Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Alex & Nilusha is an Australian-based musical project led by Chilean-born percussionist Alex Pertout and Sri Lankan–born vocalist Nilusha Dassenaike. The project was established in December 2008. Since then Alex & Nilusha have performed in concert and jazz clubs both in Australia and internationally. Alex Pertout hails from Santiago, Chile, spent his early teens in Gorizia, Italy, and grew up in Melbourne, Australia, where he developed his musical skills, later graduating from the Victorian College of the Arts with High Distinction. He holds an MPhil in Music from the Australian National University. Pertout has recorded on hundreds of albums and motion picture soundtracks. Some of these include number-one-charting albums by Powderfinger and Daryl Braithwaite and soundtracks such as Crocodile Dundee and It Runs In The Family. Pertout is a founding member of the Australian Art Orchestra led by Paul Grabowsky, with whom he has toured extensively nationally and internationally over the last nineteen years. Pertout has produced albums and is the author of Sight Reading: The Rhythm Book published internationally by Mel Bay. He is a senior lecturer and head of contemporary music performance at the Victorian College of the Arts. Nilusha Dassenaike was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka, and arrived in Melbourne, Australia, as a five-month-old baby with her family. She studied Fine Art and Music at the Victorian College of the Arts and an MPhil in Music at the Australian National University. Dassenaike has performed extensively in an array of genres with artists such as Don Burrows, James Morrison and Renee Geyer among many others. Dassenaike has worked on television shows such as Australia's Got Talent and Singing Bee. She was featured in the theme song for the series Canal Road.In March 2012 Alex & Nilusha released an album titled Moments In Time, featuring original compositions and personal arrangements of selected works from various traditions.. }
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- Alex_&_Nilusha abstract "Alex & Nilusha is an Australian-based musical project led by Chilean-born percussionist Alex Pertout and Sri Lankan–born vocalist Nilusha Dassenaike. The project was established in December 2008. Since then Alex & Nilusha have performed in concert and jazz clubs both in Australia and internationally. Alex Pertout hails from Santiago, Chile, spent his early teens in Gorizia, Italy, and grew up in Melbourne, Australia, where he developed his musical skills, later graduating from the Victorian College of the Arts with High Distinction. He holds an MPhil in Music from the Australian National University. Pertout has recorded on hundreds of albums and motion picture soundtracks. Some of these include number-one-charting albums by Powderfinger and Daryl Braithwaite and soundtracks such as Crocodile Dundee and It Runs In The Family. Pertout is a founding member of the Australian Art Orchestra led by Paul Grabowsky, with whom he has toured extensively nationally and internationally over the last nineteen years. Pertout has produced albums and is the author of Sight Reading: The Rhythm Book published internationally by Mel Bay. He is a senior lecturer and head of contemporary music performance at the Victorian College of the Arts. Nilusha Dassenaike was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka, and arrived in Melbourne, Australia, as a five-month-old baby with her family. She studied Fine Art and Music at the Victorian College of the Arts and an MPhil in Music at the Australian National University. Dassenaike has performed extensively in an array of genres with artists such as Don Burrows, James Morrison and Renee Geyer among many others. Dassenaike has worked on television shows such as Australia's Got Talent and Singing Bee. She was featured in the theme song for the series Canal Road.In March 2012 Alex & Nilusha released an album titled Moments In Time, featuring original compositions and personal arrangements of selected works from various traditions.".