by Jo Hilder | Aug 22, 2024 | Events
Sunday 6 October Te Papa Tongarewa (at Te Marae) Watch this space for details of this major event commemorating 50 years since the first Indonesian gamelan ensemble arrived in Aotearoa New Zealand in December 1974. Guest performers from Dunedin, Christchurch, Auckland and Jakarta will be joining us. Don’t miss this day of music and...
by Jo Hilder | Aug 4, 2024 | Events
Full video footage of this iconic show from 2008 is now available on our Vimeo channel: https://vimeo.com/gamelanwellington All the world is a stage and the men and women merely players; they have their exists and their entrances, and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages.’ This cross-cultural multi-media music-theatre performance was presented at the Adam Concert Room, NZ School of Music at Victoria University of Wellington in 2008. It featured the Balinese mask dance master, I Nyoman Sukerta, alongside local actors Deborah Rea, Jessica Aaltonen and Salesi Le’ota, as well as Gamelan Padhang Moncar, Gamelan Taniwha Jaya, and a group of randai performers. Director: Lilicherie McGregor. Music: Gareth Farr, I Wayan Gde Yudane and Budi S. Putra. Video: filmed and produced by Paul Wolffram - Handmade Productions Aotearoa 2008 Sponsored by Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia, Asia New Zealand Foundation and the New Zealand School of Music. For more information, see...
by Jo Hilder | Aug 22, 2021 | 2021, Events
Announcing a significant new book about I Wayan Gde Yudane, a prominent Balinese composer linked to New Zealand. Robyn Yuwell has penned this book based on interviews with Yudane and research. We were fortunate to have held an in-person event to launch this book on the 8th of August at the Long Hall in Roseneath. This event featured compositions by local musicians performed by The First Smile gamelan and a performance of Topeng Tua by Yudane (with skeletal accompaniment on the Cirebon gamelan). Readings of book excerpts by Jennifer Shennan and by Robyn showcased the poetic nature of much of the writing. Yudane and daughter, Delisia, accompanied Robyn’s reading with subtle improvised music – the words and sounds together evoking scenes from Yudane’s childhood and the Balinese world. Some responses: The book is highly unusual…and brilliant. – Jennifer Shennan ...captures Yudane’s voice really clearly … it’s like he’s right there in the room with you. An entertaining and interesting life story worth finding out more about. – Rupert Snook The book is available as an e-book from: Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/ Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/ Hard copies are available from: the author: Email Robyn at robynyudane9@gmail.com Writer’s Plot Bookshop (Upper Hutt, NZ): https://writersplot.org.nz/ Ganesha Bookshop (Ubud, Bali): https://www.facebook.com/Ganesha-Bookshop Images of Yudane performing Topeng Tua at the book launch at the Long Hall, 8...
