Not many youths can play Gamelan instrument, even some of them feel that the instrument is not for their age. Such understanding, is what that is going to be changed by a group of students from Yogyakarta AtmaJaya Unversity, in Gamelan harmony performance which was performed in Taman Budaya Yogyakarta, in monday evening.
Gamelan harmony performance which was held in monday evening, in societet building, Taman Budaya Yogyakarta, is the creation of “Teater Lilin” (candle theater) group of Yogyakarta AtmaJaya University (uajy), in commemorating their twenty-first anniversary. Under the direction of the compose, Sukono, the young men showed the harmony of each Gamelan instrument, in a beautiful performance themed “Gamelan Tanpa Batas”, or Gamelan without borders. This is intended as a form of their enthusiasm to the typical Javanese traditional instruments, that is looked down upon by some youths of their age.
Teater Lilin is a student activity unit of Uajy in the fiedl of performance art, Dance, and Music. Particularly for Karawitan, the group is actively doing activities in the Campus, at least twice in a week. More interestingly, most of this group is comprised of students from outside Yogyakarta, who want to preserve Gamelan instrument as native culture of Indonesia.
Gamelan harmony performance which was held in monday evening, in societet building, Taman Budaya Yogyakarta, is the creation of “Teater Lilin” (candle theater) group of Yogyakarta AtmaJaya University (uajy), in commemorating their twenty-first anniversary. Under the direction of the compose, Sukono, the young men showed the harmony of each Gamelan instrument, in a beautiful performance themed “Gamelan Tanpa Batas”, or Gamelan without borders. This is intended as a form of their enthusiasm to the typical Javanese traditional instruments, that is looked down upon by some youths of their age.
Teater Lilin is a student activity unit of Uajy in the fiedl of performance art, Dance, and Music. Particularly for Karawitan, the group is actively doing activities in the Campus, at least twice in a week. More interestingly, most of this group is comprised of students from outside Yogyakarta, who want to preserve Gamelan instrument as native culture of Indonesia.
