Brilliant Young Indonesian Pianist at Hotel Tugu Bali

Live In Concert - Ananda Sukarlan - 17th August 2010

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. July 29, 2010

July 28, 2010 - Hotel Tugu Bali and BRI Platinum present, for the first time in Bali, a brilliant young Indonesian pianist Ananda Sukarlan, Tuesday, 17 August 2010, 7.30 pm.

On Ananda Sukarlan

Started his music lessons at the age of 5 from his older sister, he then went to Europe when he was 17, graduated with summa cum laude in 1993 from the Royal Conservatory of Den Haag under the guidance of Naum Grubert. He was a prize winner of many international competitions, such as the Nadia Boulanger Award of Orleans. Based in Spain he has performed in many overseas festivals with symphony orchestras and ensembles of Berlin, Rotterdam, nearly all symphony orchestras in Spain, Paris, Wellington as well as appearances in radios and TVs throughout Europe. He is the only Indonesian listed in the book "2000 outstanding musicians of the 20th century" and "The International Who's Who in Music" published by Cambridge. Until the beginning of 2010 he has recorded 14 CDs, which include the complete piano works of Santiago Lanchares, David del Puerto, Jesus Rueda, Toru Takemitsu as well as works by Peter Sculthorpe, Amir Pasaribu, Trisutji Kamal, Theo Loevendie and of course himself.

His collaboration with prominent choreographer Chendra Panatan has given birth to many works for ballet, performed both in Europe and Indonesia. His groundbreaking opera written for one soprano only, based on a monologue by Seno Gumira Ajidarma. He is also working on a series of musical works written for disabled musicians, on a commission by Fundacion Musica Abierta of Spain.

His works have been the object of studies for many doctoral thesis and other musical researches by many students, professionals, musicians and musicologists in the U.S, Europe and Australia.

" ... Ananda is one of the few excellent interpreters of my very difficult piano work 'Trepidus'. ... An exceptionally gifted pianist, he combines musicality with a very intelligent and sharp insight in both the music and the playing." (Louis Andriessen, composer)

Sukarlan is recognized as one of the world's leading pianists and has been at the forefront of championing new piano music. (S. Creagh, Sydney Morning Herald)

IDR 400.000++/person including dinner and one cocktail
IDR 200.000++/person for entrance
IDR 100.000++/child (below 12 years old
At the door add IDR 50.000 from the above

RSVP: Irma/Dewi
[email protected]
+62361-731701
Hotel Tugu Bali
Jl. Pantai Batu Bolong
Canggu Beach
Bali-Indonesia