Dr. Lasanthi Manaranjanie Kalinga Dona
Lecturer in Performing Arts, Department of Performing Arts, Sripalee Campus, University of Colombo
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1991- 1995 - B.A (Hons) Fine Arts, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
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1995- Upadhi of Vadya Visharada, Bhatkhande Vidyapith, Lucknow, India
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1999 – Upadhi of Sangit Visharada, Bhatkhande Vidyapith, Lucknow, India
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1996-1997 – Post Graduate Diploma in Archaeology, Postgraduate Institute of Archaeology, University of Kelaniya , Sri Lanka
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2001 – Certificate in Teaching in Higher Education, Staff Development Centre, University of Colombo , Sri Lanka
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2002-2004 – Master of Music (M. Mus), Banaras Hindu University, India
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2005-2007 – Doctoral Student, Shanghai Conservatory of Music, Shanghai, China
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2010 – Doctorate in Musicology (specialization in ethnomusicology and music therapy), University of Ljubljana, SloveniaTOP
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Music Therapy, Music of Minorities, Applied and Medical Ethnomusicology, Music and Conflict Resolution
International Conference Participations with Research Papers
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4 - 11 July 2007 ,“Sri Lankan Folk Music and Human Health”, 39 th World Conference of the ICTM, Vienna , Austria
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May 8-9 2008 – “Music Therapy: Sri Lankan Approaches”, International musicological conference Approaches to Music Research: Between Practice and Epistemology, Ljubljana , Slovenia
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24 May – 1 June 2008 - “Cultural Policies and Minority Musics in Kosovo and Sri Lanka . What Can We Learn from a Comparative Study?” (with Svanibor Pettan), 5 th Meeting of the Study Group Music and Minorities Prague , Czech Republic .
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23-24 September 2008 – “Music and War in Sri Lanka” , Symposium Musik in Fremdwahrnehmung und Eigenbild, Bonn, Germany
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29-31 October 2008- “Between Tradition and Modernity, Between East and West: Experiences with Music Therapy in Sri Lanka”,6 th International symposium Music in Society, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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27-29 November 2008- “Some Thoughts on Therapeutic Aspects of Music: The Experiences from Sri Lanka and North India ” ,Congress of the Austrian Heart Association »Methods in Cardiological Rehabilitation and Prevention and New Results of Cardiology«, Radenci , Slovenia
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1-8 July 2009 – “Music, Postcolonial thought and War in Sri Lanka”, 40 th World Conference of the ICTM, Durban , South Africa . (accepted paper)
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9-10 March 2010 – “Art and Communal Health: Applied Ethnomusicology in Action”, The 8 th Academic Forum “Empowering Urban Culture and Creativity: Art, Publicity, and Transformation”, Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts, Chulalongkorn University and Urban Research Plaza / Urban Culture Research Center , Osaka City University , Bangkok , Thailand .
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19-20 March 2010 – “Music as a Medium of Treatment: A Case Study from Sri
Lanka” , Media and Diversity International Conference, Sri Palee Campus, University of Colombo , Sri Lanka .
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19-30 July 2010 – “ Curing Arterial Hypertension with Indian Classical Music: An Experiment in Applied Ethnomusicology«, 6th symposium of ICTM Study Group Music and Minorities and 2 nd symposium of Study Group Applied Ethnomusicology, Hanoi, Vietnam.
- 28-30 October 2010- “Merging of Cultural Beliefs, Music and Healing: Towards Medical Ethnomusicology in Sri Lanka”, 7 th International symposium Music in Society, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Publications
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“Sannivēdana Kāryayehilā Sangītayē Samājayīya Bhūmikāva” (The Role of Music in Communicaiton). In: Mediology. Horana: Sri Palee Campus, University of Colombo, pages 208-218. 2005.
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“Cultural Policies and Minority Musics in Kosovo and Sri Lanka . What Can We Learn from a Comparative Study?” (with Svanibor Pettan ). In: Voices of the Weak: Music and Minorities , ed. Zuzana Jurkova. Prague: Slovo21, pages 24 - 33 (ISBN 978-80-254-4095-7), 2009
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“Music and War in Sri Lanka” In: Militärmusik im Diskurs, Band 3, ed. MichaelSchramm. Bonn: Bundesamt fur Wehrverhaltung, 93-106, 2009
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“Between Tradition and Modernity, Between East and West: Experiences with Music Therapy in Sri Lanka”. In: Muzika u drustvu – (Music in Society). ed. Ivan Cavlovic. Sarajevo : Musicological Society of BiH and Music Academy ,208-219, 2009.
- “Izmedu tradicije i moderniteta, izmedu Istoka i Zapada: Iskustvo sa muzikoterapijom u Sri Lanki”Muzika u društvu, ed. Ivan Cavlovic. Muzikološko društvo FBiH Muzička akademija u Sarajevu, 206-217, 2009.
- “Music as a Medium of Treatment: A Case Study from Sri Lanka ” , Media and Diversity: Proceedings of the International Conference on Mass Medic Studies – 2010. Ed. Tuder Weerasinghe, Laban Hill et al. Colombo: Department of Mass Media, Sri Palee Campus, University of Colombo, 44-53, 2010.
“Liaison Officer Report – Sri Lanka ” , In Bulletin of the International Council for Traditional Music. CXVI (116), Canberra , Australia : International Council for Traditional Music, pages 50-54 (ISSN 0739-1390), April 2010.
- »Music Therapy Sri Lankan Approaches« In Approaches to Music Research: Between Practice and Epistemology. Department of Musicology, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, 2010. (forthcoming).
- » Community Music Therapy in Action: Healing throughPirit Chanting in Sri Lanka « The Proceedings of the 8 th Academic Forum “Empowering Urban Culture and Creativity: Art, Publicity, and Transformation”, Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts, Chulalongkorn University and Urban Research Plaza / Urban Culture Research Center , Osaka City University, Bangkok , Thailand . 2010. (forthcoming).
- “Curing Arterial Hypertension with Indian Classical Music: An Experiment in Applied Ethnomusicology«, The Proceedings of the 6th symposium of ICTM Study Group Music and Minorities and 2 nd symposium of Study Group Applied Ethnomusicology, Vietnamese Institute of Musicology, Hanoi, Vietnam. 2010. (forthcoming).
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“ Merging Cultural Beliefs, Music and Healing: Towards Medical Ethnomusicology in Sri Lanka«, The Proceedings of the7th International symposium Music in Society, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina 2011 (forthcoming).
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1986 – Gold Meddle for Violin, National Schools Music and Drama Competition, Ministry of Education, Sri Lanka
- 2005 – Chinese Governmental Scholarship
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Selected Chapters in Ethnomusicology: Musics of South Asia (together with Prof. Svanibor Pettan ) at the Dept. of Musicology, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. (October 2010 to January 2011).
- Selected Chapters in Ethnomusicology: Musics of South Asia (together with Prof. Svanibor Pettan ) at the Dept. of Musicology, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. (February 2008 to May 2009).
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Improvisation in North Indian Classical Music . Academy of Music, University of Zagreb, Croatia (17 th December 2007).
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Improvisation in North Indian Classical Music . Faculty of Arts, University Juraj Dobrila, Pula, Croatia (19 th December 2007).
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European influences in Sri Lankan Music . Faculty of Arts, University Juraj Dobrila, Pula, Croatia (10 th March 2008).
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An Introduction to Indian Music . Dept. of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. (14 th March 2008).
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An Introduction to Indian Music. Academy of Music, University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. (19 th March 2008).
- Music and War in Sri Lanka . Dept. of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. (21 st April 2009).
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ICCR invitation to Bhatkhande Music Deemed University, Lucknow, India for a guest lecture on“Music and Healing Rituals in Sri Lanka”. 16th February 2010.
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ICCR invitation to Banaras Hindu University, Benaras, India, for a guest lecture on “Music and Healing Rituals in Sri Lanka” . 20th February 2010.
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“Music Therapy: Western Theories & their Approaches to Sri Lankans’ Musics and Medical Practices” – Guest lecture for medical doctors and staff. M. O. H. office, Piliyandala. 26th of June 2009.
- “Music Therapy: Western Theories & their Approaches to Sri Lankans’ Musics and Medical Practices” – Guest lecture for medical doctors and staff. Panadura Teaching Hospital, Panadura. 24th of August 2009.
- “Sangeet Ras” - Music workshop for high school students. Slovenske Konjice, Slovenia. 06 th October 2008.
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Seminar for music teachers on World music and Indian Music (with Prof. Svanibor Pettan ).Rogaska Slatina, Slovenia. 14 th and 28 th November 2008
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2008 – Liaison Officer representing Sri Lanka in the International Council for Traditional Music (ICTM)
- 2008 – Member of the Advisory Board of the Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies
24 th September 2007, The Third Conference of the World Music, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China
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19 th December 2007 – University Juraj Dobrila – Faculty of Arts, Pula, Croatia
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19 th March 2008 – University of Sarajevo - Academy of Music, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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29 th April 2008 – Celica, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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21 st June 2008 – Slovene Ethnographic Museum, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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22 June 2008 – at Humiliation and Dignity Studies Boat Conference, Norway
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29 th October 2008– University of Sarajevo - Academy of Music, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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19 th December 2008– University of Ljubljana Concert Hall, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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08 th April 2009 – Cankarjev dom (within the Romani musical Heart of Glass),Ljubljana, Slovenia
- 28 th April 2009- Academic Book Fair, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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06th July 2010 - Special Guest at The Evening of Friendship: Macedonian Folk Music and Slovenian Poetry. Mestno gledalisce, Ptuj, Slovenia.
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09th October 2010 – Concert of South Indian Music with Mr. Chitravina N. Ravikiran,City Museum Hall, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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22nd October 2010 – Generational and inter-cultural encounters, Pišece, Slovenia. (Annual Concert of the Cultural and Ethnomusicological Society Folk Slovenia).
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09th November 2010 – North Indian Classical music concert: guest performance at the promotion of the CD Pella in Prazvok. Celica, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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27th November 2010 – North Indian Classical music concert, Festival of Indian Culture, Novo Mesto, Slovenia.
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1999 to date – Lecturer, Dept. of Performing Arts, Sri Palee Campus, University of Colombo , Sri Lanka
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2004 -2005 – Head/Dept. of Performing Arts, Sri Palee Campus, University of Colombo , Sri Lanka
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2004-2005 – Student Counsellor, Sri Palee Campus, University of Colombo
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2001-2002 – Student Counsellor, Sri Palee Campus, University of Colombo
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1999 – 2001- Sub Warden (Academic), Sri Palee Campus, University of Colombo
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1996- 1997 - Assistant lecturer, Dept. of Fine Arts, University of Kelaniya , Sri Lanka
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2010 – Member of the Advisory Committee at the 20th State Musical Review of Children, Youngsters and Adults with Special Needs »Let's Sing, Play and Dance«, Prevalje, Koroška, Slovenia.
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2010 – Visiting lecturer (Music Therapy), Dept. of Applied Music, University of Visual and Performing Arts
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1992- Artist - North Indian Classical Music (Violin), Sri Lanka Broadcasting Cooperation
- 2003-2004 – General Secretary/ Cultural, International House Complex, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi , India
Email : lmanaranjanie@yahoo.com
Wewala, Horana, Sri Lanka
Tel:094 060 2449086, Fax 094 034 2263617