Ashan Pillai

Quick Facts

Full Name	Ashan Pillai
Occupation	Violist
Date Of Birth	Dec 1, 1969(1969-12-01)
Age	55
Birthplace	Colombo
Country	Sri Lanka
Birth City	Western Province
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Ashan Pillai Biography

Ashan Pillai is one of the most popular and richest Violist who was born on December 1, 1969 in Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka.

Ashan Pillai (born 1 December 1969 in Colombo, Sri Lanka) is a British violist. He was educated as a music and academic scholar at Merchant Taylors School, London and then at the Royal Academy of Music, London, the University of Southern California, Los Angeles and the Juilliard School, New York City. His principal teachers were John White, Donald McInnes and Karen Tuttle.

Between 1994 and 1998 he won several prizes at international and national competitions including the Tertis and Rome International Competitions, the Royal Overseas League and Park Lane Group Competitions in London and Artists International in New York. These successes led to acclaimed debuts in London’s Wigmore Hall and Purcell Room (1997–1999), New York’s Carnegie Hall and festivals throughout the world including Salzburg, Tanglewood, Banff, Ravinia, Aspen, Casals (Puerto Rico, France and Barcelona), and Schleswig-Holstein. He has premiered works (many dedicated to him) by noted Spanish composers Anton Garcia Abril, Leonardo Balada, Francisco Fleta Polo and others, and also works by Krzysztof Penderecki, Wolfgang Rihm and Gavin Bryars.

Ashan Pillai Net Worth

Ashan Pillai is one of the richest Violist from Sri Lanka. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ashan Pillai 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Pillai edited the 12 Estudios o caprichos de mediana dificultad (12 Studies or Capriccios of Medium Difficulty) for viola solo (1881) by José María Beltrán Fernández (1827–1907), published by Clivis Publications. In 2016 he edited the first edition of the 11 sonatas from the Royal Palace in Madrid (1770-1819) for Boileau Publications and released the first recording of this monumental collection of works for viola. He has also edited the Sonata en Re by Tomas Lestan ( 1884) for Edition Piles.

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Facts & Trivia

Porscha Ranked on the list of most popular Violist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Sri Lanka. Ashan Pillai celebrates birthday on December 1 of every year.

Top Facts about Ashan Pillai

1. Ashan Pillai is a British violist.
2. He has performed in over 50 countries.
3. Pillai has won numerous international awards.
4. He studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London.
5. Pillai is a professor at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance.
6. He has recorded for major record labels such as EMI and Decca.
7. Pillai plays on a rare 18th-century Italian viola made by Guadagnini.
8. He has collaborated with renowned musicians such as Yo-Yo Ma and Maxim Vengerov.
9. Pillai is also an accomplished conductor and composer.
10. He founded the London International Players, a chamber orchestra comprised of leading musicians from around the world.