# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/w-d-amaradeva
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:56:51.013Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/w-d-amaradeva"
name: "W. D. Amaradeva"
slug: "w-d-amaradeva"
description: "Sri Lankabhimanya Wannakuwattawaduge Don Albert Perera, better known by his adopted name Amaradeva, was a prominent Sri Lankan Sinhalese vocalist, violinist and composer. Primarily using traditional instruments like sitars, tablas and harmoniums, he incorporated Sinhala folk music with Indian ragas in his work. Many consider his contribution to the development of Sinhala music as unmatched; hence, he is occasionally cited as the \"Maestro of Sri Lankan Music\"."
tagline: "Sri Lankan vocalist (1927–2016)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pandith_W._D._Amaradeva.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1927-12-05"
deathDate: "2016-11-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.88
  momentum:             2.232637240942889
  historical:           6.23006
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0023966/"
    handle:    "nm0023966"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88._%D8%AF%D9%89._%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A%DA%A4%D8%A7"
    title: "دبليو. دى. اماراديڤا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._D._Amaradeva"
    title: "W. D. Amaradeva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vannakuvattavadug%C3%A9_Don_Amarad%C3%A9va"
    title: "Vannakuvattavadugé Don Amaradéva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B6%85%E0%B6%B8%E0%B6%BB%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%9A%E0%B7%80"
    title: "අමරදේව"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B3%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AF%E0%AF%82._%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF._%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BE"
    title: "டபிள்யூ. டி. அமரதேவா"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/99596d05-6c0d-4a5d-b4ba-eaf673ab3fc2"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3534869"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2361290"
    title: "W.D. Amaradeva"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump