Jakartass Home thoughts from abroad. Alien thoughts from home.

These are some gigs I’ll miss this week as I soak up some gamelan in Bali.

International Wayang Festival at Museum Wayang, Fatahillah, Jakarta:
Wed, 24 Nov, 10-12 am, Wayang Palembang
Wed, 24 Nov, 1-3 pm, Wayang Kulit Banjar
Wed, 24 Nov, 9 pm-morning, Wayang Kulit Purwa Ki Fatur Gamblang (Solo), lakon Sesaji Raja Suya
Fri, 26 Nov, 10 am-3 pm, Wayang Golek Menak Kebumen, Ki Kuswanto Sindu
Fri, 26 Nov, 8 pm to morning, Wayang Golek Sunda
Sat, 27 Nov, 10 am-3 pm, Wayang Golek

But I do have a ticket reserved for Sambasunda on
Sunday, December 12, 2010 – 8 p.m.
Gedung Kesenian Jakarta
Ismet Ruchimat: 0817430937
Roely (021) 3808283 / 3441892
Tiket: Rp 50.000,-

Pementasan Musik Kontemporer ”Sambasunda”
Komposer: Ismet Ruchimat

Sambasunda will present an ethnic traditional music performance, which packed with new format by bringing up Cianjur’s songs and also Kiliningan within a unique collaboration between gamelan and Sundanese gamelan.

Although having latin conotation, the word ’samba’ in Sambasunda comes from Sundanese language, is actually referred to Cirebon mask character: Son of Kresna, which has dynamic young character, while ’sunda’ itself reffered to a culture where Samba sunda was born, getting inspired, motivated, getting interacted, explored, created, developed, struggled, and actualized.Sambasunda, is founded by Ismet Ruchimat, always explores music varieties, almost unlimited, but with focus more in maximizing using traditional music devices. Members of Sambasunda come from alumny of STSI (Indonesia Arts College) Bandung. So no wonder if each musician has enough knowledge about tradition music, as well as having capability playing other variety music instrument.