Gamelan Now!: 9 Sept. 2010
Programma: Gamelan Now! 9 sept. 2010
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Gamelan Now! is entirely devoted to contemporary gamelan music. In collaboration with the Gaudeamus Music Week, there are two projects: the Dutch gamelan ensemble Gending will play two of the gamelan compositions nominated for the Gaudeamus Music Prize. Subsequently Gending gamelan ensemble and the West-Javanese Kyai Fatahillah gamelan ensemble will together play three of their own works, the result of a collaborative project.
The theme of the second part of the evening is the relationship between composer Steve Reich and the gamelan. In 1973/74, Steve Reich studied Balinese gamelan in the USA. His intensive adaption of Balinese gamelan music, among other things, led to a new polyrhythmic counterpoint within minimal music, which he often called ‘gradual music’. Compositions by Reich were performed worldwide, but not by Indonesian gamelan groups. On commission from IGFA2010, the two gamelan groups Gamelan Kyai Fatahillah (Sunda/West Java) and Gong Semara Ratih (Bali) each re-interpret one composition by Steve Reich: Six Marimbas and Music for 18 Musicians respectively. This event is directed by the American musician / composer Evan Ziporyn.
In addition, IGFA2010 commissioned Balinese composer I Made Arnawa and Javanese composer Iwan Gunawan to create a new composition inspired by Steve Reich’s music, his structures and concepts. This evening signifies the world premiere of all these compositions.
The intermezzo on this evening with modern gamelan is a new dance, “Sitarasmi’ by Ayu Bulantrisna Djelantik, a dancer who has joined the ranks of the ‘seniman tua’, old masters, of Bali. As a child of 2 cultures – her father was a Balinese prince from a high noble lineage and her mother a nurse from Enschede – she went through a very traditional training to become a dancer of legong, the well-known Balinese court dance. At a more mature age – and after a career as an ear, nose and throat doctor – she is entering a new artistic phase, as will be seen in her contemporary, emancipated Western view of the ancient story of Sita, the wife of Rama from the Ramayana epic. In this she is accompanied by new music from the Balinese gamelan group, Semara Ratih.
Intermezzo:
Gong Semara Ratih directed by Anak Agung Gde Anom Putra
Sitarasmi (2006/2010) - Ayu Bulantrisna Djelantik (dance & choreography), I Putu Putrawan (music)
This first Balinese solo female mask dance represents the emotional journey of a woman from joy to anger, mixed with grief, ending in a calm balance.. The music is composed by the young north Balinese composer I Putu Putrawan.
In collaboration with Gaudeamus Muziekweek
Ensemble Gending
Ensemble Gending & Kyai Fataillah
Kyai Fataillah
Semara Ratih
Intermezzo: Balinese legong dans door Ayu Bulantrisna Djelantik, met Semara Ratih
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If you buy a ticket for another concert night , you will get €10,- discount on the second and third ticket. Before the concert you can enjoy an Indonesian buffet (€ 17,50 p.p.). You can order combitickets and buffet at our boxoffice 020 – 5688 500 (Mon- Fri 12-18 hrs and Sat 14-18 hrs), not available trough internet sales.