Sinta Wullur
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Sinta Wullur is an Indonesian-Dutch gamelan
musician and composer.
, Indonesia
, and emigrated to Holland in 1968. Wullur studied music at the Sweelinck Conservatory with Willem Brons and received a degree in piano. She also studied composition with Ton de Leeuw
at the same conservatory, and continued her studies in 1988 at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague
with the composers Theo Loevendie
and Louis Andriessen
. She studied electronic music with Gilius van Bergeijk
and Jan Boerman
, and gamelan and singing with several teachers in Bali
and Java
. She received her degree in composition in 1991.
Wullur founded several gamelan groups in Holland, including Tirta and Irama, and since 1992 has worked with the gamelan ensemble Widosari as a Javanese singer. She uses chromatically tuned gamelan instruments in her compositions and with her own gamelan ensemble Multifoon. Wullur has issued recordings on CD, including most recently Gong and Strings.
Gamelan
A gamelan is a musical ensemble from Indonesia, typically from the islands of Bali or Java, featuring a variety of instruments such as metallophones, xylophones, drums and gongs; bamboo flutes, bowed and plucked strings. Vocalists may also be included....
musician and composer.
Biography
Sinta Wullur was born in BandungBandung
Bandung is the capital of West Java province in Indonesia, and the country's third largest city, and 2nd largest metropolitan area in Indonesia, with a population of 7.4 million in 2007. Located 768 metres above sea level, approximately 140 km southeast of Jakarta, Bandung has cooler...
, Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
, and emigrated to Holland in 1968. Wullur studied music at the Sweelinck Conservatory with Willem Brons and received a degree in piano. She also studied composition with Ton de Leeuw
Ton De Leeuw
Antonius Wilhelmus Adrianus de Leeuw was a Dutch composer. He was known for his experiments with microtonality....
at the same conservatory, and continued her studies in 1988 at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague
The Hague
The Hague is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants , it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam...
with the composers Theo Loevendie
Theo Loevendie
Theo Loevendie is a Dutch composer and clarinet player.Loevendie studied composition and clarinet at the Conservatoire of Amsterdam. Initially he concentrated on jazz music. As off 1968 he also wrote concert music, among which operas, concertos and chamber music...
and Louis Andriessen
Louis Andriessen
Louis Andriessen is a Dutch composer and pianist based in Amsterdam. He teaches composition at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague...
. She studied electronic music with Gilius van Bergeijk
Gilius van Bergeijk
Gilius van Bergeijk is a Dutch composer.Taught by Kees van Baaren and Dick Raaymakers , Gilius van Bergeijk is a highly respected teacher at the Royal Conservatory in Den Haag...
and Jan Boerman
Jan Boerman
Jan Boerman was born in The Hague on June 30, 1923. He has been in electronic music studios since 1959. The Delft Polytechnic in Utrecht, from which the world-famous Institute of Sonology was developed, housed the first electronic music studio in Holland after the Philips laboratory in Eindhoven,...
, and gamelan and singing with several teachers in Bali
Bali
Bali is an Indonesian island located in the westernmost end of the Lesser Sunda Islands, lying between Java to the west and Lombok to the east...
and Java
Java
Java is an island of Indonesia. With a population of 135 million , it is the world's most populous island, and one of the most densely populated regions in the world. It is home to 60% of Indonesia's population. The Indonesian capital city, Jakarta, is in west Java...
. She received her degree in composition in 1991.
Wullur founded several gamelan groups in Holland, including Tirta and Irama, and since 1992 has worked with the gamelan ensemble Widosari as a Javanese singer. She uses chromatically tuned gamelan instruments in her compositions and with her own gamelan ensemble Multifoon. Wullur has issued recordings on CD, including most recently Gong and Strings.
Works
Wullur integrates Eastern and Western music in her compositions. Selected works include:- Dreams and Fairy Tales
- Khayal, performed on western instruments, structures and ideas from gamelan and Indian music
- Ganatara, written for the Gamelan group Gending
- Kaleidoscope, written for the Gamelan group Gending
- 10 Bulls for gamelan instruments, Western percussion and song.
- Scenes from the Ramayana
- Sita Lost
- Mendung Indonesian
- Ramayana through Flashbacks, opera, libretto by Paul Goodman
- Sita's Liberation, gamelan opera for singers, narrator, dancers, wayang kulit, gamelan ensemble, string quartet, bass clarinet and full chorus