Vicumpriya Perera


Vicumpriya Perera is a Sri Lankan born mathematician, lyricist, poet and music producer. He has published two books of Sinhala poetry, Mekunu Satahan in 2001 and Paa Satahan in 2013. He has written over 200 songs and has produced eleven Sinhala song albums. He currently works as a mathematics professor in Ohio, US.

Life and career

Vicumpriya Perera is originally from Wattala, Sri Lanka. He is a graduate of St. Anthony's College, Wattala and Ananda College, Maradana, Sri Lanka. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics with first class honors from University of Colombo, Sri Lanka and continued his graduate studies at Indiana University - Purdue University at Indianapolis. He obtained a doctorate degree from Purdue University in Pure Mathematics with research concentrating on Operator algebras and Functional Analysis in 1993.
Vicumpriya Perera lives in Ohio, US, where he has worked as a mathematics professor at Kent State University since 1998. He works in operator algebra, which is an area of pure mathematics.

List of albums

The following is a list of the songs albums that Vicumpriya Perera has produced. Vicumpriya Perera was the sole composer of the lyrics of all of them.
TitleSinhalaYearNo. of songsSingerMusic directorsCitation
Paa Satahanපා සටහන්200820Bhadraji Mahinda Jayatilaka, Praneeth Mash, Sumith Vanniarachchi, and Indeevari Abeywardena.Bhadraji Mahinda Jayatilaka, Shantha Gunaratne, and Lassana Jayasekara.
Weli Aetayakවැලි ඇටයක්200918Nalin Jayawardena, with duet singers Santhuri Waidyasekera, Sangeeth Wickramasinghe, Ananda Waidyasekera, Nijamali Jayawardena, and Sanduni Rashmika.Sangeeth Wickramasinghe, Ananda Waidyasekera, Rohan Jayawardena, Rukshan Karunanayake, Jayanga Dedigama and Sanuka Wickramasinghe.
Ukusu Esඋකුසු ඇස්201018Bhadraji Mahinda Jayatilaka, Nalin Jayawardena, Chimes of the Seventies, Vidarshana Kodagoda, Dammika Tissarachchi, Isuru Roshan, Anura Dias, Channa and Ravindra Kasturisinghe, Mahesh Fernando, Indeevari Abeywardena, and Praneeth Mash.Rohan Jayawardena, Sangeeth Wickramasinghe, Ananda Waidyasekera, Rukshan Karunanayake, and Shantha Gunaratne.
Niwaadu Kaleනිවාඩු කාලේ201116Sanduni Rashmika, with duet singers Nalin Jayawardena, Santhuri Waidyasekera, and Jayanga Dedigama.Title song composed by Bhadraji Mahinda Jayatilaka and directed by Sangeeth Wickramasinghe. Other songs directed by Ananda Waidyasekera.
Viduli Eliyakවිදුලි එලියක්201216Nilupuli Dilhara, with duet singers Keerthi Pasquel, Nimal Gunasekera, Nalin Jayawardena, and Sanduni Rashmika.Ananda Waidyasekera. Bhadraji Mahinda Jayatilaka composed music for one song in the album as well.
Mal Renuwakමල් රේණුවක්201316Nalin Jayawardena, with duet singers Amilaa Nadeeshani, Rupa Indumathi, Bhadraji Mahinda Jayatilaka, Walter Fernando, and Thilini Athukorala.Rohana Weerasinghe, Navaratne Gamage, Sarath De Alwis, H M Jayawardena, Nimal Mendis, Ernest Soysa, Bhadraji Mahinda Jayatilaka, Rohan Jayawardena, Mervin Priyantha, Ananda Waidyasekera, Sangeeth Wickramasinghe and Rukshan Karunanayake.
Siththaruwananiසිත්තරුවාණනි201416Nalin Jayawardena, with duet singer Nimanthi Chamodini Sangeeth Wickramasinghe
Indikalaa Pem Medurakඉඳිකලා පෙම් මැදුරක්201516Devananda Waidyasekera, Chandrakumar Kandanarachchi, Thyaga N Edward, Walter Fernando, Ajith Ariyarathna, Nalin Jayawardena, Athula Sri Gamage, Srilal Fonseka, and Praneeth Shiwanka PereraAnanda Waidyasekera
Ithiri Giyaada Aadareඉතිරී ගියාද ආදරේ201616Nalin Jayawardena, Rohan Jayawardena, Dhammika Tissaarachchi, Minali Gamage, Amanda Perera, Sangeeth Wickramasinghe and Renuka WickramasingheRohan Jayawardena, Nimal Mendis, Bhadraji Mahinda Jayatilaka, Ananda Waidyasekera, Sangeeth Wickramasinghe, Rukshan Karunanayake, and Jayanga Dedigama
Mawbime Suwandhaමව්බිමේ සුවඳ201814Sangeeth Nipun Professor Sanath Nandasiri, Visharada Edward Jayakody, Anuradha Nandasiri, Dayan Witharana, Swarnalatha Kaveeshwara, Visharada Charitha Priyadarshani Peiris, Visharada Sarath Peiris, Nirasha Ratnayake, Nadeesha Dayaratne, Visharada Harshana Disanayake, and Upendra PiyasenaVisharada Sarath Peiris
Minpasu Aayeමින්පසු ආයේ202015Nalin Jayawardena, Shashika Srimali and Dhammika EdussooriyaDhammika Edussooriya

Siththaruwanani included songs from the sinhala classical musical genre. Instrumentalists for this album consisted of Sri Lankan musicians Mahendra Pasquel, Sarath Fernando, Dhananjaya Somasiri, Janaka Bogoda, Susil Amarasinghe, Rohana Dharmakeerthi, Shelton Wijesekera, and Dilusha Ravindranath.

Other productions

In 2005, Vicumpriya Perera produced a compact disc set, Dhammapadaya, under the Lanka Heritage label. The set contained four discs, and consisted of complete the Dhammapada stanzas in the original Pali language followed by the Sinhala translations chanted by venerable Beruwala Siri Sobhitha Thero of the Sri Lanka Buddhist Vihara in Perth, Australia. In 2006, this disc set had an English release called Dhammapada. This version had the original Dhammapada stanzas followed by the English translations written and rendered by Dr. Gil Fronsdal, director and resident teacher Insight Meditation Center, Redwood City, California, US.
In 2012 Vicumpriya Perera produced a Sinhala Audiobook called Kulageyin Kulageyata under the Lanka Heritage, LLC. The book was written in 2009 by Bhadraji Mahinda Jayatilaka, who provided most of the voice work. The audiobook has a total length of five compact discs, and was published by Sarasavi Publishers, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka.