Legend has it that when the French classical composer Claude Debussy first encountered Javanese gamelan at the 1889 World’s Fair in Paris, he was utterly entranced, returning again and again to hear ...

(Please see sidebar.) Asnawa will teach classical Balinese gamelan pieces as well as his own compositions. He described the Balinese gamelan as more festive than the Javanese gamelan, which he said is ...

Beginning tonight and continuing through May, folks can get their Indonesian music on during the Musical Instrument Museum’s Balinese Gamelan Workshop led by MIM curatorial assistant Colin Pearson. A ...

The Bates College Concert Series presents Gamelan Galak Tika, a Boston-area ensemble performing the gamelan music of Bali, Indonesia, in performance at 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 7, in the Olin Arts Center ...

A ferocious dragon spirit stood near the entrance to Washington National Cathedral, near where a Balinese gamelan, a traditional percussion ensemble from Indonesia, was assembling. At the other end of ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. For Balinese Hindus, the music of the gamelan is a gift from the gods and performances are an offering ...

In Olin Arts Center Concert Hall performances a week apart, Indonesian-style orchestra breaks new ground for the Maine music scene. A concert at 8 p.m. Friday, March 28, pairs the Gamelan Mawar Mekar ...

I learned how to listen to gamelan in the womb. Quite literally, in fact; my mother, an American musician and ethnomusicologist, would play Balinese gamelan when she was pregnant with me, sitting ...

One event on October 29, 2025 at 7:00 pm One event on November 5, 2025 at 7:00 pm One event on November 12, 2025 at 7:00 pm One event on November 19, 2025 at 7:00 pm « Intro to Balinese Gamelan with ...