Source:Jazzuality.com

Jazzin’ Up Remarkable Indonesia! Java Jazz Festival 2010 is just around the corner. 5, 6 and 7 of March in JIExpo Kemayoran Jakarta, we will have the world of jazz moved to Indonesia. The last press conference of Java Jazz Festival 2010 was held today in Borobudur Hotel, where we could see so many of jazz artists were already here, ready to blast the largest jazz festival in the world.

With Peter F Gontha, the Chairman of Java Jazz, Andi Malarangeng (Republic of Indonesia’s Minister of Education, Youth and Sports), Paul Dankmeyer (Program Director, JFP), EQ Puradiredja (Program Co-ordinator, JFP) and Mari E. Pangestu (Republic of Indonesia’s Minister of Trade), they opened the press conference with pride, mentioning all the amazing things about Java Jazz Festival 2010 this year. Java Jazz Festival is now listed in MURI record as the biggest festival in Indonesia for having 75 to 80 shows per day. Imagine this. There will be 430 International Musicians, 900 Indonesian musicians with a total of over 1000 musicians from all around the world performing on Java Jazz Festival 2010. Mari E. Pangestu then explained all the advantages of Java Jazz to Indonesian trade industry and the advantage for the positive image of Indonesia.

Java Jazz 2010 Press ConferenceThe press conference heated up as Diane Warren came to talk even just for a while as they mentioned her as a shy woman. Dianne Warren has written over 1000 songs and has made so many hits the world loves dearly today. Started from 1983 until now, she is the most productive songwriter in the world and now this remarkable songwriter is in Indonesia. Followed by Eric Benet and Griffith Frank, giving away their salute and charming accent “100% cinta Indonesia”. They gave away a very warm feelings to the bunch of press who were there trying to capture what Java Jazz 2010 will be like. Yet this wasn’t just an ordinary press conference. They gave us a surprises, Griffith Frank sang one amazing song and delivered it whole-heartedly to everyone and gave a goosebumps to people just by listening how magnificent and deeply soulful his voice is. Eric Benet then continued on with the song “I Can Get No Satisfaction” with Ron King Big Band. Eric Benet charmed us with his R ‘n B mix jazz version of the song.

The surprises continued on with Peter Gontha with Disc Tarra and Sony Music Indonesia as Sponsors and Distributors launched 2 DVD originally made in Indonesia that will be sold in Starbucks and CD stores around the world. “Glenn Fredly: A Tribute to Chrisye” and “Dwiki Dharmawan live at The Baked Potato Los Angeles in Memory of ROGER BURN,. feat Jimmy Haslip, Andy Suzuki, Steve Thornton and Walfredo Reyes Jr . These two CD were officially released by Mari E. Pangestu with a note to stop piracy and to respect musicians’ creativity.

23 Oktober 2009 / berita
PENTAS MUSIK DAN PAMERAN Dahsyat, Etnik di Panggung Krakatau

Penampilan Dwiki Dharmawan bersama grup musik Krakatau di Bentara Budaya Jakarta, Kamis (22/10). Kelompok musik yang didirikan di Bandung, Jawa Barat, tahun 1984 tersebut kini beranggotakan Dwiki Dharmawan (keyboard dan synthesizer), Pra Budi Dharma (bass), Ade Rudhiana (kendang dan perkusi), Yoyon Dharsono (beragam instrumen tradisional), Zainal Arifin (gamelan dan perkusi), Gerry Herb (pemain drum), dan vokalis Nya Ina Raseuki, yang akrab dipanggil Ubiet.

Nyanyian ”Tarik Pukat” yang dieksplorasi Ubiet dari tanah leluhurnya, Aceh, menjadi klimaks pertunjukan Krakatau Band, Kamis (22/10) malam di Bentara Budaya Jakarta. Bagaimana tidak, Dwiki Dharmawan dalam aksinya sampai terjengkang saat memainkan keyboard karena lagu yang didendangkan Ubiet ”dimain-mainkan” dalam tempo tinggi dan supercepat. Ratusan penonton, yang memadati halaman terbuka BBJ, terdiam bak terhipnotis.

Klimaks penampilan Krakatau Band terjadi saat Budhy Haryono menggebuk drumuntuk memainkan komposisi ”Tugu Hegar”. Permainan yang dahsyat. Aksi Budhy kemudian ditingkahi aksi Ade Rudhiana memainkan perkusi dengan kocak, sampai-sampai memukul kening segala. Dia menjadikan kening tempat sandaran perkusi, sembari tangannya liar menabuh perkusi, membuat aksi panggung Krakatau menjadi sangat hidup. Apalagi, penonton diajak turut berpartisipasi dengan bertepuk tangan.

Berkarya selama 25 tahun, Krakatau menunjukkan kepedulian dan empati yang dalam terhadap korban gempa di Kerinci, Jambi. Sebuah komposisi didendangkan Ubiet membuat bulu roma berdiri. Terasa benar kesedihan itu. ”Komposisi tadi didedikasikan untuk korban gempa di Sumatera dan Jawa Barat. Komposisi yang berisikan doa, agar selalu ingat dengan Yang Di Atas. Mendoakan korban agar dapat tempat terbaik di sisi-Nya dan berharap ke depan tak ada bencana lagi,” ujar Dwiki.

Selain mengeksplorasi warna musik etnik Kerinci, Krakatau juga menampilkan hasil eksplorasi musik etnik dari Pulau Rote, NTT.

Yang sedikit mengejutkan, Umi menampilkan tarian topeng cirebon dalam tiga karakter ketika Krakatau memainkan komposisi yang sebelumnya didominasi permainan seruling sunda oleh Yoyon Dharsono, dalam empat warna, pascadilepasnya satu per satu bagian dari seruling itu.

Tampil hampir dua jam, setelah hujan reda, Krakatau menutup pementasan dengan komposisi ”Freedom of Percussion” setelah komposisi ”Spirit of Palmerah”.

Krakatau tidak hanya menampilkan harmonisasi komposisi yang dahsyat dan memukau, tetapi juga interaksi yang padu, dan aksi panggung yang menghibur. (YURNALDI)

sumber ; www.kompas.com

Drummer and composer, Pascoal Meirelles was born in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais State in 1944. Initially self-taught, he studied and later graduated from Berklee College of Music (Boston, USA), the famous music school that has produced musicians such as Quincy Jones, Toshiko Akiyoshi and Gary Burton, among others. His professional career began at the age of 18, playing at dances and in nightclubs. He set up the Tempo Trio Group in 1966, with which he recorded an album for Odeon. He moved to Rio de Janeiro the following year and was invited to join the Paulo Moura Group, while also playing in shows and recording with Maysa, João Bosco and Ivan Lins, among others. He toured Mexico in 1972, followed by the USA in 1974, with the Festa Brasil Group, alongside Simone, Tenório Jr., Fernando Leporace, Chiquito Braga and João de Aquino. In 1975 he was awarded a study grant to Berklee College of Music where he remained until 1979. During this period, he played in jazz clubs and perforrned in the Saravá Show presented on Broadway, New York, in addition to recording the Terra Brasilis double album by Antonio Carlos Jobim, with orchestration by Claus Ogerman, together witb Oscar Castro Neves and Michael Moore, among others. Back in Brazil, he played for the next ten years in the Luís Gonzaga Junior Band. As a studio musician, he recorded with Hélio Delmiro, Wagner Tiso, Chico Buarque, Danilo Caymmi, Edu Lobo, Claudio Roditi, Hendrix Meurkens and Luís Bonfá, among others. He is one of the founders of the Cama de Gato instrumental Group, which originally included Mauro Senise, Arthur Maia and Rique Pantoja (this latter recently replaced by Jota Moraes). This Group was acclaimed by the critics as the most successful instrumental Group of the 1980s. With five records launcbed – “Cama de Gato”, “Guerra Fria”, “Sambaíba”, “Dança da Lua” and “Amendoim Torrado” (this latter nominated for the Sharp Prize), the group also toured Brazil, Spain, France, Belgium and the USA. In parallel, from 1981 onward, Pascoal Meirelles went solo, launching his first record: “Considerações a Respeito”. This was followed by “Tambá” (1983), “Anna” (1987), “Paula” (1992), “Forró Brabo” (1998) and “Considerações” (CD compilation of his first three records, 1996). His work in “Paula” and “Considerações” brought him nominations for Brazil’s most important music award: the Sharp Prize. From 1994 through 1996 he lectured at the International Summer Course given at the School of Music in Brasilia; he ran thirteen workshops in Denmark and Sweden, and also played in two concerts at the Copenhagen Jazz House. In 1996 he gave courses at the Winter Festival held at the University of Minas Gerais in Ouro Preto as well as Santa Maria (Rio Grande do Sul State) and the II Latin Arnerican Percussion Meeting. In 1997 he recorded the sound-track by Edu Lobo for the historical epic: “A Guerra de Canudos”, playing classical percussion with a chamber orchestra, and then toured Northeast Brazil giving shows and workshops with the Cama de Gato Group. He was also invited to play with the Bob Mintzer Big Band at the Winter Festival held at the University of Minas Gerais, and later to teach at the Berklee World Percussion Festival, Boston (USA). ln 1998, he lectured at the I International Music Festival held in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte State. ln 1999, he performed with Paulo Moura in Rome, Milan, Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, and played with the Claudio Roditi Group at the Berne Jazz Festival in Switzerland, and also held workshops in Sweden. Since then, he did differents projects, like as: launching in 1997 his sixth solo CD “Forró Brabo” in various brazilians capitals, did one track on a Ed Motta CD and played in two gigs with him, did some workshops at the Feira Nacional de Arte e Cultura da Paraíba in 1999, launched “Água de Chuva”, the new Cama de Gato CD in 2002, played a concert at the Jazz Festival of Marciac, France, with Claudio Roditi Group, did a workshop at DRUMTECH, a drum school in London, England, in 2003, launched the CD “Tom” in 2004, at the Mistura Fina, in Rio with his trio – Nelson Faria (Guitar), Aliberto Continentino (Bass) and Kiko Continentino as a special guest. Yet in 2004, was invited througt the Sociedad Filarmonia de Quito, Ecuador, to play a concert with Cama de Gato at the San Francisco University of Quito. Starting from August of that same year, he returned to Quito to teach at that University, for 4 months. In March 2005 he launched the show for his 40 years’ celebration, with the participation of “Cama de Gato” Group, the Sextet (Idriss Boudrioua, Daniel Garcia, Jessé Sadoc, Dario Galante and Alberto Continentino) and the “Pascoal Meirelles Trio” (Nelson Faria and Alberto Continentino) and his friends Markos Rezende (piano), Ney Conceição (bass), Zé Canuto (sax baritone) and Aldivas (trombone). On June of 2005 he did a concert with the bass player Charlie Haden together with Alan Broadbent and Ruth Cameron at the Estacio de Sá University in Barra da Tijuca , Rio de Janeiro. In September he went at the Tim Festival from Juiz de Fora, with the Quinteto Pró-Jazz, with Silvio Gomes (piano), Marcelo Martins (sax tenor), Alex Carvalho (electric guitar) and André Neiva (bass). In November, he went together with the “Cama de Gato” Group to the Assuncion Jazz Festival (Paraguay). He still recorded the Tribute to Art Blakey with the Sextet and he release his first DVD including his piece “Triumvirato”, with the participation of Carlos Balla and Kleberson Caetano.

“The Soul of Indonesia”
Javajazz Festival
Plennary Hall – Jakarta Convention Center
Friday 6 March – 18:00 to 19:15

The Soul of Indonesia demonstrate “practice change” of music in Indonesia. In it, Dwiki concerned with how the traditional music are able to answer the demand of new nationhood through their creativity. This concert also focuses on how people, as inventors, sustainers, and communicators of traditional music, develop strategies to accommodate the change.Dwiki Dharmawan is very proud of his nationalism and strongly believe in internasionalism, He want his generation to have spirit to always seek new ideas and innovation based on the richness of their own traditions, diversity and pluralism as given. Because a nation’s greatness is reflected in her arts and culture.

Dwiki Dharmawan creates jazz influenced by the traditional music of Indonesia, where he came of age on the west part island of Java. His band, Krakatau, is acclaimed worldwide and his newest project, the World Peace Orchestra (WPO), aims to bring social harmony and consciousness to the globe. The powerful lineup of the WPO includes keyboardist Russell Ferrante, bassist Jimmy Haslip, percussionist Steve Thornton, drummer Walfredo Reyes Jr, multi-instrumentalist Roger Burn, saxophonist Andy Suzuki Tollak Ollstad (harmonica), guitarist Frank Gambale, guitarist Marc Antoine, saxophonist Michael Paulo, guitarist Guy Strazz and many more who are all helping Dharmawan create a new chapter in the evolution of jazz — while making music with a grander purpose.

Dwiki Dharmawan’s Global Harmony Orchestra is a 70 pcs orchestra which has its own development and characteristics. . “My dream is that I want the “Global Harmony Orchestra” and “World Peace Orchestra” to bring different cultures together for peace,” says Dwiki. “We are promoting peace in the world through music and music can deliver that message.

Can music save the world? With multi-cultural jazz as their vehicle, Dwiki Dharmawan and the World Peace Orchestra (WPO) have made it their mission.(Keyboards Magazine-July 2008)

Dwiki has presented his works at The Lincoln Center Out of Door Festival (New York), Chicago Cultural Center, Hot Summer Jazz, Toronto Jazz Festival , Vancouver Jazz Festival ,Sziget Festival (Hungary), Midem (France), North Sea Jazz (Holland), the Montreaux Jazz Festival (Switszerland), Galapajazz (Spain), Temecula Jazz (USA), Javajazz Festival as well as in numerous other performances in China, Japan, Australia, Spain, Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia-Montenegro, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Venezuela, Mexico, and many more.(musikita2009)

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DWIKI DHARMAWAN CONCERTS SCHEDULLE

13 Februay 2009 20:00 LIVE on ‘TVRI JAZZ CONCERT”

6 March 2009 18:00 Global Harmony Orchestra Live at JAVAJAZZZ FESTIVAL – Plennary Hall Jakarta Convention Center www.javajazzfestival.com

14 March 2009 20:00 LIVE at SALIHARA THEATER, Jakarta : “Topeng Jazz”

10 – 18 April KRAKATAU North Korea Tour

29 April 2009 19:00 Dwiki Dharmawan and STSI Padang Panjang Orchestra live at Imam Bonjol Stadium Padang – Opening Cermony of “TOUR THE SINGKARAK” feat ; Krisdayanti

4 May 2009 09:00 Dwiki Dharmawan live at Opening Ceremony of Asian Development Bank – Annual Meeting at Westin Hotel , Nusa Dua Ballroom Bali, with I Wayan Sura (Choreoghrapher) and I Nyoman Windha (Balinese Composer)

4 May 2009 20:00 ‘THE SOUL of INDONESIA’ live at GWK Bali, World Peace Orchestra conducted by Dwiki Dharmawan , with I Wayan Sura (Choreoghrapher), I Nyoman Windha (Balinese Composer), I Ktut Rina (Kecak Dance)

21 May 2009 20:00 ‘the WORLD PEACE ORCHESTRA’ in concert – Plennary Hall Jakarta Convention Center feat: ANGGUN (to be confirmed)

Menurut Oka Orpicka GM Farabi – Bali,dalam perkembangannya Farabi – Bali telah menjadi komunitas positif bagi talenta-talenta musik di Bali. Secara rutin diselenggarakan Farabi Music Forum yang selalu diminati komunitas musik di Bali. juga kini sedang dikembangkan Farabi Ensemble. Musisi Dwiki Dharmawan,Direktur Farabi Music School juga sangat sering hadir di Farabi – Bali untuk memberikan workshop maupun supervisi secara langsung.

Workshop music yang bertajuk ‘Progression’ ini  akan diliput dan ditayangkan oleh QTV Channel. Farabi Depok sendiri telah mulai melaksanakan program pendidikannya yang terdiri dari program piano klasik, gitar klasik, vokal anak, vokal dewasa, violin, cello, gitar kontemporer, piano kontemporer, Drums dan segera menyusul kelas brass instruments dan woodwind instruments. Selain mendapatkan pelajaran secara private, para siswa nantinya akan mendapatkan kelas apresiasi, kelas ensemble/combo dan juga kelas teori disamping secara berkala akan mengikuti home concert dan annual concert.

Nanang E Raswandi, pimpinan cabang Farabi Depok menjelaskan bahwa kota Depok dikenal sebagai kota pelajar, kehadiran Farabi di Depok sangat disambut secara antusias oleh warga masyarakat Depok. Dwiki Dharmawan menyatakan bahwa ia ingin memberikan sarana pendidikan non formal musik yang berkualitas di kota Depok sebagai bagian dari kiprahnya dalam dunia kreatif dan pendidikan musik di Indonesia.

Alamat Farabi Depok :

Ruko Pesona Mungil Blok A no 14 Jl M..Yusuf (d/h terusan Sentosa Raya) Depok