Rohan Iyer at the 2025 Gathering of the Gamelans, at Collingwood Town Hall, Melbourne. He played siter at the event (R). Credit: SBS Indonesian/Anne Parisianne For professional tuba player Rohan Iyer, ...

Gamelan, the term for a traditional musical ensemble in Indonesia, typically refers to a percussion orchestra composed predominantly of tuned gongs of various types and metal-keyed instruments. The ...

The Sinden and Gamelan Festival held by the Ministry of Culture in Solo, Central Java, on November 4, 2025.ANTARA/ (HO-Kementerian Kebudayaan) We need to create a roadmap so that gamelan preservation ...

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The gamelan study group at Wesleyan has been in existence since the late 1960s. The class focuses on direct, hand-on experience of performing Central Javanese gamelan, augmented by occasional ...

New visitors to the Scores and Recordings collection on the third floor of Olin Library often feel like they’ve stumbled upon hidden treasure. The library’s vast store of LPs, CDs, cassettes, and ...

Sometimes described as hypnotic - haunting, even, the ancient rich and resonant sounds of Indonesian Gamelan celebrates a special anniversary at Canterbury University. Here's Kadambari Raghukumar, ...