{"id":172348,"date":"2017-01-06T16:32:15","date_gmt":"2017-01-06T11:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=172348"},"modified":"2017-01-06T16:34:23","modified_gmt":"2017-01-06T11:04:23","slug":"dr-tanya-ekanayaka-to-perform-in-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/dr-tanya-ekanayaka-to-perform-in-london\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Tanya Ekanayaka To Perform In London"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Her keyboard technique is formidable. Massive arpeggios seem completely effortless as she weaves together traditional Sri Lankan melodies with inspirations taken from composers like Bach, Debussy and Chopin. She is capable of both the smallest nuance as well as the grandest gesture the keyboard can afford. One begins to wonder if she is perhaps the Keith Jarrett of the subcontinent. &#8220;\u2028\u00a9 The WholeNote, November 2015<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_50683\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Dr.-Tanya-Ekanayaka-Copy1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50683\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-50683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Dr.-Tanya-Ekanayaka-Copy1-300x292.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Tanya Ekanayaka\" width=\"300\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Dr.-Tanya-Ekanayaka-Copy1-300x292.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Dr.-Tanya-Ekanayaka-Copy1-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Dr.-Tanya-Ekanayaka-Copy1.jpg 381w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-50683\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Tanya Ekanayaka<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Sri Lanka\u2019s internationally acclaimed concert composer-pianist Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Tanya+Ekanayaka&amp;x=7&amp;y=6\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Tanya Ekanayaka<\/span><\/a> will be giving a solo recital at London\u2019s St. Martin-in-the Fields on 20th January 2017. The recital is free to the public and commences at 1pm. Her programme includes J.S Bach\u2019s Italian Concerto BWV 971, Brahms\u2019 Rhapsody in G Minor Op. 79, No. 2 and the world premi\u0450re of her new work \u2018Trio\u2019 consisting of three independent and simultaneously interrelated works.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Ekanayaka is a recording artiste and composer for Naxos Records. Her critically acclaimed debut album of her own works for solo piano composed, performed and produced by her was released worldwide by Naxos Records in 2015. She is currently working on her second album of her own works for solo piano also for the same label.<\/p>\n<p>For further details about this event please visit: http:\/\/www.stmartin-in-the-fields.org\/event\/dr-tanya-ekanayaka\/<\/p>\n<p>For further details about Dr. Tanya Ekanayaka, please visit: http:\/\/tanyaekanayaka.com\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":50683,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6738,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-172348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Dr. Tanya Ekanayaka To Perform In London - Colombo Telegraph<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/dr-tanya-ekanayaka-to-perform-in-london\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dr. Tanya Ekanayaka To Perform In London - 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