He has also represented Sri Lanka in many forums including the UNESCO 1967 Manila Symposium. Notably he still remains the most popular artist as confirmed by Nielsen Media Research findings. In 2003 the French government awarded him the prestigious honour Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. Īmaradeva received numerous awards, including the Philippine Ramon Magsaysay Award (2001), Indian Padma Sri Award (2002) and Sri Lankan "President's Award of Kala Keerthi" (1986) and Deshamanya Award (1998).
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His work was vital in the creation of the "sarala gee" genre practised subsequently by artists like Sanath Nandasiri, Victor Ratnayake, T.M. In doing so, he created a uniquely Sinhalese music style that stayed true to folk tradition while incorporating outside influences. Noting that it mostly revolved around a single melody, he decided to add verses that would lead up to the central melody which would now be a chorus thus forming two parts (unseen earlier in traditional Sri Lankan music) removing restrictions that had existed earlier. In the mid-1950s, Amaradeva in his Janagayana project consulted experts of the Kandyan dance tradition like Panibharatha, Kiriganita, Gunamala, Ukkuva and Suramba in his path to understand what constituted Sinhala folk music. Many consider his contribution to the development of Sinhala music as unmatched hence, he is occasionally cited as the "Maestro of Sri Lankan Music" ( Sinhala: හෙළයේ මහා ගාන්ධර්වයා, romanized: Helayay Maha Gandarvaya). Primarily using traditional instruments like sitars, tablas and harmoniums, he incorporated Sinhala folk music with Indian ragas in his work. அமரதேவா 5 December 1927 – 3 November 2016), better known by his adopted name Amaradeva, was a prominent Sri Lankan Sinhalese vocalist, violinist and composer. Philippine Ramon Magsaysay Award (2001), Indian Padma Sri Award (2002), President's Award of Kala Keerthi (1986), Doctor of Philosophy (Fine Arts) Honoris Causa (University of Kelaniya - 1991), The Degree of Doctor of Letters (University of Ruhuna - 1993), Honorary degree of Doctor of Letters (University of Peradeniya) (1998), Deshamanya (1998), Sri Lankabhimanya (2017) , Chancellor of the University of the Visual and Performing Arts
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