Neela Wickramasinghe

Neela Wickramasinghe
නීලා වික්‍රමසිංහ
Born
Dona Delicia Neela Wickramasinghe

(1950-03-30)30 March 1950
Wattala, Ceylon
Died17 January 2022(2022-01-17) (aged 71)
Milan, Italy
EducationMampe Sri Sobhita Maha Vidyalaya
Piliyandala Central College
Occupations
  • Singer
  • teacher
  • composer
SpouseKapila Herath
Parents
  • Don Francis Wickramasinghe (father)
  • Withanaratchige Done Yasawathie Gunasekera (mother)
Musical career
Genres
InstrumentVocals
Years active1967–2022
Labels
  • Nilwala
  • Ransilu
  • Evoke

Visharada Dona Delicia Neela Wickramasinghe (Sinhala: නීලා වික්‍රමසිංහ; 30 March 1950 – 17 January 2022), popularly known as Neela Wickramasinghe, was a Sri Lankan singer, teacher, playback singer and musician. A four-time winner of the Sarasaviya Award for Best Singer, Wickramasinghe contributed a number of popular songs to the Sri Lankan music industry in a career spanning more than five decades.

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