Pianist-Composer

Trisutji Kamal was born in Jakarta and was brought up in a musical environment. Her late father, a medical doctor, was a man of culture, a painter and violinist. She grew up in North Sumatera in an environment of Malay culture, simulteneously the heritage of Javanese and European culture. She began her musical studies at the age of 7 and started almost immediately to improvise freely on the piano. Her talents for composing were revealed during an early age.

From 1955 until 1967, she studied in various conservatories in Europe like Amsterdam, pupil of composer Henk Badings ; Ecole Normale de Musique, Paris; Graduated from the Conservatory of Santa Cecilia, Rome in Piano, Composition and Musical Acoustic. During her studies in Europe her compositions were performed in Rome, Vienna, Moscow and Prague.

Since her return to Indonesia in 1967 she has become actively involved in the music world, giving performances in the country, lectures at such institutions as the Medan Music School, Jakarta Institute of Arts, composing commissioned works by the Indonesian Government, scoring music for films and more.

She is one of Indonesia's most prolific composer today, Her works range from symphony, chamber, opera, ballet, film, choir, to solo instruments mostly piano. Many of her piano compositions have been performed in Europe, Africa, Asia and Middle East for the last ten years.

In December 1993, she was invited by the Hungarian Union of Composers and the Indonesian Embassy in Budapest to give recitals of her piano compositions and lecture on Indonesian music.

Since 1994 she founded "TRISUTJI KAMAL ENSEMBLE", consisting of Piano Duo and Balinese Percussion. In the beginning of 1995 she was commissioned by H.E. The Ambassador of Thailand in Jakarta to paraphrase and write special arrangements for piano solo based on ten songs composed by H.M. King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand for a piano competition organized by The Thai Embassy in Jakarta. Since 1984 her compositions have been highly inspired by Islamic idioms, e.g. combining orchestral music with reciting of The Holy Qur'an, choir, traditional percussion etc., finally giving innovation to the existing Indonesian Islamic music. Applying the rhythmic of the TAJWID (correct pronounciation of reading the Qur'an) into her musical language gives her new horizons to be more explored and has become an endless source for her musical inspirations. Some of her piano works have been recorded by The Deutsche Rundfunk (German Radio), interpreted by Indonesian pianist Ananda Sukarlan, and broadcasted regularly between November 1995 and June 1996.

She performed with her ensemble between 1994 and 1997 in: Copenhagen, Oslo, Stockholm, Helsinki, Tampere, Madrid, Zaragoza, Seville, Rabat, Cairo, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Hat Yai, Rome, Marseille, Paris and Athens.

ISWARGIA R. SUDARNO

Pianist

He is a graduate of Manhattan School of Music New York City, where he studied with Karl Ulrich Schnabel. He also studied with Bela Siki in Johannesen International School of the Arts, Canada, and Rita Sloan and Gabriel Chodos at the Aspen Music School, USA during the summers. He has performed on 4 continents with TRISUTJI KAMAL ENSEMBLE, touring in Copenhagen, Oslo, Stockholm, Helsinki, Tampere, Madrid, Zaragoza, Seville, Rabat, Cairo, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Roma, Marseille and Paris. Sudarno maintains a busy career as a soloist, chamber musician, teacher and music writer, Mr. Sudarno was former resident conductor of Bandung Music Ensemble and tutor of the Nusantara Chamber Orchestr. He is currently coordinator of the Chamber Music Society of Yayasan Musik Internasional and is also a faculty member of Music Department of IKIP Bandung. He began piano lessons at the age of 11. He also is a graduate of the Bandung Institute of Technology, where he holds a degree in architecture.

I GUSTI KOMPYANG RAKA

Balinese percussionist

Kompyang was educated at The Traditional Music School in Bali. He is the founder of The Saraswati Balinese Dance and Music Company, which makes its residency at The Jakarta Art Center, Taman Ismail Marzuki. His company has given many successful performances abroad in such countries as Australia, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Thailand and The Netherlands. He became a member of TRISUTJI KAMAL ENSEMBLE and performed with the ensemble in Copenhagen, Oslo, Stockholm, Helsinki, Tampere, Madrid, Zaragoza, Seville, Rabat, Cairo, Roma, Marseille, Paris and Athens, and he has collaborated with many jazz or classical musicians or ensembles, including Guruh Gypsy, Gong 2000, Jazz Galapagon, Richard Mark, and composer Marusya Nainggolan.

I KETUT BUDIYASA

Balinese percussionist.

He started studying Balinese Traditional Music and Dance at an early age. He is very active in many Balinese musical performances in Jakarta and is a member of The Saraswati Balinese Dance and Music Company founded by I Gusti Kompyang Raka. In 1990 with the Balinese Culture Group, they jointly performed in Kumamoto Japan. In 1995 he became a member of TRISUTJI KAMAL ENSEMBLE, since then performing in Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Rome, Marseille, Paris and Athens.

MUSICIANS WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THE ENSEMBLE

ARY SUTEDJA

pianist

Ary Sutedja obtained her Master of Music degree in piano performance in the United States, at Townson State University in Baltimore, Maryland in 1992, where she studied with Reynaldo Reyes. She subsequently undertook postgraduate studies at St. Petersburg Conservatory, Russia, under guidance of Sofia Vakman, Sergey Uryvaev and Valery Visnevsky. Her teachers in Indonesia included Iravati M. Sudiarso.

While at Townson State University, some of the awards she received were the "Outstanding Achievement in Music" in 1991, B.A. degree with "Summa Cumlaude" (1990) and she was the winner of the "Peggy and Yale Gordon Foundation Scholarship" in 1989, and the "Talent Award Competation" in 1988. Her achievements led to many positions at the university such as Graduate Assistent and accompanist for a large variety of instrumentalists and groups such as the University Choral and Opera Workshop. While living in Germany, she toured as a piano accompanist with Bremen Opera Theatre, working under Kapellmeister Gunther Bauernschenk.

Ms. Sutedja returned to Indonesia in 1993 and is active as a leading accompanist touring the archipellego with guest artists from abroad, and also as a chamber musician, teacher and adjudicator. She is currently on the piano faculty of "Yayasan Musik Internasional".

Since 1995 she is member of " Classical Nuances" a quartet of hobo, clarinet,viola and piano whose members are musicians from the United States, Korea and Indonesia. She has performed with "Trisutji Kamal Ensemble" in Jakarta, Bangkok and Athens.

BINU D. SUKAMAN

Soprano

Binu D. Sukaman is one of the most accomplished young singers in Indonesia. She had appeared as a soloist with the Jakarta Symphony, the Twilite and the Institut Seni Indonesia Symphony Orchestra, singing the Mozart and Faure Requiems among others, and "Christmas Oratorio" by Saint-Saens with Sanggar Susvara. She also sang the main role of the Purcell "Dido and Aeneas" and the opera "Loro Jonggrang" by Indonesian composer Trisutji Kamal. As a lieder singer, she has given numereous recitals in Jakarta, Bandung, Yogyakarta. She performed with Trisutji Kamal Ensemble in Rabat (Marocco) 1995 in Bangkok 1997, in Rome, Marseille and Paris 1997. Mrs. Sukaman received her early vocal training from Mr. Pranadjaja. Subsequently she studied at the Yayasan Pendidikan Musik (YPM) Music School in Jakarta with Sari Indrawati and Catharina W. Leimena. After finishing the Performing Level, the highest program at the school, she further studied with American soprano Lee Alison Sibley for a year, and attended many vocal Masterclasses by famous singers such as Ruth Drucker, Andrea Ehrenreich, Adib Fazah, and a well known Accompanist Rudolf Jansen. She also studied piano at the YPM Music School and finished the paedagogy program under the guidance of Ina Sutisna and Iravati M. Sudiarso. Currently she is the member of piano and voice faculty of the school. Mrs. Sukaman is also a graduate of Law from the Universitas Indonesia.

FITRI MULIATI

soprano

Fitri Muliati started her career in classical music as a member of the foremost Indonesian choral ensemble, "Parahyangan Catholic University Choir". She made her solo debut in 1996 as a soloist of the choir's concerts, conducted by its music director, Avip Priatna. Her solo performances with the choir include appearances at Guido d'Arezzo Poliphonic Music Competation in Italy in 1997, where they gained the third prize winners for the mixed and equal voice choir catagories, and the top prize for the folk song catagory. Since 1993 she has been appointed to be one of the tutors of the choir. She is also a member of a newly formed professional Indonesian vocal ensemble, "Batavia Madrigal Singer".Born in Bandung on November1, 1973, she started her vocal training there at Elfa's Music Studio, and subsequently at Purwacaraka Music Studio for two years. Currently she is studying with Indonesian mezzo-soprano, Catharina W. Leimena, and receives vocal coaching from Avip Priatna. Fitri Muliati, who is a senior student at Department of International Affaires, Faculty of Social and Political Science of Parahyangan Catholic University in Bandung, Indonesia, is also known as a jazz vocalist. She performs extensively with Fortissimo Jazz Band as a vocalist, and has been invited to sing three times at Bandung Institute of Technology Big Band Festival since its establishment with Waditra Ganesha Big Band. She performed with Trisutji Kamal Ensemble in Athens in 1997.

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