Dance-opera based on an interpretation of a fragment of the Mahabharata epic
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As part of the first contemporary music festival MUSIKINI, Goethe-Institut supports the continuation of the staging of Gandari, a dance-opera based on an interpretation of a fragment of the Mahabharata epic, and the forming of Jakarta Modern Ensemble, an education platform nurturing emerging talents in contemporary classical music.
Gandari tells about the 5 days before Goddess Gandari closed her eyes with a black cloth out of compassion with her husband Destarastra, who was born blind, and as an expression of pain over the death of Kurawa's sons on the battlefield of Kurusetra.
Gandari presents an interdisciplinary collaboration by composer Tony Prabowo, director Melati Suryodarmo, artistic director Jay Subyakto, and narrator Christine Hakim. Based on the poetic interpretation of the story of Gandari by Goenawan Mohamad, Opera Gandari is a combination of music, choreography, stage design, lighting, sound and visual arts involving 25 pieces of mixed ensemble, solo vocal, narrator and choir.
Featuring
Bernadeta Astari, Soprano
Christine Hakim, Narrator
Batavia Madrigal Singers, Choir
Avip Priatna, Chorus Master
Jakarta Modern Ensemble
T'ang Quartet, String Quartet
Peter Veale, Conductor
Max Riefer, Assistant Conductor & Percussionist
Peter Veale is an oboist and conductor. He was born in New Zealand to a musical family and began studying violin and piano at the age of 6 before finding interest and turning to the oboe. He studied with Heinz Holliger in Freiburg, Germany, and Francis Travis in the field of conducting. In 1986-1994 Veale became a member of the ensemble recherche, before joining the Ensemble Musikfabrik. Peter Veale is active as a soloist, chamber musician, lecturer and writer/editor of a number of books such as "The Techniques of Oboe Playing" compiled with Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf and the series "Contemporary Music for Oboe".
Max Riefer has a great interest in contemporary music. He has performed as a percussionist for Inverspace (Switzerland), Zero Crossing (Germany / Singapore), Ensemble Modern (Frankfurt) and Zeitkratzer (Berlin), in addition to being an artistic director and conductor for the Shin group (Japan). Currently Max Riefer is the "Chair of Percussion Studies" at the University of Mara UiTM Technology in Malaysia. He is a guest lecturer at a number of universities worldwide and has performed various shows internationally. In addition to his stage experience, Riefer is a permanent percussionist at the Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, the Philharmonic Orchestras of Freiburg, Heidelberg, Darmstadt and the Saarland State Orchestra.
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