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TheJakartaPost
(JP/Nurhayati)
Jazz drummer Aksan Sjuman has always been different. He has already decided that he will stay different, but still wants to be able to entertain the public with his 'serious' music.
He has proven it numerous times, at Java Jazz events and most recently at the Goethe Institute's Serambi Jazz event, that serious music does not always have to make an audience miserable.
An evening with German jazz musician Henning Sieverts and Aksan's project, the Committee of the Fest, earned an appreciative applause from the audience who was not exactly prepared for such experimental performance. But the applause was genuine.
'I didn't expect such a reception. I could not sleep that night. I was really happy,' Aksan said. 'It was contemporary but fun.'
Aksan says that his taste in music runs along the line of 'contemporary jazz', a sound that is called 'serious music' by laypeople.
At Java Jazz International Festival he found out that he did not have to conform to what is popular or easy listening to make his music heard.
At first he played the kind of music he wanted to play. 'The mentality of the audience was different in Java Jazz. They were seeking entertainment,' Aksan said. Soon the audience moved to other venues they co
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Nusa Dua, 29 March 2023 – Today, five-star resort The Apurva Kempinski Bali and the highly acclaimed Indonesian composer and musician Aksan Sjuman launch a new immersive experience, allowing guests to explore the musical bibles of ‘Anthology Music of Indonesia’. Guests are invited to learn more about the fragments of the music in the resort’s Pendopo Lobby every
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Under the umbrella of the Jakarta Arts Council, ‘Anthology Music of Indonesia’ brought together the influential musicians Aksan Sjuman, Anto Hoed, Anusirwan, Otto Sidharta, Aisha Sudiarso Pletscher, Anursiwan and Budi Utomo Prabowo, who classify the development of music in Indonesia and form it as Indonesia’s historical and musical bible. These esteemed profiles have composed two series of musical bibles. The first series is titled ‘Anthology of Indonesian Classical Music: Vocal and Piano Seriosa’, formed in 2013, and the second series is named ‘Anthology of Indonesian Music: Jazz and Popular Music’, crafted in 2017. These musical bibles provide