Four time-recipient of the Signis International Award for outstanding original score for a feature film, and the 2016 Presidential Award for best film music, Lakshman Joseph-de Saram is a professional classical musician and film composer. Schooled in Colombo and New York City, a passionate advocate for chamber music and a veteran of over 800 concerts, he is best known internationally for his original scores for film. He has worked closely with Italian filmmaker and producer Uberto Pasolini, and the score for “Bel Ami” which he co-wrote with Academy Award winner Rachel Portman was nominated by critics as one of the 50 best Hollywood Soundtracks written over the last decade. Lakshman’s most recent work was for a major Al Jazeera documentary in 2022.

A voting member of PRS for Music, London, an academy member of the Ivors Academy and a board member of the Arts Council of Sri Lanka, Lakshman is also the founder of the Chamber Music Society of Colombo.