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Vivienne de Silva Boralessa (විවියන් ද සිල්වා බොරලැස්ස) was arguably one of most popular radio and gramophone musical figure of the 20th century in Sri Lanka, She is a legend and an icon of Sri Lankan Buddhist Music. In a professional career lasting 79 years, Started her music career at the age of 8 years old at Radio Ceylon in 1938. At 12 years old she was signed to HMV, in what is known as Sri Lanka's 'gramophone era'. Her first public performance took place in 1938, when she sang welcome songs for performances of two of her father's plays: The Sad State of Lanka and Election Echo, gaining the attention of her uncle, G.R. Edward, in the audience. Edward then convinced Boralessa's parents to allow him to perform a duet with her on Radio Ceylon later that year; she successfully auditioned for Radio Ceylon in 1940, before a panel consisting of Gunapala Malalasekera, S.L.B. Kapukotuwa, and B.S. Wijeyratne, becoming part of their in-house roster of live singers. She soon became one of the most popular radio and gramophone singer in Sri Lanka, she would go on to perform both solo songs (mostly devotional - and patriotic music) and duets with notable artists such as H.R. Jothipala, Haroon Lanthra, Dharmadasa Walpola, Sisira Senarathne and C.T. Fernando. Some of Vivienne's more well-known songs includes, "Dura Penena Thanithala", "Nangi Nangi Rupika", "Nawathinna Tissa", "Sambudu Mangalle", "Budu Magula Langama Awi", "Ma Sanghabodhi Swamine" and many more.
