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| name = Neela Wickramasinghe නීලා වික්රමසිංහ | image = | caption = | image_size = | background = solo_singer | birth_name = Dona Delicia Neela Wickramasinghe | alias = | birth_place = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1950|03|30}}[1] | death_date = | origin = Sri Lanka | genre = Playback singing, Sri Lankan music | occupation = Vocalist, teacher, composer | years_active = 1967 – present }} Visharada Neela Wickramasinghe is a veteran female singer and a musician in Sri Lanka,[2][3] who mainly sings in Sinhalese. Early lifeWickramasinghe was the youngest daughter of Don Francis Wickramasinghe and Withanaratchige Done Yasawathie Gunasekera in Wattala. She became a victim of Polio at the age of six months. The first school she attended was Kirimatiyagara Vidyalaya. In 1954 she was admitted to Kesbewa Government private school where she first started to be involved in music. Later she went to Mampe Sri Sobhita Maha Vidyalaya. Wickramasinghe learned music under maestro Vincent Somapala and Ananda Jayasinghe. She sang her first song for the then Radio Ceylon in 1959 for a programme 'Amateur voice.' In 1967 she got the privilege to record her first song with Radio Ceylon. The song was composed by Mr. Dalton Alwis and the music was provided by Lionel Algama, "Sende ambare nisha mal yata". In 1973, she was selected as an A-grade artiste on the merit of the songs sung of the research section of the SLBC. After studying North Indian Classical Music, she graduated in 1974 with a Sangeeth Visharada Degree. Wickramasinghe had a number of popular hits including duets with T. M. Jayaratne.[4] Later, Wickramasinghe opted to become a teacher in music. After teaching in several schools she decided to retire prematurely in 1998 after a period of 23 years having had a long stint of eight years at Visakha Vidyalaya, Colombo.[5] Wickramasinghe was diagnosed with abdominal cancer in a very serious manner and survived.[6] MusicSo far she has sung in 67 films as a playback singer[7] and has contributed to hundreds of songs. List of songs composed by Wickramasinghe.
Solo concertOn 2012, to mark 45th anniversary of her musical career, Wickramasinghe started a solo concert named "Master Sir".[8][9][10] Social activityThe Mother OrganizationOn 2002, Wickramasinghe founded a charity organisation named "The Mother" with the aim of catering to children, elders and artists who made a lifetime contribution to the field.[11] She is the president of the organisation[12] Support to eradication of PolioWickramasinghe participated in the UNICEF Project to save the children by eradicating polio from our country in 1989.[13] She sang a song composed for this campaign, which was heard frequently over the airwaves and T.V. channels. Her efforts helped immensely to eradicate polio through this campaign and by 2000 not a single case of polio had been recorded since.[11] AwardsShe has won the Sarasaviya Award thrice, Presidential award, Sumathi tele award, Zonta award and Vanitha award.
References1. ^{{cite web|last=Malini|first=Yamuna|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2006/04/08/fea12.asp |title='Gajaman Nona' of our time |publisher=Dailynews.lk |date=8 April 2006 |accessdate=27 August 2012}} 2. ^{{cite popularly known as Song bird of Srianka web|last=Thenabadu|first=Sunil|url=http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2010/08/08/mon14.asp |title=Versatile playback singer |publisher=Sundayobserver.lk |date=8 August 2010 |accessdate=27 August 2012}} 3. ^{{cite web|author=Kolitha Bhanu Dissanayake, Ranga Chandrarathne|url=http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2012/03/11/spe01.asp |title=The celestial voice that bears the tonal signature |publisher=Sundayobserver.lk |date=11 March 2012 |accessdate=27 August 2012}} 4. ^Neela Wickramasinghe's 'Master Sir' at Nelum Pokuna Theatre. Lanka Help Magazine. 2012. 2015-04-12 5. ^{{cite web|last=Thenabadu|first=Sunil|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2005/05/11/arts01.htm |title=Neela – the singing sensation |publisher=Dailynews.lk |date=30 October 2004 |accessdate=27 August 2012}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://internationalwomensday.org/nomination/dona-delicia-neela|title=Dona Delicia Neela|publisher=internationalwomensday.org|accessdate=19 September 2012}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://lktunes.com/sri-lankan-artist/142/neela-wickramasinghe|title=Neela Wickramasinghe|publisher=lktunes.com|accessdate=19 September 2012}} 8. ^{{cite web|author=Sandun W.|url=http://magazine.lankahelp.com/2012/03/14/neela-wickramasinghe-master-sir-nelum-pokuna-theatre/ |title=Neela Wickramasinghe's 'Master Sir' at Nelum Pokuna Theatre |publisher=Magazine.lankahelp.com |date=14 March 2012 |accessdate=27 August 2012}} 9. ^{{cite web|last=Chandrarathne|first=Ranga|url=http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2011/08/28/mon01.asp |title=Fusion of technical acumen with aesthetic finery |publisher=Sundayobserver.lk |date=28 August 2011 |accessdate=27 August 2012}} 10. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.dinamina.lk/2012/03/16/_art.asp?fn=f1203162|title=නීලා පායා එන්න පෙර සේ|language=Sinhala|publisher=dinamina.lk|accessdate=19 September 2012}} 11. ^1 {{cite web|last=Chandrarathane|first=Ranga|url=http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2007/12/16/imp04.asp |title=Seperated [sic] and isolated by the lumpen culture |publisher=Sundayobserver.lk |date=16 December 2007 |accessdate=27 August 2012}} 12. ^{{cite web|url=http://themother.org/ |title=Neela Wickramasinghe.com |publisher=Themother.org |date=31 October 2004 |accessdate=27 August 2012}} 13. ^{{cite web|url=http://internationalwomensday.org/nomination/dona-delicia-neela |title=Dona Delicia Neela | INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY |publisher=Internationalwomensday.org |date= |accessdate=27 August 2012}} 14. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.sumathiawards.lk/achive/1996.html|title=Sumathi Awards 1996|publisher=sumathiawards.lk|accessdate=19 September 2012}} External links
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