indonesian_open Sambasunda tour of Australia and New Zealand

[Wittman, Leonie]

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You may be interested d in the following information from AIAA.

Leonie Wittman

Chief Learning Design Officer

Learning Design and Resource Development

Centre for Learning Innovation

NSW Department of Education and Training

51 Wentworth Road

Strathfield NSW 2135

 

Tel: 02 9715 8263

Fax: 02 9715 8279

leonie.wittman at det.nsw.edu.au

 

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SAMBASUNDA TOUR AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND

Dear Friends, 

After many years of dreams and discussions, AIAA is thrilled to announce
the first tour to Australia and New Zealand of SAMBASUNDA, one of the
most exciting cultural groups in all Indonesia. We are bringing 17 of
their 24 members, and do hope you will see the group at one of their
performances listed below. The group includes dancers and musicians, and
is lead by the esteemed composer and multi-instrumentalist Ismet
Ruchimat. Their music is an exciting and complex fusion of gamelan,
Sundanese, as well as western, Latin and African influences. 
We are currently planning to spend March 12, 13 & 14th in Sydney and are
seeking possible school or university performance opportunities during
that time. If you can assist, please contact our Project Officer for
this tour - Alison Pearl, on 02 66 845 570, or via
email:apearl at mullum.com.au <mailto:apearl%40mullum.com.au> 
I've attached some press releases about the group for your perusal, and
would urge you to visit their web site: www.sambasunda.comSambaSunda
Itinerary:

Thursday, March 8th -
Concert at the Judith Wright Centre for Contemporary Arts
420 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane Q 4006
Ph: 07 3872 9017 Fx: 07 3872 9001 www.jwcoca.qld.gov.au

Saturday, March 10th & Sunday March 11th
Concert & Workshop at WOMADelaide Festival, Botanic Gardens, Adelaide
Venue Tix 1300 30 40 72 www.womadelaide.com.au

Friday, Saturday & Sunday, March 16th - 18th
Concert & Workshop, WOMAD NZ, New Plymouth, New Zealand
www.womad.co.nz

Friday March 23rd & Saturday March 24th
Concerts, FINA World Swimming Championships festival, 
Melbourne
03 9326 7347 
www.fina.org/events/WC/Melbourne_2007/index.php

SAMBASUNDA
what the press says...
"Eclectic maestros of fusion ...the result is trully wonderful." - John
Clewley, Bangkok Post
"High on percussion power, their bamboo gamelan rhythms are itelligent
complex structures that feed on the audience energy." - MTV Asia
"Subverting Indonesian musical stereotypes with gusto... a curious but
compelling maelstrom of Bandung beats and Brazilian samba." - Jane
Cornwall, Evening Standard
"No other band in South-East Asia has been succesful at fusing
traditional with modern without ending up sounding like lounge or
easy-listening." - Songlines, Top of The World, March O6
"Dressed in orange and numbering 17, Samba Sunda, from Java, looked and
sounded stunning."- Martin Vennard, BBC News
"Clashing gongs, lilting drums, sparkling flutes and cantering vibes all
somehow manage to create a sound which is unique, modern and
imaginatively faithful in its portrayal of the hustle and bustle of a
21st century Indonesian metropolis. (...) Every country and every
traditional style of music needs musical pioneers... fortunately for
Indonesia, Samba Sunda have taken up the challenge with style and
gusto." - Andy Morgan, WOMAD/BBC Radios
"Samba Sunda... play elaborate arrangements featuring flutes and
loquacious gamelens. Hearing their bizarre version of Brazilian pop is
no odder than hearing Kraftwerk Latin style." - John L. Walters, The
Guardian

 

 

 

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