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Electronic Gamelan, or e-gamelan, is the name of an iOS app that has been created by students and lecturers of the University of Dian Nuswantoro (Udinus) Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia. The app ...

Ancient, spiritual and melodic, gamelan has its roots in Java and Bali. Mel Mercier is an Irish adept. I’ve heard of the gamelan. I’d love to have a go on one There’s no such thing, I’m afraid.

The UC Santa Barbara Gamelan Ensemble presented a concert showcasing ancient gamelan styles of music from Cirebon, West Java at Karl Geiringer Hall on May 23.

Lucy Duran begins a two-programme exploration of Indonesian gamelan music. In this programme she travels east through Java discovering the south coast and music of the royal court. Show more Lucy ...

The gamelan, a collection of traditional Javanese percussive instruments, has been skirting the periphery of our musical landscape for more than two decades now, and UCC professor of music Mel Mercier ...

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Indonesia gave rise to one of the world’s greatest traditions of art music, its repertoire encompassing a multitude of styles and approaches — not surprising when you recall that the vast Indonesian ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Susheela Raman’s Ghost Gamelan forges rhythmic decoration out of Indonesian gamelan. Her collaborators, contemporary ...

It was Debussy who once famously said of Javanese gamelan music that it “makes Palestrina seem like child’s play”. He is just one of several Western composers, from the late 19th century to the ...