page_title: Dinesh Subasinghe
section_title: Early life
hierarchical_section_title: Dinesh Subasinghe / Early life
caption_attribution_description: English: Picture of Khemadasa
context_page_description: Dinesh Subasinghe is a Sri Lankan composer, violinist, and music producer. He composed Karuna Nadee, a Buddhist oratorio, and re-introduced a lost, ancient musical instrument known as the ravanahatha to Sri Lanka. He is also a film and television composer whose works integrate western and eastern classical music with electronic music, Buddhist music, folk music, traditional orchestral arrangements, and world music genres. From 2002 to 2009 he led the pop classical band, Dee R Cee Members.
  In 2015-2016 Dinesh received Sri Lankan attention for the film score of Ho Gaana Pokuna children movie. He has nominated for 10 film awards & won six awards out of that including Derana Film Awards, Presidential Film Awards, Hiru Golden Film Award & Signis Awards, in 2016-2017. he became the most youngest composer to score music for 90 Tele-dramas for Sri Lankan TV.
  Dinesh received the Toyp Award Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World in 2016 for his contribution to Sri Lankan arts. In 2018 he received the 'Asia Inspiration Award' at the 2nd south Asian youth summit, .In 2019 he received the 'India Peace Prize' at the 3rd south Asian Youth summit in New Delhi India.
context_section_description: Born in Colombo, Sri Lanka in 1979, Subasinghe studied at St Peter's College, Colombo and Maris Stella College in Negombo. He began playing music at a very young age. He studied music under Samantha Amarajeewa, Janaki Disanayaka, Christal Luduwike, and Patrick Master at his school and in the city. He also studied with well-known professors of Sri Lankan music: B. Victor Perera, Mahinda Senivirathan, Kalani Perera,V.Hemapala Perera and Ananda Perera.
  In 2001 Subasinghe started learning western classical music under Ashoka Jayawardhana, Hasini Halpe (daughter of Briget and Ashly Halpe) and Annada Dabare. Later they assisted Subasinghe in joining the Sri Lankan Symphony Orchestra.
  Sri Lankan vocalist Angeline Gunathilaka and journalist Hemanalin Karunarathna (chairman of HTV) introduced him to the Sri Lankan media in 2001 and soon after he became a member of composer Stanley Peiris's orchestra. Subasinghe worked under the Sri Lankan composer Premasiri Khemadasa for eight years and led the orchestra for Khemdasa's opera Agni (2007–2008). From 2001 to 2005 he was a member of Sri Lankan musical groups led by Dumindu Kadigamuwa, Harsha Bulathsinghala, Janananth Warakagoda, and Dilup Gabadamudalige.
  He began composing for television and film in 2004 when cinema director Chandrathna Mapitigama selected him to compose music for his television series Hummane. In 2009 he received a scholarship from Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa to study music under A. R. Rahman at the KM Music Conservatory in India. At the conservatory, he won the Best Student Award in the instrumental section for violin.
caption: Khemadasa conducts Agni while Dinesh leads the orchestra
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