Career
He is a Sri Lankan Tamil. In 1984, he started the record label based in Santa Barbara, California. In 1968, he moved to Paris, and at age of 18, played in the French production of Hair by Shakespeare & Company
He then moved to Brussels to study at the Mudra School of Dance started by choreographer Maurice Béjart.
After a tour of the East, he created a new record label, Indian Shellac Company. After getting married, he moved to Sweden.
In 1984, Alexander started the record label based in Santa Barbara, California. He named the company in honour of his mother, Lily.
Recordings released by have been nominated twice for Grammy Awards. has also recorded Indian musicians, including Padmavibushan Doctor Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, Padmabushan Professor V. G. Jog, Padmavibushan Pandit Jasraj, Padmabushan Doctor North. Ramani, Ustad Imrat Khan, Ustad Zia Fariddudin Dagar, Padmashri Doctor L. Subramaniam, Padmashri V. M. Bhatt, Padmashri Kadri Gopalnath, Padmashri Ustad Rashid Khan, Chitravina North. Ravikiran, Swapan Chaudhuri, and Guruvayur Dorai.
South American, Asian, and African master musicians recorded by include Flora Purim, Airto Moreira, and Jose Neto. Symphony orchestras recorded by to date include the Philadelphia Orchestra (Maestro Wolfgang Sawallisch), the Saint St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra (Maestro Yuri Temirkanov), the Saint St. Petersburg Academic Symphony Orchestra (Maestro Aleksandr Dmitriyev), and the Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra (Maestro Zoltan Kocsis).
