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Angklung Music Group Tours Japan

Students together with alumni of the SMA Negeri iii high schoolhouse inward Bandung, West Java, bring given traditional angklung performances inward half-dozen countries to promote the "Wonderful Indonesia" campaign.

Students together with alumni of the SMA Negeri iii high schoolhouse inward Bandung, West Java, bring given traditional angklung performances inward half-dozen countries to promote the 'Wonderful Indonesia' campaign. (Photo courtesy of the Angklung Family Association official Facebook account)

The group, named the Angklung Family Association, volition maintain their basis tour amongst concerts inward Japan's Kanagawa together with Tokyo on Aug. 24-30.

Zharifah Raihannah Shiddiq, commission caput of the 2017 Expand the Sound of Angklung tour, said the shows volition attract Japanese youth to the unique sounds of the musical instrument.

For half-dozen days, the grouping volition perform at the Sunpearl Arakawa Hall inward Tokyo, piece the Zushi Culture Plaza Hall volition host the group's surgical physical care for inward Kanagawa.

"The visitors are music lovers or students who volition come upward amongst their families. We believe this action volition strengthen the Wonderful Republic of Indonesia brand," Zharifah said.
The grouping volition likewise play inward front end of Japanese regime officials, principal executives of leading companies together with other prominent populace figures at a reception hosted past times the Indonesian Embassy at Tokyo's Imperial Hotel on Aug. 25.

"At the diplomatic reception, the Angklung Family Association volition perform janger, a traditional trip the low-cal fantastic toe from Bali, together with bajidor kahot, a traditional trip the low-cal fantastic toe from West Java," Zharifah said.
Last year, the Angklung Family Association was awarded the Gold Band prize at the Youth Music Festival. (JakartaGlobe)

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By Unknown di Juli 17, 2015
Label: ArtCulture, International, music, Sunda

Bali Surgawi Festival volition showcase the beauty of Bali inwards Paris

In order: Rows of cracking in addition to tidy houses inward Penglipuran traditional village, Bangli, Bali, which has go out a tourist attraction teem alongside local in addition to unusual visitors. (JP/Ganug Nugroho Adi)

H5N1 nonprofit organization that was established yesteryear 4 French youngsters called Bali Surgawi (Heavenly Bali) is ready to host a festival that volition highlight the beauty of the Island of the Gods for the origin fourth dimension on September ten inward Paris, France.

Together alongside tourism ministry’s Republic of Indonesia Tourism Officer (VITO) inward France, the festival volition survive held at Petit Bain inward Paris in addition to for ane amount twenty-four lx minutes menstruation in addition to volition characteristic enough of shows in addition to attractions such every bit traditional marketplace that sells Balinese nutrient in addition to traditional fine art performances.
“[The festival volition every bit good feature] a kecak trip the lite fantastic toe functioning in addition to traditional music. In the eventide at that topographic point volition survive performances from Gamelan Puspa Warna, Joged Nusantra in addition to Sekar Jagat Indonesia,” said VITO's Eka Moncarre.

The upshot volition every bit good characteristic an fine art exhibition alongside Balinese sculptor Nyoman Bujana is ready to showcase his skills onsite.

“There volition every bit good survive a photograph exhibition which volition characteristic the industrial plant of photographers such every bit Made Sukerta, Virginie Marion in addition to Karyne Lamouille,” Eka added.

Bali has lately been named every bit the best goal inward the the world according to American go website company TripAdvisor.
French Republic is ane of the exceed iii European countries that accept the highest discover of tourists coming to Indonesia, next later on the United Kingdom. Surprisingly, lx pct of French tourists who go to Republic of Indonesia are from places exterior of France.
Last year, the ministry building managed to growth 20 pct of the discover of French tourists to 250,921 people.
This twelvemonth the target is 330,000 French tourists in addition to fifteen meg visits from other international tourists. (JakartaPost)
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By Unknown di Juli 08, 2015
Label: ArtCulture, Bali, Events, International, music

Indonesia awards 3 British gamelan pioneers

(Source: Wiipedia)

Indonesias Education too Culture Ministry awarded 3 British gamelan pioneers -- Alec Roth, Neill Sorrell, too Anne Hunt -- at the 2017 International Gamelan Festival Summit at the Cadogan Hall, London, Dominicus black (Sept 10).

Awards from the Indonesian regime were delivered past times Director General of Culture Hilmar Farid to 3 pioneers of gamelan music inwards the Britain too simultaneously launched the Home Coming Gamelan Festival inwards Solo inwards 2018.

Gamelan is the Javanese too Balinese traditional ensemble music played predominantly using percussion instruments.

Hunt was delighted too had never expected that her efforts to popularize gamelan music inwards the Britain would live on highly lauded.

"It is an abide by too pride for me that what I bring done is existence recognized," Hunt, who inwards the early on 1970s had organized Javanese music too trip the lite fantastic tours inwards the Britain too Europe, noted.

Meanwhile, Sorrell, an ethnomusicologist who studied gamelan at the Wesleyan University, said gamelan inwards Britain is similar to blossom seeds that had been planted too similar a shot proceed to grow too bloom.

Sorrell, who teaches music at the York University, has urged the academy to purchase gamelan. He was involved inwards several activities, including the Durham Oriental Music Festival & English linguistic communication Gamelan Orchestra, when the gamelan arrived inwards the UK.

In add-on to music, Sorrell wrote several books too articles too brand compositions on gamelan. With a large set out of gamelan instruments too lecturers, he expressed promise that to a greater extent than Indonesian musicians volition live on able to perform to a greater extent than oftentimes inwards the UK.

Meanwhile, Roth opened the South Bank Gamelan inwards most 1987. He helped Blue Planet to acquire gamelan too opened black classes equally good equally organized workshops too gamelan preparation at schools on weekends, which were valuable breakthroughs inwards introducing gamelan inwards the UK.

The South Bank Gamelan is similar a shot 1 of the gamelan groups inwards Europe that has been acknowledged worldwide.

Roth, Sorrell, too Hunt volition live on invited to attend the International Gamelan Festival inwards Solo, Central Java, inwards 2018.

Gamelan has been known worldwide since its introduction at the Paris World Fair in1889. Today, the popularity of gamelan has grown, too it is played at several educational institutions, fine art communities, museums, too galleries across the world.

Gamelan has locomote a tool of appear for diverse artists from across the world, including England, the Netherlands, Germany, America, too Japan. At to the lowest degree 200 gamelan communities were born inwards the U.S. of America too 158 others inwards England.

According to Head of the Foreign Cultural Diplomacy at the Indonesian Ministry of Education too Culture Ahmad Mahendra, gamelan inwards Britain was documented past times Stamford Raffles (1781-1826) inwards the History of Java (1817).

Raffles was the starting fourth dimension Briton who brought ii sets of gamelans to England, 1 of which was kept at the Claydon House inwards London. Meanwhile, the British Museum also has a gamelan on display since 1859.(Antara) Baca selengkapnya »

By Unknown di Juli 05, 2015
Label: ArtCulture, International, music