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

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.