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SA would feature his best known songs such as "Api Okkoma
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His first music teacher was D.A.D. Dharmadasa. Under the guidance of school music teacher K. M. Sugathapala, Rathnayake performed first in both the 1958 and 1959 solo singing competitions of the All Island Inter-School
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is a renowned musician and composer. Jayantha started his music career as the keyboard player in
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Rathnayake continues to be a popular musician in the 2000s; After 39 years of success in Sri Lanka and in many other countries, Victor finally ended the concert on July 20, 2012 at the
Lumbini theater where it started with the 1450th concert. His latest album 'Nil Kandu Yaaya' was released in
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for his birthday. He studied singing and various instruments under musician Cyril Perera at the M.G.P. Institute in
Mulgampola in his teens. In 1963, he began attending the State Music College, now known as the Institute of Aesthetic Studies. He wrote his first song, an ode to
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the brother of the director with the song "Sandakada Pahana." Victor himself would sing the fast-paced "Andura
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