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Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute:

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Special Event, Friday, July 24, 5:00 – 7:00 pm, Memorial Union Terrace – University of Wiaconsin at Madison
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Indonesian Fusion Music Workshop
Dwiki Dharmawan and a group of top-notch Indonesian musicians will give a workshop about their approach to music and composition, blending Indonesian musical traditions with jazz and alternative rock.  The event is free and open to the public.  SEASSI gratefully acknowledges the support of many offices at UW-Madison for making this workshop possible: the Wisconsin Union Directorate, the Union Music Committee, the Division of International Studies, the College of Letters and Science, the School of Music, and the Center for Southeast Asian Studies.

[Our music] is an attempt to capture the notion of change that is taking place in the Indonesian arts. It is an exploration of how the traditional arts define a cultural milieu and whether they are able or not to deal with modern influences. The Soul of Indonesia also explores whether the mixing of traditional with modern is capable of meeting the creative challenge of making a contribution to a new national identity. In the “Soul of Indonesia”, Dwiki has collaborated closely with Indonesian composer and guitarist Dewa Budjana, and Sa’at Syah (aka Sa’at Borneo), a traditional flute player and singer Dira.J.Sugandi (Dwiki Dharmawan)

MUSIC: A recital/workshop of Piano, Vocoder , Bonang, Kendang and Micro Tonal Guitar

24700 McBean Parkway
Valencia, California 91355
661.255.1050
Contact : David Ronstein

On Thursday, May 8, the Keyboard Institute presents keyboard virtuoso-composer-producer Dwiki Dharmawan in a clinic/performance highlighting his unique fusion of jazz and the microtonal music of his native Indonesia.

With his band Krakatau, Dharmawan has performed around the world and released multiple albums featuring collaborations between musicians representing a variety of cultural traditions. He also heads the Farabi Music Institute in Jakarta, a cross-cultural school teaching jazz, classical and traditional Indonesian music. During his MI appearance, Dharmawan will be joined by Indonesian gamelan and fretless bass.

Clipping Source : Musician Institute Official Web Site www.mi.edu

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will be run, a stand alone and separate event supported by UNICEF and the Sampoerna Foundation. The event, a concert on the theme of “Children Are The Future”, is a musical collaboration among young people from many different nationalities, different religions and different ethnic groups.

Composer & Music Director : Sadao Watanabe

Choir Director : Elfa Secioria

Rhythm Director : Dwiki Dharmawan

Saxophonis legendaris asal Jepang, Sadao Watanabe akan tampil di Javajazz tanggal 3 Maret 2007 dengan mengusung program CHILDREN ARE THE FUTURE yang merupakan program kerjasama dengan UNICEF. Panitia JavaJAzz mengajak serta musisi Indonesia Elfa Secioria dan Dwiki Dharmawan untuk berkolaborasi dengan Sadao. Elfa akan menggarap Choir 150 anak antar bangsa, Dwiki akan menggarap 90 orang Perkusi anak-anak antar bangsa.

Sadao telah hadir di Jakarta tanggal 10 s/d 13 Januari yang lalu, dan menghadiri Gathering Night CatF yang diselenggarakan Chairman Javajazz Peter Gontha di Wisma BNI. Sadao terkagum-kagum melihat presentasi 13 anggota choir Elfa Music Studio dan presentasi 4 anggota Farabi Percussion Ensemble yang masing-masing membawakan satu nomor khusus serta secara bersama-sama membawakan satu lagu karya Sadao, Share The World.

Keesokan harinya, Sadao memimpin latihan bersama team inti dari Elfa Music Studio dan Farabi Percussion Ensemble di Vicky Sianipar Studio dengan mencoba repertoir Kuroi Hitomi, Yes iam in love, Share The World dan Yana Yala. Sadao menyatakan kepuasan dan kekagumannya atas talenta anak-anak Indonesia dan akan kembali lagi ke jakarta tanggal 2 Februari yang akan datang untuk latihan dengan seluruh anak-anak yang akan tampil pada CatF.