I Wayan Gde Yudane (born 1963 or 1964) is a gangsa player[1] and an exponent of Balinese music in New Zealand.
Yudane learnt to play gamelan from his father who was an architect and gamelan instrument maker. He attended the Performing Arts School (STSI) in Denpasar.[2]
In 2002 he became the 2002 Artist-in-Residence at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand.[2]
His work, in particular Entering the Stream, has been performed and acclaimed internationally.[3]
His collaboration with Paul Grabowsky, The Theft of Sita, was performed at the 2001 Next Wave Festival in New York City and toured Europe and the US.[2][4] He also collaborated with New Zealand composer Jack Body on a piece Paradise Regained for piano and pemade (Balinese metallophone).[2]
In 2018 he performed at the International Gamelan Festival in Fort Vastenburg in Surakarta, Central Java.[5]
References edit
- ^ "Jangkrik Genggong returns with NZ musicians" by Kadek Krishna Adidharma, The Jakarta Post, 20 November 2007
- ^ a b c d Body, Jack (2002). "Finding common ground". Canzona. 23 (44): 32–36.
- ^ "NZ Trio off to teach Chinese the score" by William Dart, The New Zealand Herald, 2 May 2009
- ^ *"A Tale Told by Shadows Blends the Old and the New", Next Wave Festival review by Neil Genzlinger, The New York Times, 19 October 2001
- ^ "Indonesia to propose gamelan as UNESCO cultural heritage". The Jakarta Post. 11 August 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
Further reading edit
- "Wayan Gde Yudane: a man for all cultures" by Duncan Graham, The Jakarta Post, 27 October 2010
External links edit
- Crossroads of Denpasar, ABC Classic FM The Listening Room, 19 April 2003
- Personal website
- Wayan Gde Yudane at SOUNZ
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