sábado, 25 de abril de 2015

Preface to Alicia's Fifth Piano Book

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While Alicia (who is now 16) doesn't play the piano anymore, I still do write music for the instrument once in a while in my spare ...
domingo, 12 de abril de 2015

Pendidikan Musik, Apa Perlunya? (Article at Jawa Pos, 12-4-2015)

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This article of mine was published on Sunday, April 12th at Jawa Pos. Please use Google Translate to read it in English. ......................
miércoles, 8 de abril de 2015

Classical music and loneliness. Oh yes, in Asia.

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Between July and August I will be working with hundreds -- literally hundreds -- of young musicians in 3 cities in Indonesia : Jakarta, Maka...
sábado, 21 de marzo de 2015

A literary festival which is not only literary

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It's been quite an inspiring half a week! The 2nd ASEAN Literary Festival was held in Jakarta, visited by literary figures from 20 coun...
viernes, 6 de marzo de 2015

The 3rd volume of Rapsodia Nusantara

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I have been thinking a lot lately about virtuosity. What is it exactly? If you google or search that term in the dictionary, mostly they wil...
martes, 17 de febrero de 2015

All That Jazz

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Most of you might have noticed that when I am asked the emblematic question "who's your favorite pianist" I always had difficu...
domingo, 4 de enero de 2015

Creative Arts, Creative Industry, Creative Economy

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Well, well, the year started with a bang. I am both surprised and grateful that the prominent news magazine in Indonesia, TEMPO , presented ...
lunes, 22 de diciembre de 2014

RIP Sitor Situmorang, and my deepest apologies

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If I have to regret one thing this year, perhaps it is the death of the great poet Sitor Situmorang , and what I have (not) done. You see, I...