Premadasa Hegoda

Premadasa Hegoda (born c. 1947) is a Sri Lankan sitarist. He has lived in Japan since 1974.
Hegoda studied with Ravi Shankar. He is an associate professor of Music at the University of Tokyo and also teaches Indian music at Takasaki Art College. He also operates the Premadasa Institute of Indian Music in Tokyo.
He composed the first sitar concerto in Japan, sponsored by Nihon Television, which was performed with the Yomiuri Symphony Orchestra and the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra.