by Jo Hilder | Nov 1, 2008 | 2008
November 2008 Gamelan Room NZ School of Music, Victoria University of Wellington, Kelburn Campus Suggested koha of $5 During November 2008, Gamelan Padhang Moncar held several workshops for the public and members of Victoria University staff. We performed a traditional Javanese piece, showcasing the two different tuning systems and then participants asked questions about the music before getting hands-on. During the workshop, they learned basic technique, how to play a simple piece and more about how the music works, by moving around the ensemble and trying a range of instruments - including those...
by Jo Hilder | Oct 4, 2008 | 2008, Highlights GPM, Highlights GTJ
Cross-cultural multi-media music-theatre 4-5 October, 2008 Adam Concert Room, Victoria University of Wellington (Kelburn Campus) Acclaimed master of Balinese masked dance, I NYOMAN SUKERTA combined with local artists to reinterpret Shakespeare’s famous text. This new collaboration between NZ and Indonesian artists was a hugely entertaining, sometimes startling, reinterpretation of Shakespeare’s view of human life. Mixing multi-lingual declamation, exotic vocal styles, physical theatre and gamelan percussion this production transcended the many boundaries of time and place, language and culture. Shakespeare was never more universal than this! All the world’s a stage…. Hear more about the show on Radio New Zealand’s Upbeat, where Eva Radich talked to Jack Body and Nyoman Sukerta. The infant The schoolboy The lover The soldier The justice The lean and slippered pantaloon The final phase All photos by Robert Catto /robertcatto.com. Full photo gallery here. DVD available on request. Featuring: Gamelan Padhang Moncar Gamelan Taniwha Jaya a specially formed Randai group Tristan Carter (electric violin) Helen Bowater, Christine White (vocals) Megan Collins (rabab pasisia, vocals) and Graduates of the Wellington Performing Arts Centre: Salesi Le’ota Deborah Rea Jessica Aaltonen Gamelan Performers: Budi S. Putra (dir Gamelan Padhang Moncar); I Wayan Gde Yudane (dir Gamelan Taniwha Jaya); Helen Bowater; Marie Direen; Judith Exley; Gareth Farr; Beth Goodwin; Jo Hilder; Mike Jones; Anton Killin; Kylie Nesbit; Catherine Robertshawe; Richard Robertshawe; Lyndee Jane Rutherford; Greg Street; Pippa Strom; Svenda Strom Randai Performers: Jessica Aaltonen, Megan Collins, Salisi Le’ota, Leutu Matautia, Bronwyn Poultney, Yono Soekarno Music by: Gareth Farr, Wayan Yudane, Budi Putra Producer: Jack Body Director: Lilicherie McGregor Lighting: Thomas Press Guest artist: I Nyoman Sukerta (Bali) Sponsors: The NZ School of Music Asia:NZ Foundation Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia...
by Jo Hilder | Sep 28, 2008 | 2008
Sunday 28th September 2008, 7pm Adam Concert Room, NZ School of Music (Kelburn Campus) “The Story of Upiak and Sutan” A new collaboration between Megan Collins (NZSM) and guest choreographer Kirstin Pauka (Hawaii University). A group of students and others presented this folk-theatre show of Indonesian martial arts dances performed in a round. Clapping, slapping pants percussion and haunting vocal melodies from the Minangkabau people of West...
by Jo Hilder | Sep 9, 2008 | 2008
Tuesday 9 September 2008 Duxton Hotel Gamelan Taniwha Jaya performed Sekar Ginotan, and accompanied I Nyoman Sukerta in the Balinese mask dance, Jauk Manis as part of the entertainment at the reception held to celebrate 50 years of diplomatic relations between New Zealand and...
by Jo Hilder | Aug 23, 2008 | 2008
Saturday and Sunday 23/24 August 2008 Soundings Theatre and Te Marae, Te Papa Tongarewa (Museum of New Zealand), 10:30am, 1pm and 3:30pm A presentation of two Southeast Asian puppetry traditions. A puppeteer from Thailand with beautiful translucently coloured shadow puppets, accompanied by four musicians; and our own Javanese dhalang from Dunedin, Ki Joko Susilo, accompanied by live music from Gamelan Padhang Moncar. Both groups performed three shows, each of 40 minutes. Joko Susilo performed short versions of three stories: Sukeksi, Gatutukaca Sungging, and Gatutkaca Gugur from the Mahabharata. The culmination of the weekend was a unique collaboration between the two groups telling the story of Rama and Sinta in English, with some Thai and Indonesian, accompanied by all the...
by Jo Hilder | Aug 16, 2008 | 2008
Saturday 16 August 2008 TSB Arena Events Centre Gamelan Taniwha Jaya performed traditional Balinese music on stage with Balinese dancer Evie Suyadnyani performing Tari Rejang (a temple dance). GTJ also performed Sekar Ginotan by Lotring and Jauk Manis. Joko Susilo demonstrated Javanese shadow puppetry (wayang kulit) in the Traditional Games area. This event featured food stalls, displays and performances from nine Southeast Asian nations – Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Indonesia,Viet Nam, Cambodia, Myanmar and Laos and attracted a large...
by Jo Hilder | Aug 2, 2008 | 2008
Saturday 2 August 2008 Paramount Theatre Gamelan Padhang Moncar played before this Wellington premiere of Florian Habicht’s film about Warwick Broadhead. A recording of Gamelan Padhang Moncar playing Ladrang Mijil Ludira is used on the soundtrack of the movie and was recorded in March...
by Jo Hilder | Jul 17, 2008 | 2008
Thursday 17 July 2008 Government House Gamelan Padhang Moncar provided music during the pre-dinner drinks for this dinner in honour of the patrons of the Asia New Zealand Foundation.
by Jo Hilder | May 15, 2008 | 2008
Thursday 15 May 2008, 7:30-8:30pm Te Papa Tongarewa (Museum of New Zealand) Gamelan Padhang Moncar provided music for this evening associated with the Theo Schoon Exhibition. The son of Dutch parents, Theo Schoon was born in Indonesia and came to live and work in New Zealand in 1939, aged 24. He drew on Indonesian art influences throughout his long...
by Jo Hilder | Apr 13, 2008 | 2008
Sunday 13 April 2008, 2pm Pataka Museum, Porirua Gamelan Padhang Moncar provided the music for a wayang kulit (traditional Javanese shadow puppetry) show with puppet master, Joko Susilo presenting the story Gathutkaca Gugur. “In his presentations from behind the screen where he cooks under hot lights wearing heavy Javanese clothes Joko works references to football teams, the weather and local events into the classic Mahabharata and Ramayana epics…Seeing a dexterous dalang work a collection of more than 100 whirling puppets, flashing them across the screen, dodging and receiving arrows and spears, spinning them up and down while singing the story and adding sound effects redefines multi-tasking.” Duncan Graham, Jakarta Post, Thursday 1 May 2008 A free public workshop was also offered at 11am, as well as workshops in schools. “His repertoire includes hands-on interaction with the public, handing out the perfectly perforated multi-colored puppets made of buffalo hide. He lets little kids jerk the figures’ spider limbs and finger their grotesque features while he delivers snippets of knowledge. Joko’s technique is matey, not declamatory or serious. So there’s only a sense of fun, not formal learning.” Duncan Graham, Jakarta Post, Thursday 1 May 2008 (See the full text of this article below.) This event was made possible by funding from the Asia:NZ Foundation. Follow this link for more information about Javanese wayang kulit. Joko Susilo: Puppet diplomat charms Kiwis Duncan Graham, Jakarta Post, Thursday 1 May 2008 Joko Susilo is a bit of a cheeky lad. At a big event in the South Australian capital of Adelaide last year, the Indonesian dalang shadow puppet master took a shot at monolingual Australia...
by Jo Hilder | Mar 30, 2008 | 2008
Sunday 30 March 2008, 7pm Adam Concert Room, New Zealand School of Music (VUW campus) As part of their Happiness Connection ’08 Tour of Australasia, the Gyuto Monks of Tibet presented a concert with Gamelan Padhang Moncar, in which the monks and Gamelan Taniwha Jaya (Balinese) combined for a powerful end to the...
by Jo Hilder | Mar 19, 2008 | 2008
Wednesday 19 March 2008 Adam Concert Room, New Zealand School of Music (VUW campus) Gamelan Padhang Moncar performed Gendhing Tukung as part of a farewell to Allan Thomas, on his retirement from Victoria University of Wellington. Allan was responsible for establishing gamelan at the university by bringing a set of instruments from Cirebon in 1975 and starting a teaching...
by Jo Hilder | Feb 16, 2008 | 2008
Saturday 16 February 2008 Te Papa Tongarewa (Museum of New Zealand) Renowed cross-dressing dancer and comedian Didik Nini Thowok performed traditional Javanese and Balinese dance, with live music from Gamelan Padhang Moncar and Gamelan Taniwha Jaya, as well as dancing the Maori story of Rona e te Marama (‘Rona and the Moon’) to music by Gareth Farr for both gamelan combined. This work was premiered at the 2007 Yogyakarta Gamelan Festival. Didik was joined in a newly choreographed Balinese dance by Evie Suyadnyani, a dancer visiting from Bali. They danced exquisitely to music composed especially for them by I Wayan Gde Yudane. This performance was part of the 10th anniversary of Te...
