Lakshman Joseph-de Saram
Founder, Concertmaster & Artistic Director



A four-time recipient of the SIGNIS International Award for outstanding original score for a feature film and the 2016 Presidential Award for best film music, is a professional classical musician and film composer. Schooled in Colombo and New York City, a passionate advocate for chamber music, and a veteran of over 800 concerts, he is, however, best known internationally for his original scores for film. He worked closely with Italian filmmaker/producer Uberto Pasolini, and his score for "Bel Ami", which he co-wrote with Academy Award Winner Rachel Portman, was nominated by critics as one of the 50 best Hollywood soundtracks written over the last decade, making it onto the world's leading soundtrack label Varese Saraband's 35th Anniversary Box Set. He is currently working on original music for several short films and a period-based mini-series for Netflix. He is a voting member of PRS for Music, London, an academy member of the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors (BASCA), a board member of the Arts Council of Sri Lanka, and the founder of the Chamber Music Society of Colombo




 












 
 


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