Gunadasa Kapuge is tagged as: sinhala classic, sri lankan, sinhala Gunadasa Kapuge (August 7, 1945 – April 3, 2003) was a Sri Lankan musician. Kapuge was born on August 7, 1945 either in the village of Miriswatte in the Galle District or in the tiny village of Thanabaddegama in Elpitiya. He was the second of eight children. He went to school until grade five at Karandeniya Central College and later at Dharmasoka College in Ambalangoda, where he initially studied science before switching to music. In 1963, he left Haywood college of music, where he was studying at that time, to follow a degree course in India. In the late 1960s, Kapuge joined the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation. Kapuge released his first song “Daesa Nilupul Thema” in 1973, which became an instant hit. After, Kapuge was selected as a Grade “A” vocalist by the Radio Ceylon and started his three decade long music career. The First Stage Drama for which he provided back-ground music was “Thuranga Sanniya” by Sugathapala De Silva. Since then he provided background music for the highly popular musical “Tharawo Igilethi” by Lucien Bulathsinhala and several other popular dramas. His first movie back-ground music gig was for the Stanley Perera’s “Sandha.” He married Prema Withanage in 1978. In 1980, Kapuge releas... Read More About Gunadasa Kapuge Biography...  Send Gunadasa Kapuge ringtones to your cell
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