How did you get interested in percussion?
Since I was a kid; I was found making sounds, either by tapping my fingers on something, or by tapping things together. My parents decided to send their “noisy” child (who was only 5 then) to learn drumming at one of the maestros of traditional Sri Lankan drumming in Sri Lanka — Piyasara Shilmadhipathi, who changed the perspective of percussion art in Sri Lanka.

How did Naadro come into existence?
During the 16 years of mastering the arts of traditional Sri Lankan drumming and percussion under my Guru, Piyasara Shilpadhipathi, my music master at school had set me inspirations of Western drumming and percussion art at school — Royal College Colombo. With their guidance towards the international art of percussion, I had tuned my inspiration into experiments and was offered a brand endorsement by Latin Percussion, USA. During my research, I learnt of percussion ensembles. I wanted to take this further by gathering a team where we could set challenges and inspire each other, to be better each day.