Gamelan Now! is entirely devoted to contemporary gamelan music. In collaboration with the Gaudeamus Music Week, there are two projects: the Dutch gamelan ensemble Gending will play two of the gamelan compositions nominated for the Gaudeamus Music Prize.

Subsequently Gending gamelan ensemble and the West-Javanese Kyai Fatahillah gamelan ensemble will together play three of their own works, the result of a collaborative project.

The theme of the second part of the evening is the relationship between composer Steve Reich and the gamelan. On commission from IGFA2010, the two gamelan groups Gamelan Kyai Fatahillah (Sunda/West Java) and Gong Semara Ratih (Bali) each re-interpret one composition by Steve Reich: Six Marimbas and Music for 18 Musicians respectively.

This event is directed by the American musician / composer Evan Ziporyn. In addition, IGFA2010 commissioned Balinese composer I Made Arnawa and Javanese composer Iwan Gunawan to create a new composition inspired by Steve Reich’s music, his structures and concepts. This evening signifies the world premiere of all these compositions

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