:Dinesh Subasinghe

Subasinghe was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka in 1979. He studied at St Peter's College, Colombo and Maris Stella College in Negombo. He began playing music at a very young age. He studied music under Samantha Amarajeewa, Janaki Disanayaka, Christal Luduwike, and Patrick Master at his school and in the city. He also studied with B. Victor Perera, Mahinda Senivirathan, Kalani Perera, V.Hemapala Perera and Ananda Perera.Daily Mirror (28 November 2005). [http://archives.dailymirror.lk/2005/11/28/life/03.asp "Dee R Cee in tune with the times"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150207204249/http://archives.dailymirror.lk/2005/11/28/life/03.asp |date=7 February 2015 }}

In 2001 Subasinghe started learning western classical music under Ashoka Jayawardhana, Hasini Helpe (daughter of Briget and Ashly Helpe) and Annada Dabare. Later they assisted Subasinghe in joining the Sri Lankan Symphony Orchestra.Perera, Suharshi (13 February 2008).[http://archives.dailynews.lk/2008/02/13/art01.asp "New Chord"]Daily News.Retrieved 27 January 2015.

He became a member of composer Stanley Peiris's orchestra.{{cite web |url=http://www.silumina.lk/2009/05/03/_art.asp?fn=av09050312 |title=කේමදාසයන් ඇසුරින් පිබිදි |publisher=Silumina.lk |access-date=4 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924101844/http://www.silumina.lk/2009/05/03/_art.asp?fn=av09050312 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |url-status=dead }} (in Sinhalese){{cite web |url=http://www.talents.lk/artists.php?artist=drc |title=Dee R Cee Members – The Community of Sri Lankan Talents |publisher=Talents.lk |access-date=4 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110910023300/http://talents.lk/artists.php?artist=drc |archive-date=10 September 2011 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web | url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2017/01/04/features/103667 | title=Stanley Peiris and the music of the middle }} Subasinghe worked under the Sri Lankan composer Premasiri Khemadasa for eight years and led the orchestra for Khemdasa's opera Agni (2007–2008). From 2001 to 2005 he was a member of Sri Lankan musical groups led by Dumindu Kadigamuwa, Harsha Bulathsinghala, Janananth Warakagoda, and Dilup Gabadamudalige.Samarasinghe, Sarashi (20 January 2008). [http://www.nation.lk/2008/01/20/youth3.htm "Dee R Cee – A different dream"]. The Nation. Retrieved 5 May 2013.

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He began composing for television and film in 2004 when cinema director Chandrathna Mapitigama selected him to compose music for his television series Hummane.Jayawardana, Ruwini (30 December 2009). [http://archives.dailynews.lk/2009/12/30/art16.asp "Lankan musician catches India's eye"]. Daily News. Retrieved 5 May 2013. In 2009 he received a scholarship from Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa to study music under A. R. Rahman at the KM Music Conservatory in India.Sarathchandra, Abeeth (10 May 2009). [http://www.nation.lk/2009/05/10/tv1.html "A New Sound – Music for the mind"]. The Nation. Retrieved 5 May 2013. At the conservatory, he won the Best Student Award in the instrumental section for violin.{{cite web |author=ජෝජ් රොබ්සන්ද සිල්වා |url=http://www.silumina.lk/2012/01/08/_art.asp?fn=av12010822 |title=2011 සංගීත ලොවේ අමතක නොවන මතක |publisher=Silumina.lk |date=25 September 2011 |access-date=4 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112031941/http://www.silumina.lk/2012/01/08/_art.asp?fn=av12010822 |archive-date=12 January 2012 |url-status=dead }} (in Sinhalese){{cite web |author=ජෝජ් රොබ්සන් ද සිල්වා |url=http://www.silumina.lk/2012/01/22/_art.asp?fn=av12012220&p=1 |title=ඔබ මගෙන් දුර ගියා හිත ළඟින් දුක තියා...! |publisher=Silumina.lk |date=22 January 2012 |access-date=4 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150510124323/http://www.silumina.lk/2012/01/22/_art.asp?fn=av12012220&p=1 |archive-date=10 May 2015 |url-status=dead }} (in Sinhalese)Anupama Subramanian (11 August 2013).[http://www.deccanchronicle.com/130811/entertainment-tvmusic/article/mukesh-ambani-whenever-i-think-innovation-i-think-ar-rahman "Mukesh Ambani 'Whenever I think of innovation, I think of A.R. Rahman'"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016004349/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/130811/entertainment-tvmusic/article/mukesh-ambani-whenever-i-think-innovation-i-think-ar-rahman |date=16 October 2013 }}. Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 5 May 2013.

File:Dinesh Subasibghe with A.R.Rahman in KM Music Conservatory.jpg

Subasinghe has composed a Buddhist oratorio, Karuna Nadee,The Daily Mirror (27 January 2011). [http://print2.dailymirror.lk/life/youth-mirror/136-youth-mirror/34163.html "Dinesh launches first ever Buddhist oratorio"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140905080147/http://print2.dailymirror.lk/life/youth-mirror/136-youth-mirror/34163.html |date=5 September 2014 }}. Retrieved 1 May 2013. as well as a symphony, trio, sonata, two a cappella pieces, a string quartet, a concerto for trumpet, and a piece for viola, The Dance of Salome.{{cite web | url=http://fmderana.lk/artist/95/dinesh-subasinghe- | title=Dinesh Subasingh Profile | publisher=FM Derana | access-date=20 March 2016}} His string quartet, Night Before The Battle, was selected by Joel Thome's Orchestra of Our Time from 100 compositions from the world.Orchestra of Our Time (official website). [http://orchestraofourtime.org/wordpress/call-for-scores "Call for Scores"]. Retrieved 5 May 2013. He has composed music for 75 Sri Lankan television series, 13 films, and 16 stage plays(8 March 2015),[http://www.sundaytimes.lk/150308/magazine/dinesh-records-highest-sale-for-an-instrumental-139029.html 'highest sale for an instrumental'].The Sunday Times. Retrieved 8 February 2015.Balachandran, PK (7 February 2011). [http://newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/article393909.ece "A musical instrument played by Ravana Himself!"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507124015/http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/article393909.ece |date=7 May 2016 }}. The New Indian Express. Retrieved 1 May 2013.

Subasinghe was the first Sri Lankan to write a cappella pieces with Sri Lankan national themes for SATB choirs, including "The Princes of the Lost Tribe" for Menaka De Shabandu's choirThe Island (Sri Lanka).(25 September 2010) [https://archives.sundayobserver.lk/2010/08/29/mon50.asp "Menaka singers - ‘September Song’ - Satisfies!"] and "Ancient Queen of Somawathee" for Bridget Helpe's choir. The style of these compositions uses harmonies and a sound which is different from Western classical music traditions.{{cite news |url=http://sundaytimes.lk/100822/Plus/plus_22.html |title=Manaka Singers on song |newspaper=The Sunday Times |location=Colombo, Sri Lanka |date=22 August 2010 |access-date=27 April 2012}}{{cite news |url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=7551 |title=Menaka singers – "September Song" – Satisfies! |newspaper=The Island |location=Colombo, Sri Lanka |date=25 September 2010 |access-date=27 April 2012}}{{cite news |url=https://archives.sundayobserver.lk/2010/08/29/mon50.asp |title=September Song |last=Perera |first=Mahes |newspaper=Sunday Observer |location=Colombo, Sri Lanka |date=29 August 2010 |access-date=27 April 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121120214247/http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2010/08/29/mon50.asp |archive-date=20 November 2012 |df=dmy-all }}

Subasinghe led the alternative rock music band Dee R Cee and introduced rock music into several Sri Lankan television series.The Nation (10 March 2013). [http://www.nation.lk/epaper/sunday/2013/03/10/files/assets/basic-html/page49.html "Hitting all the high notes"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130320001922/http://www.nation.lk/epaper/sunday/2013/03/10/files/assets/basic-html/page49.html |date=20 March 2013 }}, p. 53. Retrieved 2 May 2013.

He performed at the 2011 Share the Love concert and on Rupavahini TV in February 2013 with the song "Ra Roo".

Subasinghe released an alternative-rock song "E Kale: The One" with Charmika Sirimanne and Ranushka Fernando in 2013, along with its music video created by Ranushka Fernando.Jayawardana, Ruwini (10 April 2013). [http://archives.dailynews.lk/2013/04/10/fea36.asp "Taking after A R Rahaman?"]. Daily News. Retrieved 5 May 2013. It became the most viewed Sri Lankan music video on YouTube reaching more than 1.3 million viewers.(15 September 2013). [http://www.sundaytimes.lk/130915/magazine/ekale-the-x-music-video-breaks-records-61617.html "E kale the x music video breaks records"]. The Sunday Times. Retrieved 15 September 2013

Subasinghe has played as a musician for local and international music directors and composers, in 2002 Subasinghe recorded violin caprice to portrait Musila in Guthila balade play composed by Diliup Gabadamudalige.Guthila's violin has performed by Subasinghe's Teacher & a veteran violinist Kalani perera.{{Cite web|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/040509/mirror/4.html|title = Mirror Magazine}} Subasinghe worked for Symphony Orchestra of Sri Lanka from 2003 to 2005 as a Violinist. He was a member of the South Indian Cinema Musicians Union.Ismail, Adilah (3 January 2010). [http://sundaytimes.lk/100103/Magazine/sundaytimesmirror_04.html "Hitting the high notes"]. The Sunday Times. Retrieved 5 May 2013

He has released four CDs: Rawan Nada, Feel My Heart, Sihina Wasanthayak soundtrack and Karuna Nadee.Subasinghe, Dinesh (10 January 2010). [http://www.nation.lk/2010/01/10/enter.htm "New sounds for the New Year"]. The Nation. Retrieved 2 May 2013.

Subasinghe's first professional acting appearance was in Parapura by Cletus Menids in 2012. He performed a leading role on his music video E Kale: The One and played King Herod Antipas in the 2013 Paasku television series by Prem Fernando.Naalir, Mohammed (24 March 2013). [https://archives.sundayobserver.lk/2013/03/24/mon12.asp "Jeevan plays main role in Paasku"] . Sunday Observer. Retrieved 2 May 2013.

He performed a series of concerts with Sri Lankan pop Bands Marians and Gypsies in 2019–2020.

• Maldives-in 2014, his newly formed string quartet, Ravan, toured and performed at the Four Seasons Resort on Landaa Giraavaru in the Maldives.,Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts (18 November 014). [http://maldives.enewsletters.fourseasons.com/2014/11/18/festive2014ent/ LET US ENTERTAIN YOU!]. Retrieved 10 January 015.
• Australia-Dinesh has toured with Del Studio musicians and performed in Melbourne & Sydney in Del Studio Australia tour in 2016,
• United Kingdom-Dinesh performed in F.O.C. (Festival of Cricket) UK in 2017
• New Zealand & Australia in 2020 Subasinghe performed with famous sri-lankan pop band Marians in 'Thaala' concert series along with Sr Lankan rock star Chitral Somapala. Concerts were held in Auckland, Melbourne and Sydney in month of February and March 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bunjilplace.com.au/marians-thaala|title=Marians Thaala | Bunjil Place}}
• Kuwait in 2023 with Commercial Bank, the celebration 20 years of remittance operations in Kuwait {{cite web | url=https://www.combank.lk/news/news-events/combank-celebrates-20-years-of-remittance-operations-in-kuwait | title=Commercial Bank | ComBank celebrates 20 years of remittance operations in Kuwait }}

With South Indian Cine Musicians

in 2009 during the academic stay in India Dinesh was invited to play with the South Indian Cine Musicians Union. He has been selected by late Das Daniel in KM Music conservatory. Dinesh got the temporally Membership of the Union and played for many south Indian & Bollywood movie background music scores as a violinist. In this time he met many veteran string players from Madras String Quartet M. Kalyan, N.S. Narasiman, Shekar.

Rhyme Skool with Katrina Kaif in KM Music Conservatory Chennai

Dinesh worked with his former principal A.R. Rahman and Katrina Kaif on her CD Rhyme Skool with Katrina Kaif produced by Sa Re Ga Ma Productions in India in 2009–2010.

Share the love Concert with Korea (2011)

Subasinghe participated in a joint Sadaham Sevana musical concert with Korea and India on 4 July 2011.GAMGE, YASARATNE (13 July 2011).[http://archives.dailynews.lk/2011/07/13/art03.asp "Musicians assemble to Share the Love"] He composed Mist of a Mountain, a tribute piece for Eastern Asia and has participated in many religious music projects around South Asia.{{cite web|author=ප්‍රසාද් සමරතුංග |url=http://www.sarasaviya.lk/2012/04/05/_art.asp?fn=sa12040510 |title=ජීවන්ගේ ඉල්ලීමට අධ්‍යක්ෂක කුරුසියේ |publisher=Sarasaviya.lk |access-date=4 October 2012}} (in Sinhalese){{cite web |url=http://www.silumina.lk/punkalasa/20110313/ |title="සිළුමිණ" අන්තර්ජාල සංස්කරණය: ලේක්හවුස් – ශී‍්‍ර ලංකා |publisher=Silumina.lk |access-date=4 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130101080420/http://www.silumina.lk/punkalasa/20110313/ |archive-date=1 January 2013 |url-status=dead }} (in Sinhalese)

O'Connor Method in New York (2015/16)

In 2015 and 2016 Dinesh participated in the O'Connor Method Summer Camp in New York which was conducted by violinist Mark O'Connor.Susitha R. Fernando (8 November 2015). [http://www.sundaytimes.lk/151108/magazine/a-cultural-ambassador-of-music-170469.html"A cultural ambassador of music"]. The Sunday Times. Retrieved 24 November 2015.Ruwini Jayawardana (3 February 2016).[http://www.dailynews.lk/?q=2016/02/03/entertainment/dineshs-global-tempo"Dinesh's Global Tempo"] Daily News (Sri Lanka). Retrieved 3 February 2016.Uditha Devapriya (7 February 2016). [http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=139874# "Dinesh in the USA"], The Island (Sri Lanka). Retrieved 7 February 2016.

File:Subasinghe with Mark O'Connor in Newyork 2016.jpg & Maggie O'Connor During his Ravanahatha performance in New York 2016]]

AGBU in Armenia (2015)

Dinesh participated an Armenian music program in Armenia which was organised by AGBU (Armenian General Benevolent Union) in 2016.,{{Cite web|url=http://agbu.org/news-item/agbu-continues-to-invest-in-creating-generations-of-talented-young-armenians/|title = AGBU Continues to Invest in Creating Generations of Talented Young Armenians}}{{cite web |url=http://orer.eu/en/agbu-continues-to-invest-in-creating-generations-of-talented-young-armenians/ |title=AGBU CONTINUES TO INVEST IN CREATING GENERATIONS OF TALENTED YOUNG ARMENIANS {{!}} Orer News Site |website=orer.eu |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161113061940/http://orer.eu/en/agbu-continues-to-invest-in-creating-generations-of-talented-young-armenians/ |archive-date=2016-11-13}}

'T(H)REE'-A Musical Journey From Portugal To Asia (2016/17)'

Dinesh has taken part in an audio album which was a collaboration with Portugal's pop band Cla. The track is part of an album called 'T(H)REE-A Musical Journey From Portugal To Asia'. T(H)REE is a project that has been collaborating with Asian musicians and Portugal. The Portuguese Musicians are Cla, Peixe, Amelia Muge and Old Jerusalem, from Asia there are Indus Creed (India), Mangka (India), Dinesh Subasinghe (Sri Lanka), Sherine Tohamy, Mohammed Haddad (Bahrain), Mohichehra (Uzbekistan), Magic of Nomads (Kazakhstan). The album was produced by Portuguese producer David Valentim.{{cite web |url=http://thenortheasttoday.com/manipuri-folk-star-mangka-goes-global-with-portugals-pop-band-cla/ |title=Manipuri folk star Mangka goes global with Portugal's pop band Clã |website=thenortheasttoday.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170503172924/http://thenortheasttoday.com/manipuri-folk-star-mangka-goes-global-with-portugals-pop-band-cla/ |archive-date=2017-05-03}}{{cite web | url=http://www.easternmirrornagaland.com/manipuri-folk-star-mangka-goes-global-with-cla/ | title=Manipuri folk star Mangka goes global with Clã - Eastern Mirror | date=28 April 2017 }}{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/manipuri-folk-artist-goes-global/articleshow/58559519.cms|title = Manipuri folk artist goes global | Guwahati News - Times of India|website = The Times of India| date=7 May 2017 }}[https://www.telegraphindia.com/1170429/jsp/northeast/story_148816.jsp#.WQQQWFOGORs]{{dead link|date=February 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

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Chan & Tea Concert with Chinese Buddhist musicians (2016)

He composed a ballad theme music for Sri Lankan act in the 'Chan and Tea' concert at Nelumpokuna in 2016, Choreography part has been created by Ravibandu Vidyapathi, the program was a presidential event to enhance spiritual development between China and Sri Lanka.{{cite web |url=http://www.defence.lk/new.asp?fname=Chan_Tea_Musical_Sri_Lanka_staged_at_Nelum_Pokuna_20160523_01 |title=Chan Tea Musical, Sri Lanka staged at NelumPokuna |website=www.defence.lk |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160524105648/http://www.defence.lk/new.asp?fname=Chan_Tea_Musical_Sri_Lanka_staged_at_Nelum_Pokuna_20160523_01 |archive-date=2016-05-24}}

2nd South Asian Youth Summit (2018)

He has participated and performed with his Tone poem team in the South Asian Youth Summit held in Colombo with a participation of 35 countries. He has been invited by the president of the International Youth Service society Dr. K K Sing & Dinesh was honored in the ceremony with a token of appreciation for the contribution he has made in the event, also he won the Asia Inspiration award in this ceremony for his contribution to the South Asian youth music & Arts.

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From 2002 to 2009 Subasinghe led the pop classical bands, Dee R Cee and Dinesh and Friends. The other members of Dee R Cee were singers Ranuka Sudam and Chandumal Samapriya. Their music encompassed multiple genres, including pop, alternative rock, cinema music, Hindustan classical, country and western, baila and 1970s music. Hemanalin Karunarathne invited Dee R Cee members to direct music for television programs on the Swarnawahini TV network including Hansa vila, Haa haa pura, Gee TV, and Christmas Night 2005.Perera, Suharshi (13 February 2008). [http://archives.dailynews.lk/2008/02/13/art01.asp "Dinesh Subasinghe in bid to rewrite history"]. Daily News. Retrieved 2 May 2013. Dee R Cee members also appeared on Sirasa TV and Derana TV providing music for Looks Like, Auto Plus, Hansavilla, Mathra, and Christmas programmes in 2006 and 2007, and a Valentine's Day programme on Derana TV.(4 May 2008). [http://www.sundaytimes.lk/080504/Mirror/mr6010.html "Reviving Rawana's melodies"]. The Sunday Times. Retrieved 2 February 2015.

{{see also|Ravanahatha}}

In 2007, Subasinghe used the ancient instrument the ravanahatha to Sri Lanka on his album Rawan Nada, comprising 12 instrumentals and background vocals.Jayawaranda, Ruwini (19 April 2009). [https://archives.sundayobserver.lk/2009/04/19/rev03.asp "Reviving the tunes of the past"] . Sunday Observer. Retrieved 5 May 2013. The ravanahatha (ravanhatta, rawanhattha, ravanastron, or ravana hasta veena) is a bowed fiddle popular in Western India. It is believed to have originated among the Hela civilisation of Sri Lanka at the time of King Ravana.Indo-Asian News Service (19 February 2008). [https://web.archive.org/web/20140611135322/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-1431478081.html "Sri Lankan revives Ravana's musical instrument"]. Hindustan Times.Jayawaranda, Ruwini (1 April 2009).[http://archives.dailynews.lk/2009/04/01/fea21.asp "Ravana Nada goes big time"]. Daily News. Retrieved 5 May 2013.

File:Legend of srilankan Ravanhatha.jpg) and Venerable Rathna Thero]]

Ravana Nada is the first recording to include music played on the ravanahatha, although it had appeared in films as a visual item. On this CD Subasinghe performed with a slightly different version of the instrument. He also played it on A. R. Rahman's Rhyme Skool with Katrina Kaif, which was narrated by Kaif, and for some Indian Tamil movie music.,{{Cite news|url=https://roar.media/english/life/history/ravanahatha-the-fabled-violin-of-ravana|title = Ravanahatha: The Fabled Violin of Ravana}}

In addition to the ravanahatha, Subasinghe is reviving another ancient bowed instrument called the kingiri.{{cite web|url=http://www.lakehouse.lk/budusarana/2008/04/05/main_editorial.asp |title=බුදුසරණ අන්තර්ජාල කලාපය – කතුවැකිය |publisher=Lakehouse.lk |access-date=4 October 2012}} (in Sinhalese){{cite web|author=සේයා රූ – මාලන් කරුණාරත්න |url=http://www.worldpeople.lk/index.php?section=Show&page=2&id=223 |title=Interviews & Profiles of Sri Lankan & Global Charactors (World People) |publisher=worldPeople.lk |access-date=4 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140504224026/http://www.worldpeople.lk/index.php?section=Show&page=2&id=223 |archive-date=4 May 2014 }}

Since 2007 Subasinghe has tried to discover the similarity between the Ravan and the Kingri (string instrument).(25 November 2007).[http://archives.dailymirror.lk/2007/11/26/life/07.asp "Dinesh brings ‘Kingiri’ tunes"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130402210118/http://archives.dailymirror.lk/2007/11/26/life/07.asp |date=2 April 2013 }}. The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). Retrieved 2 February 2015. He has mentioned to the media that the instrument is discussed the book by Abele and Niederheitmann translated by John Broadhouse The Violin: Its History & Construction, Illustrated & described, From Many Sources published by William Reeves in London between 1900 and 1930.

In the same year he asked the Cultural Minister Mahinda Yapa Abewardhana to have his staff research the history of the ravanahatha. He feels that it is important that Sri Lanka claim the rights for this ancient fiddle.

Subasinghe's version of the ravanahatha has been referred to by Michael Ondaatje the Canadian novelist and poet who won the Booker Prize for his novel The English Patient. His brother, Sir Christopher Ondaatje, in an article on the ravanahatha, cites it as the mother of today's violin.Sir Ondaatje, Christopher (2 June 2013). [http://www.sundaytimes.lk/130602/plus/sri-lankas-ravanahatha-is-the-worlds-first-violin-46908.html 'Sri Lanka's Ravanahatha is the world's first violin']. The Sunday Times. Retrieved 24 November 2013.

Subasinghe's Rawan Nada album set a record as the highest selling instrumental music CD in Sri Lanka. Released on the Tharanga label, owned by Vijay Ramanayaka, the CD was Dinesh's first solo album and the first solo album using this historical instrument. It sold 16,000 copies between the years 2009 and 2015.

Dinesh started using Ravanahatha for his musical compositions and became a modern composer who use this isolated instrument in cinematic and commercial music{{Cite web|url=https://ruralindiaonline.org/articles/migrant-musicians-in-the-mountains/|title = Migrant musicians in the mountains|date = 20 June 2018}}

In 2010, Subasinghe composed Karuna Nadee (River of Kindness) an oratorio for chorus and orchestra based on the life of Buddha.Jayawardana, Ruwini (9 February 2011). [http://archives.dailynews.lk/2011/02/09/art21.asp "Buddha's life set to music"] According to the Sri Lankan newspaper The Daily Mirror, it is the first Buddhist oratorio and the first musical work based on Buddha's life and philosophy since Premasiri Khemadasa's cantata Pirinivan Mangalya, a requiem based on Buddha's Parinirvana. However, the American composer Dudley Buck composed an oratorio on the life of Buddha, The Light of Asia, which was first performed in 1887.Smither, Howard E. (2000). [https://books.google.com/books?id=Khz3kZNd0Z8C&dq=Buddhist+oratorio&pg=PA463 A History of the Oratorio: The Oratorio in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries], pp. 453 and 463. University of North Carolina Press. {{ISBN|0807825115}} Buddhist texts have also been incorporated into two other western oratorios, Somei Satoh's 1987 Stabat Mater and Jonathan Harvey's 2011 Weltethos.The New York Times (3 April 1987). [https://www.nytimes.com/1987/04/03/arts/oratorio-merges-christ-and-buddha.html "Oratorio Merges Christ and Buddha"]. Retrieved 3 May 2013.Clements, Andrew (22 June 2012). [https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/jun/22/weltethos-review "Weltethos – review"]. The Guardian. Retrieved 3 May 2013

The oratorio consists of 12 pieces of music and, according to the Daily News, is composed in "Far Eastern, Sri Lankan, Indian, and Western classical styles". It also includes a Buddhist chant in the background, as well as elements from Tibetan music and folk and pop genres.Jayawardana, Ruwini (9 February 2011). [http://archives.dailynews.lk/2011/02/09/art21.asp "Buddha's life set to music"]. Daily News. Retrieved 1 May 2013. It was his first major work since coming home for a break from the A. R. Rahman Academy in India. Buddhist monk Athuraliye Rathana Thero and Negombo astrologer Ranushka Fernando contributed ideas to the conceptualization of the work.{{cite web|url=http://www.lakehouse.lk/budusarana/2011/02/17/PrintPage.asp?REF=fea08 |title=බුදුසරණ අන්තර්ජාල කලාපය |publisher=Lakehouse.lk |access-date=4 October 2012}} (in Sinhalese) The work, with Subasinghe playing some of the music has been released on CD.{{cite web|url=http://www.sarasaviya.lk/2011/02/17/_art.asp?fn=sa11021715&pn=21 |title=ඔරිටෝරියෝව !.?.! |publisher=Sarasaviya.lk |access-date=4 October 2012}}Divaina.com (23 January 2011). [http://www.divaina.com/2011/01/23/meewitha04.html ලොව ප්‍රථම බෞද්ධ ඔරටෝරියෝව]. Retrieved 5 May 2013 (in Sinhalese).{{cite web |url=http://www.silumina.lk/punkalasa/20110313/_art.asp?fn=ar1103138 |title=ඕනෑම නිර්මාණකරුවකුට දර්ශනයක් තිබිය යුතුයි |publisher=Silumina.lk |date=13 March 2011 |access-date=4 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111116211512/http://www.silumina.lk/punkalasa/20110313/_art.asp?fn=ar1103138 |archive-date=16 November 2011 |url-status=dead }} (in Sinhalese)

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Subasinghe has composed music for Sri Lankan Passion plays.{{Cite web |title=UNIQUE PASSION PLAY TRADITION OF SRI LANKA |url=http://namomagazine.com/unique-passion-play-tradition-of-sri-lanka/ |access-date=2024-06-16 |language=en-GB}} His music for these plays combines a variety of styles and genres, including Gregorian chant, western classical music, Portuguese music, and Sri Lankan folk music. In 2000, Sri Lanka's Catholic Media Unit and Tower Hall Theater Foundation organised a passion play cultural programme at Negombo, where they assembled all the traditional passion play drama teams from all parts of the country. Subasinghe was appointed music director for the programme.

In 1999, 2000, and 2001, Sri Lankan dramatist, Peter Wellambage, Subasinghe and composer Jayantha Modarage, participated in the production of a modern Sri Lankan passion play, Kurusiya Matha Miyadunemi, performed in the Katuwapitiya and Bolawalana villages in Negombo.[http://srilankaactors.blogspot.com/2009/03/dee-r-cee-members-young-sri-lankan.html Dee R Cee History] Subasinghe created the music for the passion play Aho mage senageni performed in 2003 and 2007 in Helpe, Katana near Negombo. It was directed by Alexius Fernando and used the traditional Oberammergau Passion Play costumes for the first time in a Sri Lankan passion play. He has since continued his involvement with the Aho mage senageni project.

In 2008, Subasinghe composed music for an audio remake of the 1970s Katu Otunna stage drama audio CD and Duwa historic passion play which is based on the story of Jesus and was directed by Clement Fernadao. In 2012, 18 Sri Lankan cinema and television stars participated in the passion play Sri Kurusawalokanaya Thambakanda, which was produced by Pream Fernanado and directed by Peter Wellambage with music by Subasinghe. Jeewan Kumaranatunga played the role of Jesus. In 2013, Subasinghe composed music for the passion play in St Anthony's Church in Dalupotha, Negombo.

Subasinghe composed the music for the 2013 television film based on the life of Jesus, Jesu Christu Yuga Peraliya, produced by Prem Fernando. He also served as assistant director and script editor, and played the role of Herod Antipas. Jewan Kumarathunga played the role of Jesus while Ravindra Randeniya played Pontius Pilate. More than 25 Sri Lankan cinema and television stars participated.{{cite web|url=http://www.wellknownpersons.com/person/lsp.Dinesh_Subasinghe.sq26331.htm |title=Dinesh Subasinghe's Biography, Archivements, Works, Timeline - Well Known Persons |work=wellknownpersons.com |access-date=7 February 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150207192222/http://www.wellknownpersons.com/person/lsp.Dinesh_Subasinghe.sq26331.htm |archive-date=7 February 2015 |df=dmy }}

Dinesh has won the best music score at the 2009 Sri Lankan SIGNIS Awards for Siri Sirimal, a Sri Lankan television adaptation of Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer. and Sumathi Awards in 2012 for Pinsara Dosthara, a Sri Lankan adaptation of Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.The Daily Mirror (14 January 2013). [http://epaper.dailymirror.lk/epaper/showarticle.aspx?article=c1477dda-429b-4290-98c8-a2a0e0fbff77&viewmode=2&page=19 "Dinesh the magical musician"]. Retrieved 2 May 2013.

Best Original Score Awards

Most Popular Movie Song Awards

Best Movie Song of the year

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Special Awards

• 2011 Special Jury Award at the Light of Asia Foundation Buddhist Film Festival for the Buddha oratorio Karuna Nadee
• 2016 Merit Award at Sarasaviya Awards for Ho Gaana Pokuna.,Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka) (18 December 2016). [http://archives1.sundayobserver.lk/2016/12/18/news/33rd-sarasaviya-film-awards-2016-culminates-star-studded-night ‘THE 33rd Sarasaviya film awards 2016 culminates with : A STAR-STUDDED NIGHT’]. (Retrieved 26 December 2016).Daily News (19 December 2016). [http://dailynews.lk/2016/12/19/features/102247 "The Crowning moment" ]. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
• 2016 'TOYP' Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World (TOYP) Award for contribution to Sri Lankan Arts.Daily News(21 February 2017).[http://www.dailynews.lk/2017/02/21/entertainment/108175/%E2%80%98immortal%E2%80%99-mission "Immortal mission"].Retrieved 21 February 2017
• 2018 Honorary gesture of respect Award at the 'Bhava' Concert By St.Peters College Colombo 4
• 2018 'Asia Inspiration Award' at the 2nd South Asian youth Summit
• 2018 'Toke of Love' to Tone Poem Team at the 2nd South Asian Youth Summit
• 2019 'India Peace Prize' at the 3rd south Asian Youth Summit in India{{Cite web|url=https://www.easterneye.biz/indias-greta-completes-one-year-of-protests-in-front-of-parliament/|title = India's 'Greta' completes one year of protests in front of Parliament|date = 8 February 2020}}

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Subasinghe has composed music for 94 teledramas,(29 January 2017). [http://www.sundaytimes.lk/170129/magazine/going-back-to-the-golden-era-of-cinema-music-225962.html" Going back to the golden era of Cinema music"]The Sunday TimesRetrieved 8 February 2017. 17 movie scores, 21 stage plays, 11 documentaries, 14 audio albums,11 Musical Series's etc. He has become the youngest composer to write 75 teledrama scores for Sri Lankan TV media. Subasinghe received the 2012 best music director Sumathi award for his creations in 'Pinsara Dosthara' becoming the youngest to receive the prestigious award in the award's 18-year history.

Movies

• Ho Gaana Pokuna
• WarigaPojja
• Dr. Nawariyan
• Yugathra
• Guththila
• Sri Siddha

TV Series

• Siri Sirimal
• Sihina Wasanthayak
• Sudu Andagena Kalu Awidin
• Can You Hear Me? (2020 TV series)
• Pinsara Dosthara
• Dewlie
• Akadawariya
• Snap
• Number 9
• Teacher Amma

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• Ravanahatha

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20120817233644/http://www.music.lk/talents/profile.php?profile_id=2088 Profile at music.lk]
• [http://www.nfc.gov.lk/artist/dinesh-subasinghe-293/ Profile at National Film Corporation]
• [http://www.films.lk/ArtistDetails.php?id=3560 Srilankan Cinema Data Base]
• [http://cinema.lk/movie_composer/dinesh-subasinghe/ Cinema.lk]

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