Tanya Ekanayaka
Performances - Selections
- The University of Edinburgh Lunchtime Concerts Series: A Recital of New Original Works for Solo Piano by Dr Tanya Ekanayaka Performed on the 150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. Part of the University's South Asia Week. UK. (02.10.2019)
- The Chamber Music Society of Colombo, Sri Lanka - Mozart Piano Concerto in C Major, No. 21, KV 467 & other works including original works by Tanya Ekanayaka (05.12.2017) - Official web-link
- Piano solo recital - Komitas Music Hall, Yerevan, Armenia (06/05/2017)
- Piano solo recital - Cafesjian Concert Hall, Yerevan, Armenia (03/05/2017)
- Piano solo recital - St. Martin-in- the-Fields, London, UK (13.00-14.00, 20/01/2017) - Official web-link
- Piano solo recital - Turner Sims Concert Hall, University of Southampton Concert Series, UK. (13.00-14.00, 18/04/2016) - Official web-link
- Solo piano recital as part of debut album release by NAXOS (Grand Piano Label) – Organised by The High Commission of Sri Lanka to the United Kingdom, London. (18.30 onwards, 05/06/2015)
- Sapporo Philharmonic Orchestra, Japan – Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 (24.05.2015) – Official web-link - Conductor: Samu Matsuura
- Invited Speaker and Piano Performance – Music Faculty, Sapporo Otani University, Japan. (21/05/2015)
- Music Workshop and Piano Performance for secondary school children - Hiragishi High School, Sapporo –Japan. (21/05/2015)
- Debut album release solo recital. Kawai Hall, Sapporo – Japan. (20/05/2015)
- Guest performance as part of a special programme aimed at using music therapy in palliative care. KKR Hospital, Sapporo – Japan. (15/05/2015)
- Piano solo recital – St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London. (17/03/2015) – Official web-link
- Special Guest Performance: Official Sri Lankan Independence Day Celebration of The High Commission of Sri Lanka to the United Kingdom. London - 18:00 -20:00 (04/02/15)
- Piano (Tanya Ekanayaka) & Cello (Rohan de Saram-website ) Concert Reid Concert Hall, University of Edinburgh Concert Series, Scotland, UK. (13.00-14.00, 18/11/2014)
Programme:
Donald Francis Tovey: Elegiac Variations op. 25
John Mayer: Prabhanda
Tanya Ekanayaka and Rohan de Saram: Nim-Him & Haar (A duet for solo piano and semi-improvised solo cello) World Premiѐre
- Piano solo recital – Guest Artiste for University Concert Series, Ducrest/Gilfry Auditorium in Angelle Recital Hall, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Louisiana, USA. (19.30-20.30, 28/04/2014)
- Piano solo recital – Recital title - ‘Western’ Classical & South Asian Musics: Piano Imaginings of Springs Within & Between - Penn State University (PSU), Pennsylvania, USA. (17.30-18.30, 18/04/2014)
- Piano solo recital – St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London, ‘Pianists of the World’ Series. (25/10/2013) - Official Link
- Piano solo recital - St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London (13.11.2012) - Official web-link
- Symphony Orchestra of Sri Lanka (SOSL) – Beethoven Piano Concerto in C minor, No. 3, Op. 37 (10.11.2012) - Conductor: Keiko Kobayashi
- Senses and Soul Colombo International Music Festival, Sri Lanka (23-26.08.2012): Performance at The Water's Edge Ballroom (24.08.2012)
- Asia Society Concert Hall - New York, USA (2.06.2012)
- Piano solo recital - The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington DC, USA 'Millennium Stage' (31.05.2012)
(This recital was also broadcast live on the web by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Tanya Ekanayaka’s programme for this recital incorporated the world première of two of her own compositions, namely, 'Labyrinth; Vannam Lent' and 'Dhaivaya: Alter(ing) Hue' which represent the first compositions for the piano by a Sri Lankan composer to be performed at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.) - Piano solo recital – St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London, ‘Pianists of the World’ Series. (30.07.2010)
(Tanya Ekanayaka is the first Sri Lankan to be invited to perform in the 'Pianists of the World' series at the world-renowned international recital venue, St Martin-in-the-Fields, in London. Founded by Dame Myra Hess, this is one of the longest running recital series at this concert venue. Her programme concluded with the world première of her composition 'Adahas: of Wings of Roots' which represents the first composition by a Sri Lankan composer to be performed at this venue.)