Ta Ka Di Mi Duo Concert

Ta Ka Di Mi Duo is percussion legend Glen Velez joining rhythm voice master Lori Cotler in thrilling compositions derived from music of the Mid-East, Central Asia and the Mediterranean. A multifarious array of frame drums, bird calls and exotic noisemakers blend with South Indian Konnakol drum language, soulful melodies and jazz inflected scat, to deliver an evening of pure rhythm and pulse.

The TA KA DI MI DUO will perform in The Silk Road Project performance series. Frame Drum and vocal compositions derived from music of the Mid-East, Central Asia and India; mystical overtone singing and lightning-fast South Indian drum language.

Musicians: Glen Velez, Lori Cotler
Jazz Style: World Music
Phone: 212-769-5100
Concert Dates: 07/11/10 - 07/25/10
Ticket Cost: $14-$24
Show Time(s): 1:30, 2:30 & 3:30 PM
Museum of Natural History Address: 79th St. and Central Park W. New York NY 10135 U.S.

Son De Madre - Jazz Concert

Son de Madre is the international (Latin) Jazz band that based in New York with members from Cuba, Argentina, Israel and United State. Son de Madre and its member are on top of Latin music scene and have performed with artists such as Celia Cruz, Paquito D'Rivera, Victor Manuelle, and La India, and on the most prestigious stages in New York's jazz scene. So then, it's the great opportunity for you to listening the great Son de Madre performance. Don't Miss it!

Concert Date: 15 July 2010
Ticket Cost: FREE
Show Time: 07:00 pm to 09:00
O' Day Park Address: 85 West Newton St. Boston MA 02118 U.S.

Ananda Sukarlan's Piano Recital in Jakarta

The world renowned composer & pianist Ananda Sukarlan will be back in Indonesia to perform in Jakarta and Surabaya both his own music and the music of Amir Pasaribu, Indonesian composer who died at the age of 94 earlier this year.

This concert in Jakarta will include the world premiere of his own virtuosic piano piece Rapsodia Nusantara no. 4, which will be the obligatory work during the Ananda Sukarlan Award National Piano Competition to be held in July 20-25 this year.

There will be also 2 guest stars in this concert : Victoria Audrey Sarasvathi (now 13 years) who were the youngest finalist at the Ananda Sukarlan Award 2008 and Dani Wisnu Dumadi, the Indonesian tenor who just got back from Washington D.C. who will sing several songs of Ananda Sukarlan.

The concert takes place on Sunday, April 25th 2010 at 7 p.m at the World Theatre, British International School (Bintaro sektor IX, Jakarta) Please contact Chendra Panatan at ycep@yahoo.com or 0818 891038 for further info .

The concert in Surabaya takes place on May 2nd at Cak Durasim. We will inform more to you in our next newsletter, but those who would like to know more can contact Tabitha at 081.7513.7070

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A Pre Concert by ISO

a Pre Concert by ITB Student Orchestra
Conductor     : M. Ghifary

on 23th of January 2010, 19.00-22.00 WIB

Invitation Prizes,
Regular     : IDR 50.000
VIP     : IDR 100.000
VVIP     : IDR 150.000

Buy invitation at :
Area Parkir ATM Centre ITB ( boulevard )
Jl.Ganeca No.10 Bandung

or click this link bellow to buy online :
http://cinemaoflifesymphony.wordpress.com/informasi-pemesanan-undangan/

for further informaton:
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CD -- Jesus Rueda : Piano Works

CD "Jesus Rueda : Piano Works" (Ananda Sukarlan, piano, released by NAXOS) now available in Indonesia. Jesus Rueda's piano works, recorded by Ananda Sukarlan and recently released by NAXOS has been a huge success.

Ananda perceptively states in the liner notes that Rueda has "successfully produced a mesmeric blending of `classical' and contemporary elements: his compositions might ask the instrument to whisper in utmost secrecy or, in Walt Whitman's words, to sound its `barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world." It has received flattering reviews, and in United States there are statements such as :

1. "The Spanish composer Jesus Rueda (b.1961) has found an impressive interpreter in the Indonesian pianist (and composer in his own right) Ananda Sukarlan. Rueda's piano music seems to be about poetry and power in equal measure, and Sukarlan provides both subtlety and muscle in his playing. It's the second Sonata 'Ketjak,' I think, which is the stand-out here. The piece was dedicated to Sukarlan in 2005, and Rueda provides a eastern flavour in Sukarlan's honour (based on Balinese Kecak dance rhythms, according to Sukarlan's excellent liner notes). Both sonatas call for significant piano technique, as does the 1999 'Mephisto', a tour-de-force which Sukarlan calls "terrifying for pianists", though he gets through the piece with aplomb. " (Dean Frey)
2. " Sukarlan, a composer in his own right, proves to be an ideal interpreter of this music... He brings a virtuosic touch to Rueda's more angular and daunting pieces, and mines the emotional possibilities of the more transparent, accessible ones. " (Dean R. Brierly)

The CD is now available in Indonesia through Chendra Panatan, at 0818 891038 or ycep@yahoo.com. :P

Jakarta New Year Concert 2010

Jakarta New Year Concert 2010 presents
Ananda Sukarlan's "LIBERTAS" (2009)

Cantata no. 2 based on poems on freedom and human rights by Ilham Malayu, Chairil Anwar, Hasan Aspahani, Archibald MacLeish, Luis Cernuda, Walt Whitman, Sapardi Djoko Damono & WS Rendra

commissioned by Bimasena
performed by the joined forces of
ITB Choir cond. by Indra Listiyanto &
PARAGITA Choir of Universitas Indonesia cond. by Aning Katamsi
Joseph Kristanto, baritone solo
Harianto, english horn
Jakarta String Ensemble, Prima Muchlisin - concertmaster
Ananda Sukarlan, piano / keyboard

First half of the concert will feature Ananda Sukarlan himself performing
Rapsodia Nusantara no. 1 and World Premiere of Rapsodia Nusantara no. 5

as well as

"Bibirku Bersujud di Bibirmu"
a dance-work, based on a poem by Hasan Aspahani
Inez Raharjo, violin
Elizabeth Ashford, flute
Aning Katamsi, soprano
Ananda Sukarlan, piano
choreography by Chendra E. Panatan

Sunday, January 3, 2010
two performances : at 3 p.m and 8 p.m
Tickets : VIP - Rp. 250.000, 1st class - Rp. 100.000 , Balcony - Rp. 50.000

booked through Chendra at ycep@yahoo.com or (+62)818 89 10 38

“Seriosa Night – East meets West”

A concert of songs written by Indonesian, American,
Italian and English composers
incl. works for soprano, tenor & piano by Ananda Sukarlan

performed by:
Jennifer Weingartner, Soprano
Dani Dumadi, Tenor
Barbara Schelstrate, accompanist

with Guest of honor:
H.E. Sudjadnan Parnohadiningrat
Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia to United States

Thursday, October 29, 2009
Light buffet dinner - 6.30pm
Performance – 7.00pm

Embassy of Indonesia
2020 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington, D.C, 20036

Free of Admission, RSVP required, limited to 90 seats only
(Please RSVP by email on or before 26th of October 2009 at 5.00pm)

RSVP to events@embassyofindonesia.org

"Pocket Opera" is going to vsit to Jogja

Opera "IBU--yang anaknya diculik itu" will visit Jogja , Monday, August 17th, 4 p.m .

After the great success of its world premiere produced by its commissioner, Jakarta Opera last June, this opera is now highly demanded by other cities in Indonesia. It is already called " ... a work of genius" by the magazine "NOW! Jakarta" and also received high acclaim from other media and the public who gave a standing applause at the first performance. Jogja will be the first city that could witness the greatness of this masterpiece by Ananda Sukarlan.

This "pocket opera" is written for one soprano only, based on the monologue by Seno Gumira Ajidarma. The monologue was originally performed by actress Niniek L. Karim last year. For Ananda Sukarlan's opera, this tour-de-force role will be sung by Aning Katamsi, one of the best Indonesian soprano. She will sing AND act for 40 minutes, a spectacular, poignant, touching and mesmerizing show you surely don't wanna miss !

The first part of this unique concert will feature some of the most beautiful music of Ananda Sukarlan with the composer himself playing piano pieces never performed before in Jogja, such as Rapsodia Nusantara no.3 and several pieces from his book "Alicia's first piano book".

Place : Concert Hall ISI Yogyakarta
Date & time : 17 Agustus 2009, 16.00 hrs
Ticket price : VVIP Rp. 100.000,- VIP Rp. 60.000,0 Student Rp. 40.000,-

More info : Chendra Panatan, ycep@yahoo.com or 0818 891038

World Premiere of "LIBERTAS"

Cantata no. 2 "LIBERTAS" is a new masterpiece by the renowned composer Ananda Sukarlan. "LIBERTAS" is commissioned by Bimasena, and patron of this concert is Dr. Purnomo Yusgiantoro, Minister for Energy and Mineral Resources of Indonesia and Chairman of the Board of Advisors of Bimasena.

The first part of the concert will feature in the first part the maestro Ananda Sukarlan himself playing the piano compositions such as Prelude, op.3 no.2 by Sergei Rachmaninov, Andante from Sonata Pathetique, op. 13 by Ludwig van Beethoven, and Rapsodia Nusantara no .3 by Ananda Sukarlan himself .

The second part will feature Ananda Sukarlan's Cantata no. 2 "LIBERTAS", based on poems on universal freedom and human rights, and its numbers are the following :

1. Bentangkan sayapmu, Indonesia!, Poem by Ilham Malayu;
2. Palestina, Poem by Hasan Aspahani;
3. The young dead soldiers do not speak, Poem by Archibald MacLeish;
4. I understand the great hearts of heroes, Poem by Walt Whitman;
5. A un poeta muerto, Poem by Luis Cernuda;
6. Requiescat, to those who died fighting for freedom (for english horn and strings);
7. Ia telah pergi, Poem by WS Rendra;
8. Kita Ciptakan Kemerdekaan, Poem by Sapardi Djoko Damono;
9. Krawang – Bekasi, Poem by Chairil Anwar
   

He will colaborate with Joseph Kristianto (Baritone Soloist), Institut Teknologi Bandung Choir cond. by Indra Listiyanto, and Adelaide Simbolon-Organ, Harianto-English Horn, Neo String Quartet.

This concert will be held on: Thursday, 13 August 2009, 19.00 – 22.00 hrs, with Preceded by a light buffet at The Grand Ballroom of The Dharmawangsa, Jalan Brawijaya Raya 26, Jakarta Selatan.

This concert is also aimed to support the YAYASAN MUSIK SASTRA INDONESIA (Indonesian Classical Music Foundation), a foundation with aims to help young people from low income families, to have access to classical music and learn to play musical instrument.

As aditional info, admission fee for this concert as like below:

• Member of BIMASENA Rp. 1.000.000,-
• (as donation) Public Rp. 1.500.000,-
• (Including a light buffet dinner)
  

For more information call the contact below:
BIMASENA, The Mines and Energy Society
Attn. Ms. Hastin / Ms. Eva
Tel: (6221) 725 8668 Fax: (6221) 723 6193
E-mail: bimasena@cbn. net.id

Pic is taken from here, and the info above is from my inbox.

The 12th ITB Angklung Chorus Festival in Brief

Festival Paduan Angklung XII ITB (The 12th ITB Angklung Chorus Festival or FPA XII ITB) is a routine working program of Keluarga Paduan Angklung Institut Teknologi Bandung (Family of ITB Angklung Chorus or KPA ITB) in the form of a week of angklung music creativity conducted for the public both domestic and overseas in order to maintain a mutual social realationship, to raise various issues about the world of angklung, and to become a competition place of angklung music.

FPA XII ITB will be conducted for 6 days, starting from 16 – 21 November 2009, taking place in the area of ITB campus, and it will be made lively by various teams of both domestic and overseas angklung figures. It will be a real action of preserving the existence of angklung music nationally and internationally.

There are many program will be held. So, prepare for attending and participating this event! For more information visit their official site at http://www.fpa-itb.com/

Pic and some of information are taken here.

CONCERT DENISE JANNAH AND BAND

Denise Jannah was born in Suriname, South America. With her family she moved to Holland in the mid seventies. She is a person of many interests. She is a vocalist actress, educator, theatre vocal coach, composer and lyricist, who has made her mark in the world of jazz but who does not at all shy away from other styles like Latin, Fusion or World music. She claims her artistic freedom and loves to blend styles, of course also including her rich Surinamese cultural background.

She is multilingual, from which she also benefits in her music. Jannah has been teaching Jazz at the World Music department of the Conservatory in Rotterdam, Holland for several years. Early 2002 Jannah started to set poetry to music, and has been singing poetry in literary festivals in Holland, Suriname, South Africa, Aruba, the Netherlands Antilles, and Indonesia.

And this month, Erasmus Huis is proud to present again the famous Denise Jannah after her successful tour in Indonesia 2003 and 2005. The Concert will be held at AMFITEATER ERASMUS HUIS, Jl.H.R.Rasuna Said kav. S-3 on Sunday, 26 July 2009. Her performance will be started at 4 p.m. - 5.30 p.m.. So be there on time, and let's enjoy her perform!

Picture and some of informations are taken from here.

"Storioni Trio" In Brief

As the picture beside [sorry the pic is not good enough], i saw the concert several months ago at Erasmus Huis. Let's me write here about the "Trio Storioni" for you. For people who like very much about the classic music. Here the resume that i made from the brocure i read. [Sorry if not enough complete. LOL!]

The Storioni Trio was founded in 1995 by Bart van de Roer [piano], Wouter Vossen [violin] and Marc Vossen [cello]. The trio derives its name from the Laurentius Storioni violin from Cremona, which dates from 1794 and is played by Wouter Vossen. Marc Vossen plays a Giovanni Grancino cello from Milan, dating from 1700. In order to develop its ensamble-playing, the trio has worked over the years with great musicians such as Isaac Stern, Mstislav Rostropovich, Menahem Pressler, and Ralph Kirshbaum, as well as members of the Emerson Quartet and the Vermeer Quartet.

The Storioni Trio regularly performs at all major venues in the Netherland, such as the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Doelen concert hall in Rotterdam, and the Muziekcentrum Vredenburg in Utrecht. The trio is Artistic director of the "Storioni Festifal" at the Muziekcentrum Frits Philips in Eindhoven of which the 2nd edition taken place in January 2009. Guest musicians from all over the world joined the trio festival during which unique chamber music programmes with top international musicians as well as upcoming talented musicians of the highest calibre are presented.

May be its enough i write down here about the Storioni Trio. If you want to know more about Storioni Trio, visit the official site here: www [dot] storionitrio [dot] com.

For additional pic, here i posting the pic when Storioni Trio Performed at Erasmus Huis at 4th February 2009. [sorry for my lately]

Top 7 Do's And Don'ts For Successfull Improvisation (2)

Top Seven Don'ts for Successful Improvisation

1. Don't try and make something happen. Trying blocks the creative flow and will result in blocks;
2. Don't expect to create something good. Expectations will always come with judgements and, consequently, you'll end up feeling let down;
3. Don't worry about what is "coming out." Improvisation is about play and freedom to explore. Abandon unrealistic expectations and experience the joy of improvisation;
4. Don't try and please others. The first person you must please is yourself. This may seem obvious but don't underestimate the strong need to please - ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO THE ARTS!;
5. Don't try and accumulate a "lot of knowledge." All it takes to improvise is a few chords and the proper attitude;
6. Don't think. Improvisation is about FEELING. It's about being in the moment and experiencing the moment through the music. Thinking will take you away from your intuition, which will guide you if you listen to it. Intuition will lead you places thinking never could!;
7. Don't quit. Practice is what makes intuition stronger. The more you practice or play, the stronger your intuition will grow and the more you will trust it. Your unique voice will emerge and will grow stronger each time you sit down to play.
   

Author By: Edward Weiss

Top 7 Do's And Don'ts For Successfull Improvisation (1)

Top Seven Dos for Successful Improvisation

1. Do listen to what's going on inside yourself before and while you sit down to play - your inner state will determine the emotional quality of your playing;
2. Do let go of the need to be perfect. Trying to "be correct" will defeat the playful attitude necessary for improvisation;
3. Do believe that you are good enough to begin. No one person knows it all so you might as well jump in and experience the joy of improvisation;
4. Do realize that you don't need a lot of theory or technique before you're ready to play piano in the new age style. If you don't begin now, when will you?;
5. Do understand that improvisation is not some mysterious skill, but a game that can be learned and played just like any other game;
6. Do enjoy the process and let go of the outcome. Trying to control what comes out of you is a sure way to stop the creative flow;
7. Do stop playing when you become bored or indifferent. There is a natural starting and stopping point to playing. Just like anything, when you feel yourself growing disinterested, stop playing.

Author By: Edward Weiss

Perfectionism - Killer of Creatifity

Are you a perfectionist? Does every note have to sound right before it comes out of your piano? If so, you might be cheating yourself out of the joy of music making. Most of us learned how to be perfectionists as children, trying to please Mommy or Daddy. We wanted their approval so we tried to get it right.

In the process, we learned that getting it right meant giving up happiness. It wasn't enough that we could express ourselves musically. We had to do a good job of it as well. As good as we could make it. Getting all the notes right. Trying to please music teachers who could care less if we were enjoying ourselves. All for what? To get a grade or a "that's good?" It's a shame but this happens all the time in music schools. It's not until we become adults that we realize the damage that has been done. By then, it's usually too late and most never pick up an instrument again. What a pity that is. What a shame that we all must create to someone's standard of what good is. And worst of all, when you finally achieve that high standard, you are told that it is never good enough anyway.

The way out of this perfectionist's rut is to let go of the need to please others and refocus on pleasing ourselves. Now there is room to make mistakes and explore what art really is - namely EXPLORATION OF THE UNKNOWN! Here is where the real adventure begins my friends. Here is where excitement truly is! Not knowing what is going to happen next. Not judging what comes out of us but being beholders of it all.

Improvisation is the key that unlocks this door. It is the one art form that is invention from one moment to the next. Experience the joy of improvisation and all need to get things right disappears. Just for a moment you feel like the music is playing you. Isn't that enough?

Author By: Edward Weiss

Form - Giving Shape To Your Music

Do you ramble on endlessly with your improvisations? If so, good. This has its place in music making and in new age piano playing in particularly. Just listen to Michael Jones's music to hear an example of this kind of free-form improvisation.

Now, some of you want to create something that will give the listener a slightly more cohesive experience. How is this accomplished? By forming the music into a shape - an ABA shape for our purposes here. To give form to music does not require as much theory and technique as most people think. In fact, it is as simple as applying the principles of repetition and contrast.

Now in most new age piano music there is some kind of form that the composer uses whether it's extended "A" form ala Michael Jones, or extended "A" extended "B" and back to "A" again as in some of George Winston's music. Think in sections people. A section of music can last for as long as the person who created it is involved with it- that is, as long as the inspiration is fresh.

As soon as the music sounds dull it's time for a change - the next section of music. This is the point where a composer will add something-new (contrast) or, if she is smart, end the piece. If the music does not have that freshness, that touch of inspired in the moment fantasy, you'll be able to detect and hear it. Some composers are so in touch with their feeling that they can take you on a 20 or 30 minute journey using very little means - but by using the elements of repetition and contrast maintain listener interest.

First, get your "A" section. The first few bars (8 usually) is more than enough to propel you forward. You must adopt a listening attitude to hear what is coming next. You don't force nor will it into being. This will not give you what you want, which is, I'm assuming, inspired content. Listen, listen, listen and the music will come. If it doesn't just do what Beethoven did.

He worked on 3 or 4 pieces at a time. When the inspiration dried up on a particular piece he was working on, he just moved on to another and picked up on the others later on. You can do the same. Be bold and go forward. Don't be afraid of making mistakes. Be afraid of not trying.

Author By: Edward Weiss

How To Begin And End A Piece of Music

How do you begin a piece of music? That's a question I'm often asked. The answer I usually give is that you begin as soon as you start playing - that is, if you're trying to "compose" something, the piece begins the moment it has energy and is something you want to capture. If it's an improvisation, the piece begins the moment you set your fingers on the keys and hit the first note. It's like free flow writing and writing a chapter to a novel.

The writer can both improvise and enjoy the process or can structure the ideas more - or, as I like to do, combine both procedures into one. I start out by improvising - always. Then, if I want to memorialize a musical idea, I write down the first two bars of melody along with the chord(s) I'm playing. I throw this on a chart and voila - the idea remains fresh until I want to either expand on it, or ignore it completely.

If the idea is a rhythm pattern I write down (Left hand = whatever the pattern is) so I can remember it later. I never stop improvising though because that would stop the flow and who knows what could come out of it. Don't forget that an improvisation is a piece of music in and of itself. There is really no need to impose structure on something as beautiful and organic as spontaneous expression. In fact, these spur of the moment fantasies are often more inspiring than any contrived composition. There is something more alive to them because there IS more life to them.

Endings pose another problem, namely the problem of when to stop playing. For improvisation, the answer is when energy (inspiration) starts to wane down. That's a good time to bring your music to an end. You'll know when this is happening when you become bored. That's the sign it's time to stop.

Composition is a different story. The form of the piece already dictates when you should stop. For example, an ABA form tells you to play the A section once or twice, go to B, back to A then bring the piece to an end. Of course the amount of repetition and contrast is a personal decision but the form establishes both beginning and ending. It's a nice safe way to say that yes, I have a piece of music here. Now, improvisations can have form as well. The big difference is that you don't consciously think about putting the music into a predefined shape.

But for some unknown reason, most improvisations do have symmetry - that is they take on a form of their own. I don't know if this is because of human beings innate rhythm (heartbeat) or what.

Even Zen flute music, which may be the most freely inspired improvisation style around has some structure. You can hear it in the phrases. Beginnings and endings. Don't worry too much about them. What's important is where you are emotionally while you play. Become aware of that and all your problems are solved.

Author By: Edward Weiss