{"id":156740,"date":"2016-02-02T00:00:46","date_gmt":"2016-02-01T18:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=156740"},"modified":"2017-01-06T16:30:29","modified_gmt":"2017-01-06T11:00:29","slug":"internationally-renowned-sri-lankan-musicians-to-perform-in-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/internationally-renowned-sri-lankan-musicians-to-perform-in-london\/","title":{"rendered":"Internationally Renowned Sri Lankan Musicians To Perform In London"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Four internationally renowned Sri Lankan musicians to perform for the International Concert Series at Rudolf Steiner Theatre on\u00a0Saturday, 6 February 2016 from 19:30 to 21:15 (GMT) in\u00a0London, United Kingdom<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/internationally-renowned-sri-lankan-musicians-to-perform-in-london\/rohan-rajesh\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-156741\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-156741\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Rohan-Rajesh.jpg\" alt=\"Rohan - Rajesh\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>The Margosa Ensemble was formed recently by these four internationally renowned Sri Lankan musicians &#8211; Mandhira de Saram , leader and founder of the Ligeti Quartet, Ashan Pillai winner of the Rome International Competition, Kausikan Rajeshkumar \u2013 Piano, winner the International Franz Liszt Competition in 2009, and Rohan de Saram, one of the world\u2019s most distinguished cellists about whom Luciano Berio wrote\u201d\u2026your sound, your perfect intonation, your phrasing and bowing technique make you a great performer of any music. They launched in 2014 with a full house at the Royal Overseas League in London. Although formed as a piano quartet, it is a flexible ensemble and intends to cover the wide range of genres and styles represented by their founding members from classical works to new composed and improvised music. For this concert they are joined by percussionist Suren de Saram who will feature together with his father Rohan in an improvisation based on the drum rhythms and folk music of Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Event Details<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>MARGOSA ENSEMBLE\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mandhira de Saram &#8211; violin<br \/>\nAshan Pillai &#8211; viola<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Rohan+De+Saram&amp;x=6&amp;y=5\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Rohan De Saram<\/span><\/a> &#8211; cello<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Kausikan+Rajeshkumar&amp;x=7&amp;y=5\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Kausikan Rajeshkumar<\/span><\/a> &#8211; piano<\/p>\n<p><strong>Programme<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Piano Quartet in G minor K478 &#8211; Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART<br \/>\n&#8220;Urgent Prayer &amp; Dancing God&#8221; Op.123 &#8211; Gregers BRINCH<br \/>\nImprovisation for Cello and Percussion &#8211; Rohan and Surende SARAM<br \/>\nPiano Quartet No.1 in C minor Op.15 &#8211; Gabriel FAURE<\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/margosa-ensemble-tickets-18626213506?aff=efbnreg\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">here<\/span><\/a> for ticket information<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":156741,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6738,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-156740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-events","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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