Semara Ratih Europe
Tour, 2010
Our 2010 European tour, centered on the
International Gamelan Festival Amsterdam 2010, featured
several exciting new works for Balinese gamelan commissioned just for
the tour: works by Evan Ziporyn, I Made Arnawa, Christine Southworth,
A. A. Anom Putra, I Ketut Cater, and the musicians of Semara Ratih.
September 9
Amsterdam |
Gamelan Now - International Gamelan Festival Amsterdam 2010
An evening of
contemporary works for gamelan
20:00
Tropentheater, Lichthal Tropenmuseum, Linnaeusstraat 2, Amsterdam
Semara Ratih
will perform on part two of the program:
Lapanbelas
(2010)
An homage to Steve Reich's Music for 18 musicians by Evan Ziporyn,
commissioned by IGFA
Pabuan
(2010)
A new composition inspired by Reich composed by I Made Arnawa of Bali,
commissioned by IGFA
More information: International Gamelan Festival Amsterdam 2010 |
September 10
Amsterdam |
Gamelan Bali - International Gamelan Festival Amsterdam 2010
Traditional
and contemporary Balinese music and dance
20:00
Tropentheater, Lichthal TropenMuseum, Linnaeusstraat 2, Amsterdam
Full
program, featuring Semara Ratih:
Part 1:
Procession
Blessing of the stage
Baris Tunggal
Danced by Anak Agung Gde Anom Putra
Lekesan
Composition I Nyoman Windha (2001) performed by Semara Ratih
Legong Kuntir
Danced by Ni Gusti Ayu Sukmawati & Ni Dewa Ayu Satrya Dewi
Part 2:
Orang Besi
(2010)
New composition for selonding and electronics by Christine Southworth
(USA), commissioned by IGFA
Pabuan
(2010)
New composition inspired by Reich by I Made Arnawa, commissioned by
IGFA
I Dempu Awang
(2010)
Choreography Anak Agung Gde Anom Putra
Punarbawa (2010)
A new gong kebyar-balaganjur composition for the full 7-tone scale of
the Semarandana, composed by members of Semara Ratih
Taruna Jaya
Danced by Ni Gusti Ayu Sukmawati
More information: International Gamelan Festival Amsterdam 2010
Gamelan Java
performs in the IGFA 11 September
|
September 11
Anvers, Belgium |
Semara Ratih
performs at the Zuiderpershuis
20:30
Zuiderpershuis
Same program as September 10.
Tickets and more information here.
|
September 19
Brussels, Belgium |
Gamelan Sunday
15:00 Traditional dance and music
20:00 Gamelan and Steve Reich concert
BOZAR Palais des Beaux Arts
15:00 program:
Procession
Blessing of the stage
Baris Tunggal
Danced by Anak Agung Gde Anom Putra
Lekesan
Composition I Nyoman Windha (2001) performed by Semara Ratih
Legong Kuntir
Danced by Ni Gusti Ayu Sukmawati & Ni Dewa Ayu Satrya Dewi
Tari kreasi
baru
Dance & choreography Anak Agung Gde
Anom Putra
Taruna
Jaya
Danced by Ni Gusti Ayu Sukmawati
Penutup
A new gong kebyar-balaganjur composition for the full 7-tone scale of
the Semarandana, composed by members of Semara Ratih (2010)
20:00 program:
Lapan Belas -
Evan Ziporyn
Pabuan
- I Made Arnawa
Tickets and more information here. |
September 23
Konya, Turkey |
7th Konya
Mystic Music Festival
21:00
Metropolitan Municipality Mevlana Culture Center
Admission is free. See the full festival program.
Semara Ratih will perform a full program. With this
performance, Semara Ratih will become the first gamelan to
perform in Turkey. |
