{"id":45211,"date":"2016-02-20T01:51:09","date_gmt":"2016-02-20T05:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=45211"},"modified":"2016-02-20T01:51:09","modified_gmt":"2016-02-20T05:51:09","slug":"kishani-jayasinghes-proud-rendition-of-danno-budunge-adds-another-dimension-to-a-popular-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=45211","title":{"rendered":"Kishani Jayasinghe&#8217;s Proud Rendition of &#8220;Danno Budunge&#8221; Adds Another Dimension to a Popular Song"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><br \/>\nBy<\/p>\n<p>Tilak Samarawickrema<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I lived in Italy for over 12 years and often went to the Teatro alla Scala with my Milanese friends, but I was never a great opera enthusiast. Nevertheless, being exposed to a fair amount of music internationally, I developed a taste for both western and eastern music.<\/p>\n<p>Kishani Jayasinghe\u2019s rendition of Danno Budunge only adds another dimension to a popular song that has seen many transformations over time.<\/p>\n<p> Watching the clips of her singing at the Independence Day celebration concert, it is obvious that Kishani left our shores to make an impact on the world scene as a soprano with a thorough understanding and awareness of the sensibilities and nuances of her own culture. <\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>This comes through clearly in her rendition of some of our well known folk melodies at the same concert. Kishani is a highly skilled and well schooled soprano, and as Sri Lankans, we need to be proud of her achievements internationally.<\/p>\n<p>I personally think she must have adapted her operatic singing style to cater to the sensibilities of a local audience at the Independence Day concert. She could have beautifully sung the songs she did in a strictly vernacular vein, if she wanted to, but that is not what one expects from an internationally renowned opera singer.<\/p>\n<p>Ignorance and lack of exposure to authentic world music is a sad and insular phenomenon. Regrettably, certain segments of our society seem to suffer from it. Criticizing Kishani Jayasinghe, in a most unjustified and undignified manner only exposes this unfortunate reality.<\/p>\n<p><em>Courtesy:The Island<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"tweetbutton45211\" class=\"tw_button\" style=\"float:right;margin-left:10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdbsjeyaraj.com%2Fdbsj%2F%3Fp%3D45211&amp;text=Kishani%20Jayasinghe%26%238217%3Bs%20Proud%20Rendition%20of%20%26%238220%3BDanno%20Budunge%26%238221%3B%20Adds%20Another%20Dimension%20to%20a%20Popular%20Song&amp;related=&amp;lang=en&amp;count=horizontal\" class=\"twitter-share-button\"  style=\"width:55px;height:22px;background:transparent url('https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-tweet-button\/tweetn.png') no-repeat  0 0;text-align:left;text-indent:-9999px;display:block;\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Tilak Samarawickrema I lived in Italy for over 12 years and often went to the Teatro alla Scala with my Milanese friends, but I was never a great opera enthusiast. Nevertheless, being exposed to a fair amount of music internationally, I developed a taste for both western and eastern music. Kishani Jayasinghe\u2019s rendition of &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=45211\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading &lsquo;Kishani Jayasinghe&#8217;s Proud Rendition of &#8220;Danno Budunge&#8221; Adds Another Dimension to a Popular Song&rsquo; &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45211"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45211"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45212,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45211\/revisions\/45212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}