Keerthi Pasquel
Keerthi Pasquel කීර්ති පැස්කුවල් | |
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| Born | Pasquel Wasam Ananda Keerthirathna 29 January 1956 Kandy, Sri Lanka |
| Nationality | Sri Lankan |
| Education | Dharmaraja College |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, composer, guitarist |
| Spouse(s) | Muditha Fernando (m. 1978–div.1995) Chandana Mudalige (1995-present) |
| Children | 4 |
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| Relatives | Padmasiri Pasquel (brother) Chethana Ranasinghe (daughter-in-law) |
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| Instrument(s) | Vocals, Bass Guitar, Lead Guitar, Rhythm guitar |
| Years active | 1976–present |
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| Website | http://www.keerthipasquel.com |
Pasquel Wasam Ananda Keerthirathna (born January 29, 1956), popularly known as Keerthi Pasquel (Sinhala: කීර්ති පැස්කුවල්:), is a Sri Lankan pop musician and composer. He has been performing for more than three decades and has won a number of awards. Keerthi is a judge on the reality show Derana Dream Star and sets the record as the only judge in Sri Lanka to sit for 10 consecutive seasons in a reality show beginning from 2008 until today. He has been active in music education and in social welfare. He is affectionately known as the "balladeer of Sinhala music".