Without a doubt, an Indonesian musician has the capability to rouse the enthusiasm of international musicians to participate in a recording project done in various cities of three continents.  , with his World Peace Project, was recently aspired and inspired to immortalize his musical ideas by recording an album which not only invited Indonesian musicians, but also foreign musicians.  The likes of Jimmy Haslip and Russel Ferrante, members of legendary American jazz group Yellowjackets, also took part in the project.  Roger Burn, founder of Shapes, also requested to be involved in the project when he met Dwiki for the first time in Java Jazz Festival 2007, the venue of the project’s premier performance.

World Peace Orchestra is a global project.  For that reason, it is no wonder that when the project continued to thrive, more Indonesian and foreign musicians wished to participate and contribute their skills.  From , to add a vocal twist, Ivan Nestorman sang songs from Flores and also played guitar.  With Dwiki on keyboard and synthesizer, Indro Hardjodikoro on bass and Sandy Winarta on drums, they have completed the first phase of the recording session early in June.  The musical arrangements are extremely rich and are complemented by Indonesian traditional beats, which adapted Sundanese, Bataknese and Balinese elements.  Ojay Jayaningrat, Korem Sihombing and Zainal Arifin, who performed alongside Dwiki on 15 June 2007 during Indonesia – China Intertwinned held by the Indonesian Embassy in the People’s Republic of , are among the many Indonesian traditional musicians participating in the project.

The lineup of world musicians taking part in the “Dwiki Dharmawan – World Peace Orchestra” album comprise of Jimmy Haslip (bass), Russel Ferrante (piano), Walfredo Reyes Jr. (drums & percussion), Tollak Ollstad (harmonica), Roger Burn (marimba/vibes), Andy Suzuki (reeds) and Rich Breen (Sound Engineer).  In addition, New York native presently residing in Steve Thornton (percussion) and Asia’s best drummer Lewis Pragasm will also partake in enriching and enlivening Dwiki Dharmawan’s musical arrangement.

The musician lineup for Dwiki Dharmawan – World Peace Orchestra will continue to expand with the presence of Nyoman Windha, who will spice it up even more with his Jegog Bali.  Phillipine’s saxophonist Tots Tolentino promised to contribute his excellent saxophone-playing (which maestro Bubi Chen likened to John Coltrane) to the project.  Renowned Australian musicians such as Guy Strazz (guitar), Rodrigo Galvao (percussion), Hugh Fraser (bass) and Andrew Oh (flute) refused to be left behind.  They also will be involved in the collaboration.  In addition, Dwiki Dharmawan has extended an invitation to two musicians from , who has bestowed their contribution during Dwiki’s recording session at Beijing Oasis Studio with China Philharmonic Orchestra last June.

The “Dwiki Dharmawan – World Peace Orchestra” album will be released in November 2007, both in and worldwide.  Prepare yourselves!  In 2008, there is a great chance that a “World Peace Orchestra” will take place.  Once more, will be overflowed with jazz musicians from all over the world.