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The Greek-French composer, who was born 100 years ago, created a revolution in music.
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The Greek-French composer, who was born 100 years ago, created a revolution in music.
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Rohan de Saram © Thomas Kruppa My life has been a mix of cultures from the start. I was born in the UK but my family returned home the same year to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), a country that had been colonised by the Portuguese, Dutch and British. We spoke Sinhalese and English, ate eastern and western food, studied traditional Kandyan drumming and had piano lessons. My parents were keen amateur musicians and hoped one of their four children would learn another instrument so we could play chamber music at home. It so happened that Martin Hohermann, a refugee from Warsaw who played the cello i...