Diliup Gabadamudalige - Awards

* 2005 National Title of "Kala Suri" (expert in Music) awarded by the Government of Sri Lanka.

He is an active member of the Music Sub Committee of the National Arts Council of Sri Lanka.

* 2004 Award of Excellence presented by the Kaduwela Provincial Council for the contribution to Sri Lankan music.

* 2002 Golden Clef Music Award- Musician of the Year.

* 2000 Presidential Film Award (presented by the office of the President of Sri Lanka)- Best Film Music Score (film-"Raajya Sevaya Pinisai")

* 2000 Presidential Film Award (presented by the office of the President of Sri Lanka)- Best Song ("Sanda Thaniyama" sung by Nirosha Virajini from the film "Raajya Sevaya Pinisai")

* 1993 Golden Clef Music Award- Soloist of the Year.

* 1993 Golden Clef Music Award- Duo of the Year (with Maxi Rozairo on Vocals)

* 1992 Island Music Award- Most Outstanding Duo of the Year.

* 1992 Golden Clef Music Award- Song Of The Year ("Romeo"-which represented Sri Lanka at the World Popular Song Festival in Tokyo.)

* 1992 Golden Clef Music Award- Instrumental Of The Year ("Rain". Incidentally, the video for this instrumental won the "Video of the Year" Award the same year)

* 1983 Dr. A. T. Ariyaratne Award for Social work towards the Cancer Society.

* 1st. Prize Trinity College of Music London for Grade IV Pianoforte.

Diliup Gabadamudalige - Sri Lankan Keyboardist, Composer, Arranger, Lyricist, Producer & Performer

Diliup Gabadamudalige, from Sri Lanka, is a Keyboardist, Composer, Arranger, Lyricist, Producer and Performer. Performing in Sri Lanka and abroad for over 20 years, Diliup is now semi retired as of 2005 and performs only at selected gigs. He was the Music Director of Young Asia Television (YA TV) from its inception till December 2003. Diliup is the Pioneer of MIDI music and Computer based music production in Sri Lanka. He introduced these systems to Sri Lanka as far back as 1986. Constant demonstrations over various television channels made many people aware of the use and the value of computers in music.

He pioneered the Institute of Computer Music Technology in 2002. Many have passed out of this institute and opened studios in many parts of the country. Diliup's vision is to spread the technology away from the city and to make it a home based business. Looking at the spread of computer based recording studios in the country, it can be easily said that his dream has become a reality.

Diliup also introduced Computer Animation to Sri Lanka when in 1988 he produced many of his music videos with the local ITN Television station using an Atari computer for the Graphics work chroma keyed onto the studio shots. Later he started using an Amiga 4000 and did many Tv commercials. Due to his busy schedule, he had to drop the animation work in the mid 1990s. As of December 2005, he is back with much enthusiasm working with Lightwave 3D on a new animated cartoon series. More about Diliup's work and achievements can be found on the Music, Services and Awards Pages.

He studied Piano under Mrs. Manel Weerasinghe and the Violin under Mrs. Eileen Prins. He is a prize winner in Piano from the Trinity College of Music London. He was also the leader of the Junior Symphony Orchestra of Sri Lanka under Mrs. Carmel Raffel for two years.

A product of Royal College, Colombo, Diliup was a pioneer member of the Royal College Band, and was the main organizer of the school's first ever musical show in the '70s titled "Drosophila" (zoological name of a fruit fly).

Diliup composed his first piece of music on the piano when he was around 11 years.