Professor Pradeep Ratnayake

Professor, Sitarist, Composer & Music Director

Professor Pradeep Ratnayake is a renowned Sri Lankan sitarist, composer and academic whose work brings together Indian classical music, Sri Lankan folk traditions, Western classical, jazz, blues and rock. Founder of the long-running Pradeepanjalee concert series, he has performed at leading international venues including Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center and Vienna Musikverein, while collaborating with musicians across the world.

A State Music Award and Bunka Award recipient, he has also played a pioneering role in music education in Sri Lanka, introducing computer music into the state university system and helping establish the Department of Music and Creative Technology at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura.