpriya Perera is the current president of the Ohio Mathematical Association of Two year Colleges (OhioMATYC),[10] the Ohio Affiliate organization of the American Mathematical Association of Two Year Colleges (AMATYC). He also serves as the immediate past president of the Colombo University Faculty of Science Alumni Association - North America (CUFSAA),[11] since the conclusion of his term as President of the Association (2021-2023).

List of albums

The following is a list of the songs albums that Vicumpriya Perera has produced. Vicumpriya Perera was the sole composer of the lyrics of all of them.

Title Sinhala Year No. of songs Singer(s) Music directors Citation(s)
Paa Satahan පා සටහන් 2008 20 Bhadraji Mahinda Jayatilaka, Praneeth Mash, Sumith Vanniarachchi, and Indeevari Abeywardena. Bhadraji Mahinda Jayatilaka, Shantha Gunaratne, and Lassana Jayasekara. [12]
Weli Aetayak වැලි ඇටයක් 2009 18 Nalin Jayawardena, with duet singers Santhuri Waidyasekera, Sangeeth Wickramasinghe, Ananda Waidyasekera, Nijamali Jayawardena, and Sanduni Rashmika. Sangeeth Wickramasinghe, Ananda Waidyasekera, Rohan Jayawardena, Rukshan Karunanayake, Jayanga Dedigama and Sanuka Wickramasinghe. [13]
Ukusu Es උකුසු ඇස් 2010 18 Bhadraji Mahinda Jayatilaka, Nalin Jayawardena, Chimes of the Seventies, Vidarshana Kodagoda, Dammika Tissarachchi, Isuru Roshan, Anura Dias, Channa and Ravindra Kasturisinghe, Mahesh Fernando, Indeevari Abeywardena, and Praneeth Mash. Rohan Jayawardena, Sangeeth Wickramasinghe, Ananda Waidyasekera, Rukshan Karunanayake, and Shantha Gunaratne. [14]
Niwaadu Kale නිවාඩු කාලේ 2011 16 Sanduni Rashmika, with duet singers Nalin Jayawardena, Santhuri Waidyasekera, and Jayanga Dedigama. Title song composed by Bhadraji Mahinda Jayatilaka and directed by Sangeeth Wickramasinghe. Other songs directed by Ananda Waidyasekera. [15]
Viduli Eliyak විදුලි එලියක් 2012 16 Nilupuli Dilhara, with duet singers Keerthi Pasquel, Nimal Gunasekera, Nalin Jayawardena, and Sanduni Rashmika. Ananda Waidyasekera. Bhadraji Mahinda Jayatilaka composed music for one song in the album as well. [16]
Mal Renuwak මල් රේණුවක් 2013 16 Nalin Jayawardena, with duet singers Amilaa Nadeeshani (second runner-up of Sirasa Superstar season 2 (2007)), Rupa Indumathi, Bhadraji Mahinda Jayatilaka, Walter Fernando, and Thilini Athukorala. Rohana Weerasinghe, Navaratne Gamage, Sarath De Alwis, H M Jayawardena, Nimal Mendis, Ernest Soysa, Bhadraji Mahinda Jayatilaka, Rohan Jayawardena, Mervin Priyantha, Ananda Waidyasekera, Sangeeth Wickramasinghe and Rukshan Karunanayake. [17][18][19]
Siththaruwanani සිත්තරුවාණනි 2014 16 Nalin Jayawardena, with duet singer Nimanthi Chamodini (Sri Lankan reality musical show star) Sangeeth Wickramasinghe [20][21][22]
Indikalaa Pem Medurak ඉඳිකලා පෙම් මැදුරක් 2015 16 Devananda Waidyasekera, Chandrakumar Kandanarachchi, Thyaga N Edward, Walter Fernando, Ajith Ariyarathna, Nalin Jayawardena, Athula Sri Gamage, Srilal Fonseka, and Praneeth Shiwanka Perera Ananda Waidyasekera [23]
Ithiri Giyaada Aadare ඉතිරී ගියාද ආදරේ 2016 16 Nalin Jayawardena, Rohan Jayawardena, Dhammika Tissaarachchi, Minali Gamage, Amanda Perera, Sangeeth Wickramasinghe and Renuka Wickramasinghe Rohan Jayawardena, Nimal Mendis, Bhadraji Mahinda Jayatilaka, Ananda Waidyasekera, Sangeeth Wickramasinghe, Rukshan Karunanayake, and Jayanga Dedigama [24]
Mawbime Suwandha මව්බිමේ සුවඳ 2018 14 Sangeeth Nipun Professor Sanath Nandasiri, Visharada Edward Jayakody, Anuradha Nandasiri, Dayan Witharana, Swarnalatha Kaveeshwara, Visharada Charitha Priyadarshani Peiris, Visharada Sarath Peiris, Nirasha Ratnayake, Nadeesha Dayaratne, Visharada Harshana Disanayake, and Upendra Piyasena Visharada Sarath Peiris [25]
Minpasu Aaye මින්පසු ආයේ 2020 15 Nalin Jayawardena, Shashika Srimali and Dhammika Edussooriya Dhammika Edussooriya [26]

Siththaruwanani included songs from the sinhala classical musical genre (sarala gee). Instrumentalists for this album consisted of Sri Lankan musicians Mahendra Pasquel, Sarath Fernando, Dhananjaya Somasiri, Janaka Bogoda, Susil Amarasinghe, Rohana Dharmakeerthi, Shelton Wijesekera, and Dilusha Ravindranath.[22]

Other productions

In 2005, Vicumpriya Perera (along with Nalin Jayawardena, and Jaanaka Wimaladharma) produced a compact disc set, Dhammapadaya (Sinhala: ධම්මපදය), under the Lanka Heritage label.[27] The set contained four discs, and consisted of complete the Dhammapada stanzas in the original Pali language followed by the Sinhala translations chanted by venerable Beruwala Siri Sobhitha Thero of the Sri Lanka Buddhist Vihara in Perth, Australia.[a] In 2006, this disc set had an English release called Dhammapada.[27] This version had the original Dhammapada stanzas (again in Pali) followed by the English translations written and rendered by Dr. Gil Fronsdal,[29] director and resident teacher Insight Meditation Center, Redwood City, California, US.

In 2012 Vicumpriya Perera (in collaboration with Nalin Jayawardena) produced a Sinhala Audiobook called Kulageyin Kulageyata (Sinhala: කුලගෙයින් කුලගෙයට) under the Lanka Heritage, LLC. The book was written in 2009 by Bhadraji Mahinda Jayatilaka, who provided most of the voice work . The audiobook has a total length of five compact discs, and was published by Sarasavi Publishers,[30] Nugegoda, Sri Lanka.

Notes

  1. ^ Dhammapada is a widely read Buddhist scripture containing 423 pali verses spanning into 26 chapters called varga.[28]

References

  1. ^ "Digital legacy of Sinhala songs". Sunday Observer. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Vicumpriya Perera – mathematician, translator and electronic recorder". Sunday Island. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
  3. ^ "Mekunu Satahan ebook". Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  4. ^ Perera, Vicumpriya (2013). Paa Satahan. Nugegoda, Sri Lanka: Sarasavi Publishers. ISBN 9789556717921.
  5. ^ "A homeland in cyberspace". Sunday Observer. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  6. ^ "Mawbime Suwandha". 8 January 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  7. ^ Perera, Vicumpriya (1993). Real Valued Spectral Flow in a Type II-[infinity] Factor. Purdue University.
  8. ^ "Vic Perera". Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  9. ^ "Vicumpriya Perera". Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  10. ^ "OhioMATYC". Retrieved 1 April 2023.
  11. ^ "CUFSAA-NA". Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  12. ^ Paa Satahan – Bhadraji Mahinda Jayatilaka
  13. ^ "Weli Aetayak': Nalin and Vicumpriya's joint venture". Sunday Times. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
  14. ^ Ukusu Es
  15. ^ Niwadu Kaale – Sanduni Rashmika
  16. ^ Viduli Eliyak – Nilupuli Dilhara
  17. ^ Mal Renuwak – Nalin Jayawardena
  18. ^ Thilakarathne, Indeewara. "Depicting life through songs". Ceylon Today. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
  19. ^ Madugalle, Dushyantha. "Promoting Lankan culture in and out of diaspora". Sunday Observer. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
  20. ^ Siththaruwanani – Nalin Jayawardena
  21. ^ Withanachchi, Thinani. "Nalin in Sri Lanka to release 11th CD". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  22. ^ a b "Voice from Australia, Lyrics from America and Music from Sri Lanka". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  23. ^ Vicumpriya Perera Lyrics, Vol. 8: Indikalaa Pem Medurak
  24. ^ Vicumpriya Perera Lyrics 9: Ithiri Giyaada Aadare
  25. ^ Lyrical Compositions of Dr. Vicumpriya Perera, Vol.10: Fragrances Of The Motherland
  26. ^ Minpasu Aaye - Lyrical Compositions of Vicumpriya Perera 11
  27. ^ a b "Dhammapada at Lanka Heritage website". Retrieved 2 December 2013.
  28. ^ Müller, F. Max (1881). The Dhammapada (Sacred Books of the East, Vol. X). Oxford University Press.
  29. ^ Gil Fronsdal, and Jack Kornfield (foreword) (2005). The Dhammapada: A New Translation of the Buddhist Classic with Annotations, Boston: Shambhala. ISBN 1-59030-211-7.
  30. ^ "Sarasavi Prakashakayo". Retrieved 2 December 2013.