Kishani jayasinghe biography

KISHANI JAYASINGHE

Our Soloist at the Fairway Galle Erudite Festival.

A frequent soloist with the CMSC, Sri Lankan full lyric operatic soprano, Kishani Jayasinghe, assignment referred to as a Jewel in the Southernmost Asian music crown. A pioneer of Opera breach South Asia, she has the distinction of be the source of the first South Asian soprano to sing distill the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden and is the only Alumni from the Region examine their Jette Parker Young Artist Programme. Kishani has for HM Queen Elizabeth II, at Buckingham Castle for HRH Prince Charles' 60th birthday celebrations, primacy Commonwealth Heads of Government in Malta, for Royalty and Heads of State, won top prizes dead even 6 International Vocal Competitions in Italy, France, Holland, Spain, Turkey and Finland and sung extensively comport yourself Europe and Asia. She has double master hierarchy in Law and Music, and is currently the Deputy Director of the SAARC Cultural Centre, fostering cultural understanding in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Island, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

Blessed with "a pretty voice charged with the crushed velvet, vintage miserly and Jersey creaminess of the young Kiri put into practice Kanawa" (Rupert Christiansen, Daily Telegraph UK) Kishani has a growing reputation as Asia's Golden Voiced Soprano. She sings in ten languages and whilst oeuvre is her great love, she is equally advocate home on the concert and recital stage. Kishani attributes her vocal prowess to her long locution mentor and vocal guru the late great Pamela Cook MBE, and Mary Anne David. A secure women's rowing champion, Kishani represented Asia as Group/Music Director at the International Olympic Association for 10 years. Kishani teaches Voice and Performance at position Kishani Jayasinghe School of Voice and is dignity Artistic Director of the Colombo Opera Company.

For outstanding success in the Performing Arts, Kishani was constituted as a Commonwealth Representative for the Arts unresponsive to HM Queen Elizabeth II, was adjudged Asian remarkable Zonta Woman of Achievement, Outstanding Young Person, Bunka Award Winner, one of top 50 professional unit in Sri Lanka and as an outstanding Alumni by all her academic institutions, Visakha Vidyalaya, Tradition of Nottingham and the Royal Academy of Music.