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Suneera Sumanga Dias
සුනීර සුමංග ඩයස්
Born	Subasinghe Nishshanka Suneera Sumanga Dias (1997-05-08) 8 May 1997 (age 27) Ragama, Sri Lanka
Education	De Mazenod College
Occupation(s)	singer, musician
Parents	Yoga Dias (father) Sunethra Perera (mother)
Website	http://suneerasumanga.com Musical career
Genres	Pop soul rhythm and blues Indian classical music
Instrument	Vocals
Years active	2017–present
Labels	Nilwala Ransilu Evoke
Musical artist

Subasinghe Nishshanka Suneera Sumanga Dias (Sinhala: සුනීර සුමංග ඩයස්: born 8 May 1997), popularly known as Suneera Sumanga, is a Sri Lankan singer and musician.^[2] He is the winner of the seventh season of singing reality competition Derana Dream Star.^[3]^[4]^[5] Apart from that, he is also the founder and lead vocalist of live band called “Vayana”.^[6]

Early life

Suneera was born on 8 May 1997 in Polgahahena village, Ragama, Sri Lanka as the eldest of the family. He completed education from De Mazenod College, Kandana.^[7] His father Yoga Dias and mother Sunethra Perera are both catholic devotees. Both of them were regular members of the choir of the village church. He has one younger sister.^[8]

Music life

He easily won the first place in all the singing competitions held at the school from grade four to GCE Ordinary Level.^[8] After finishing Advanced Level, he enrolled in Audio Engineering Diploma course. In 2015, Suneera won the division of Ghazal style senor solo vocal in All Island Inter-School Music competition and in the next year of the competition, he won the division of Thumri style senior solo vocal. During the weekends and school holidays, the band Fire Rock sang together.

In 2017 he sent an application to the seventh season of singing reality competition Derana Dream Star under the guidance of his aunty and two older cousin brothers.^[8]^[9] During the competition, he sang many classical songs of his idol W.D. Amaradeva such as; Ipida Mare, Kumariyaka Paa Salamba, Saraswathi Devi, and Etha Kadukara Himavu.^[3] Eventually, he became the winner of the season during the grand finale held on 9 December 2017 at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium.^[10]^[11]^[12] In the meantime, he became an A-grade singer at Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC).

In 2018, he released his first solo “Santhana Susum” which was based on Peradeniya University.^[13] Since then he released many solo tracks such as “Mama Ohomai Hamadamath”, “Nawum Sanda Awith”, “Pale Pol Athu”, and “Mini Otunu”.^[7] In 2020, he sang a tribute song "Parama Amara Guru" to pay homage to Pandit Amaradeva which was released on the occasion of the third commemoration of Pandith Amaradeva in November.^[14]^[15] In the same year, he joined with the charity song "Muhuda Debe Karana" to strengthen the life during the COVID-19 pandemic time.^[16]

References

^ "Oba Duray - Samitha Mudunkotuwa - Suneera Sumanga". www.sinduwa.lk. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
^ "It's amazing, it's hard to put into words. It's hard to put into words. It's like winning a country, a state". webgossip. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
^ ^a ^b "I was allowed to sing Amaradeva Sir's songs: Suneera". සිළුමිණ (in Sinhala). 20 September 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
^ "සුභාවිත ගීතය මගේ හඬින් ඔසවා තබනවා". archives.sarasaviya.lk. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
^ "Derana Dream Star VII highlights". Daily News. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
^ "Vayana: Suneera Musical Group". Suneera Sumanga Dias. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Suneera Sumanga Dias : official website". Suneera Sumanga Dias. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c "The 'Dream Star' platform helped to bring out a certain quality in a design". www.ada.lk (in Sinhala). Retrieved 28 January 2022.
^ "Suneera Sumanga wins Derana Dream Star VII". www.adaderana.lk. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
^ "Derana 07th Dreams Star crowned Suneera". archives.sarasaviya.lk. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
^ "Suneera Sumanga crowned Derana Dream Star 'Season 07'". www.ada.lk (in Sinhala). Retrieved 28 January 2022.
^ "Suneera Sumanga crowned Derana Dream Star 2017". www.adaderana.lk. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
^ "The sad interpretation of a lost university dream". Silumina. 27 January 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
^ "The Absolute Amaraguru song composed by Rohana Weerasinghe written by Siddhartha Thero". සරසවිය. 9 December 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
^ "අම රස දන් දුන් පරම අමර ගුරු අමරදේව උතුමා..." සිළුමිණ (in Sinhala). 31 October 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
^ "The tribute song becomes renewed". www.citizen.lk (in Sinhala). Retrieved 28 January 2022.

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Female singers	Amara Ranatunga Angeline Gunathilake Chandralekha Perera Chandrika Siriwardena Charitha Priyadarshani Deepika Priyadarshani G. S. B. Rani Indrani Perera Indrani Wijebandara Latha Walpola Leela Asoka Madhavee Wathsala Malani Bulathsinhala Mariazelle Goonetilleke Mercy Edirisinghe Mignonne Fernando Nanda Malini Neela Wickramasinghe Nirosha Virajini Nuwandhika Senarathne Pradeepa Dharmadasa Priyani Jayasinghe Rukmani Devi Saheli Rochana Gamage Sashika Nisansala Sujatha Aththanayaka Umaria Sinhawansa Uresha Ravihari Wasantha Sandanayake
Music directors	Allen Ratnayake W. D. Amaradeva Ananda Samarakoon Bibiladeniye Mahanama R. A. Chandrasena Clarence Wijewardena Dilup Gabadamudalige Dinesh Subasinghe Gunadasa Kapuge H. M. Jayawardena Kasun Kalhara Lakshman Joseph de Saram Lionel Algama Lionel Ranwala Marcelline Jayakody Mohammed Gauss Nanda Malini Patrick Denipitiya P. L. A. Somapala Premasiri Khemadasa R. Muttusamy Rohana Weerasinghe Rookantha Gunathilake Sarath Dassanayake Shelton Perera Shihan Mihiranga Bennet Somapala Rathnayake Stanley Peiris Sunil Santha Thilan Wijesinghe Victor Rathnayake W.B. Makuloluwa
Lyricists	Ajantha Ranasinghe Arisen Ahubudu Bandara Wijethunga Carlo Fonseka Cliff Foenander D. T. Fernando Dharmasiri Gamage Herbert M. Seneviratne Karunaratne Abeysekera Kumaratunga Munidasa Lucien Bulathsinhala Madawala S. Rathnayake Mahagama Sekara Marcelline Jayakody Nalin Jayawardena Premakeerthi de Alwis Saman Chandranath Weerasinghe Senaka Batagoda Sydney Chandrasekara Vicumpriya Perera Wasantha Dukgannarala W.B. Makuloluwa

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