Photo by Brendan Bannon “This allows for gamelan musicians to preserve important knowledge, skills and cultural moments. However, innovative contemporary Javanese composers are creating ...

Who would have ever thought that Buffalo would be home to one of the most impressive sets of Javanese Gamelan instruments, and wayang kulit shadow puppets, outside of Indonesia? Thanks to a ...

Lou Harrison’s Javanese gamelan composition was the perfect choice for me to express and convey this philosophy in dance," says Ramli. Stand By Me, a work by American-Chinese composer Alex Dea ...

Their studies weren’t for nothin’ — Buka means open in Indonesian, often referring to the beginning of a Gamelan orchestral piece. The initial group formulated in Professor Christopher J.

B. Nicholas’ keen interest in Malay gamelan, a traditional form of music, drove him to not only master the artform but also inspired him to pass on his knowledge to a younger generation of ...