Music of Gayathri Khemadasa (piano), anupa Khemadasa(cello), BanninG eyre & (guitar)

A concert of selections from the opera Phoolan Devi

Gayathri Khemadasa, piano anupa Khemadasa, cello BanninG eyre, guitar

Pianist Gayathri Khemadasa, cellist Anupa Khemadasa, and guitarist

Banning Eyre will perform a concert of selections from Phoolan Devi,

an opera composed by Gayathri, a Sri Lankan composer who is currently

a Fulbright Professional Scholar at Wesleyan University (2011–2012).

Gayathri studied classical piano at the Prague Conservatory, and has been

performing in Prague since 2005. She plays melodic contemporary classical

music, enlivened by Sri Lankan folk and classical roots. Gayathri’s father,

Premasiri Khemadasa, was Sri Lanka’s leading composer of classical

Sri Lankan music.

Thursday, October 13, 2011 at 8pm

Memorial Chapel, 221 High Street

Free Admission

CEnTEr FOr THE ArTS WESLEyAn UnivErSiTy MiddLETOWn, COnnECTiCUT

860-685-3355 www.wesleyan.edu/cfa

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