EMESH WIJEWERDENA - Tenor

Sri Lankan tenor Emesh Wijewardena began singing at age ten and studied in Catania, Sicily. Emesh was winner of the All Island Competition in the Sri Lanka Festival for the Performing Arts at 17, leading to a scholarship program at Gresham's School in Norfolk, UK.
 
Emesh holds a Diploma for Singing Sacred Latin Canticles and Songs and achieved a Merit in Singing from The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM). He also graduated with honors in law from the University of London (LLB). Emesh's passion for singing led him to participate in Voices of South Africa International Opera Singing Masterclass and Competition in Cape Town and the Mediterranean Opera Festival in Sicily.
 
He is pursuing a master’s degree in music at California State University, Northridge, under the mentorship of Diane Ketchie-Saar. There, he has performed Rodolfo in La Bohème and Prince Tamino in W. A. Mozart’s The Magic Flute. Under scholarship, he attended Opera Studio of the American Institute of Musical Studies (AIMS) in Graz, Austria. Most recently he received the runner-up awards in the Palm Springs Opera Competition and the Hennings-Fischer Competition in Los Angeles. 

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