6th April 2018
6.00pm to 8.00pm
at The Sooriya Village
No.49, Skelton Road, Colombo 5.
0112552666

“What Is Baila?”

conducted by Dr. Shihan de Silva Jayasuriya with illustrative accompaniments on Piano & Bongo!

ENTRANCE FREE!!

Dr Shihan de Silva Jayasuriya is a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study (University of London). She is also an elected Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society (Great Britain & Ireland). Shihan has written six books, edited two books and co-authored another book in addition to over hundred publications in international academic journals. Her works encompass history, musicology, ethnomusicology, literature and linguistics. Her latest book “The Portuguese in the East: A Cultural History of a Maritime Trading Empire” (London, I B Tauris) includes a chapter on “Music and Postcolonial Identity”. As a pianist trained in the western classical cannon and holding a Diploma in Piano Performance from the London College of Music, Shihan will be illustrating her lecture with baila and kaffrinha.

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