අමරසිරි පීරිස්
121 songs performed · 1 composition
Amarasiri Peiris (also spelled Amarasiri Peries), අමරසිරි පීරිස්, is a Sri Lankan vocalist and violinist whose warm, classically grounded voice has carried Sinhala film and radio songs since the 1960s. Born Senadheerage Amarasiri Peiris, he began as an orchestral musician before becoming one of the most recorded playback and concert singers of his generation.
Amarasiri Peiris was born on 21 July 1946 in Boralesgamuwa, the eldest child of a musical household; his father, Albert Peiris, was a classical artiste associated with Radio Ceylon in the 1940s. He studied at Ananda Vidyalaya in Boralesgamuwa and later at Maharagama, and in 1962 entered the Heywood Institute of Art (now the University of the Visual and Performing Arts), where he trained on the violin under Douglas Ferdinands.
His professional career runs from 1964 onward. He joined the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation as an A grade violinist and rose through the ranks to work as a music conductor and controller, later serving as a director of music. Singing came alongside the instrumental work, and a long association with composer Premasiri Khemadasa placed his voice on many of the film and concert recordings that made his name.
Peiris is best known for melodic, emotionally restrained songs that suit his trained, even-toned delivery. On Lyrics-lk, a wide span of his catalogue is featured, including the much-loved Viraga Ragaya, the tender Sonduru Ganga, and Sanda Rekhawen. As a composer he also wrote Sanduda Awadiyen, where Amarasiri Peries shaped the melody as well as the vocal.
Across more than five decades, Amarasiri Peiris built a reputation as a singer who serves the song rather than the spotlight, and his playback work for Sinhala cinema earned recognition including a Sarasaviya award. For listeners across the Sri Lankan diaspora, his recordings remain a familiar, steadying presence, the reason his name, whether written Peiris or Peries, still draws a new generation back to his catalogue.
Every Sinhala lyric, composition, and song credit by Amarasiri Peiris.