RAHAYU SUPANGGAH |
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BIOGRAPHY |
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In 1949, Rahayu Supanggah was born into the family of a dalang (pupetteers), but he never had any plans of becoming a dalang, because he never had any plans of being a starving artist. In the hard economic times of the sixties, however, Supanggah was forced to study at an inexpensive school Konservatori Karawitan Indonesia, or the Indonesian Conservatory for Gamelan Studies, in Solo.
After he finished his studies at KOLKAR (1967), he moved to ASKI (now STSI) in Surakarta and in 1978 finished his advanced studies in the Arts program. In October of 1981, Supanggah won a scholarship from the French government to get his Masters Degree at the University of Paris VII, in Ethnomusicology, which he completed in 1985. Rahayu Supanggah is a master of traditional forms, but is also considered a pioneer in innovative contemporary music in Indonesia. In his career as a musician, Rahayu Supanggah has been active as a gamelan musician, a singer, an arranger, a music director, an artistic director, an executive manager, a festival manager, a researcher , a writer, a guest speaker, a mentor, and a teacher, both within Indonesia and abroad. He has performed in over 40 countries. |
He often composes and works alone, but he has also collaborated with many other artists, including: Peter Brook, Vincent McDermott, Barbara Benary, Philip Corner, Jody Diamond, Neil Sorell, Alec Roth, Warner Kaegi, Alain Recoing, Sergio Leone, Toshi Tsuchitor, Katsura Kan, the Asian Fantasy Orchestra, Suka Hardjana, Sardono W. Kusomo, Retno Maruti, Suprapto Suryadarmo, Hajar Satoto, Agus Tasman, Sunaruno, Sal Murgiyanto, and many more. He himself has composed over 100 works. Today he is still a teacher at STSI in Surakarta. Before he held this post, he taught at various universities in Canberra, France, Geneva, Holland, at Cambridge University in England, San Diego State University in America, and others. |
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