Piano & Cello Concert by Shani and Eric

Piano and Cello Concert by Shani Diluka and her husband Eric-Marie Couturier will come alive in Kandy on October 15.

The duo will perform at the Engineering Faculty Auditorium, of Peradeniya University on Sunday at 7.00pm. The performances by Shani and Eric in Sri Lanka is on an invitation extended by Alliance Francaise and French Embassy.

Born in Monacco, of Sri Lankan origin, Shani is the only one from the Indian sub Continent to have entered into the Conservatoire National Superior de Musique in Paris and recognised by the great musicians of today such as Leon Fleisher, Murray Perahia, Christoph Eschenbach, Maria Joao Pires and Menahem Pressler. She is beyond any doubt a top world class Pianist.

Shani's husband Éric-Maria Couturier is a specialist in cello. Éric-Maria studied cello and chamber music at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris and graduated with the jury's unanimous highest honors.