Traditional Bali Gamelan

Rector of the Indonesian Arts Institute (ISI) Denpasar Prof. I Wayan Rai said the Balinese gamelan and traditional musical instruments such as gongs kebyar, semarandanu, flute and kebyar Thing is now more widely performed abroad.

"Balinese gamelan could prestige, even kebyar gong to honor to receive important guests at the college graduation ceremony in the United States to increase," he said in London on Wednesday.

According to him, the people in some countries enjoy all the Balinese gamelan concert that took place.

"Voice Flute" is a source of inspiration percussion foundation in 1963 has also been studied in different international arts campus.

The international community began to recognize gamelan as French composer Claude Debussy (1862-1918) to show the gamelan at the Universal Exhibition in Paris to see in 1889 to 100 years to commemorate the French Revolution. The set also includes rare instruments such as a gentorag (bell tree) as well as a pair of gumanak (bronze tubes hit with sticks). Our group plays the repertoire of Kuta and other anonymous composers from Denpasar. The majority of this repertoire dates back to the early twentieth century. In 2004, engaging guru I Wayan Mandra and senior advisor I Ketut Nagi (deceased), our group revived some of the near-forgotten instrumental pieces once known in Sanur. These originated in Kelandis and were taught to the Singgi musicians in the 1950s by I Kecug from Pagan Kelod. We never recorded however, and it has not been until the death of Nagi in 2010 that we started to work seriously on documenting the style via recording – this is one of our ongoing.

The European Community, according to Prof. Rai, and was at the time gamelan gamelan and dance from the village Peliatan, Gianyar, when the envoy of the Dutch colonial government - staged at the International Colonial Exhibition in France in 1931.

In Japan, he continued, Balinese arts, is also developing rapidly. In the land of the Rising Sun, 52 studies drumming and dance of Bali to learn. (I006)

Balinese dance in Japan is generally started before Japanese who had studied at ISI Denpasar, said Prof. Rai.

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Gamelan Traditional Music In Central Java Indonesia

Although only 15 years ago came to the U.S., traditional gamelan music from Indonesia and humanitarian already included in the curriculum in the United States from kindergarten through college senior.

"Traditions gamelan music and dance from Indonesia, it is very late into the American cultural tradition Other than national origin, is quite good progress and is now program in the country," says director of gamelan music and dance Sumunar Indonesia Joko Sutrisno related cultural performances in the Indonesian-American friendship Pendapa Karanganyar Regent official House Wednesday (07/14/2010).

Music and Dance Sumunar Indonesia is a performing arts organization based in Minnesota, USA, which has a mission to promote knowledge and understanding of music, dance and culture in Indonesia through performances and teaching. Sumunar activities focused on teaching arts and musical performances, dance, puppetry.

A total of 30 people who joined in Sumunar arrival in Indonesia to learn more about the tradition of gamelan music and humanitarian aid from his country house. "We hope that this art activity can be done in collaboration with the American art Javanese gamelan origin of art."

Karanganyar Regent Rina Sri Ratnaningsih Iriani, greeted the arrival of the U.S. delegation to the two countries have been able to Javanese gamelan and dance. "I am very surprised that the American people were satisfied with Javanese gamelan and dance. Probably shame that we can not beat that gamelan and dance." Rina said.

Regent on this occasion also offered in a group of American origin, can return to Karanganyar with participants, which will later be given a lot of entertainment and a wide range of artistic traditions for a more complete Java.

Regent is also participating in the opportunity to dance with this group of Americans with Gambyong dance and gamelan.

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