Soe Tjen Marching
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Soe Tjen Marching is a feminist and a composer of avant-garde
music in Indonesia. She studied composition with Slamet Abdul Sjukur
in Indonesia and John Cousins at Canterbury University in New Zealand. In 1998, she won national competition for Indonesian Contemporary Composers held by the German Embassy and AKI. Her compositions have been played in New Zealand, Indonesia and Japan. Her work has been released on the CD Asia Piano Avantgarde - Indonesia, played by pianist Steffen Schleiermacher
. In 2010, her work has been selected as one of the two best compositions on the International Competition for avant-garde composers held in Singapore.
Besides being a composer, Marching is also an academic in social sciences and a creative writer. She completed her PhD at Monash University
in Australia. Her book, The Discrepancy between the Public and the Private Selves of Indonesian Women was published by The Edwin Mellen Press
(2007). She has also won several creative writing competitions in Australia and has been published in Australia, America and United Kingdom. She is married to the literary scholar at Queen Mary University of London, Angus Nicholls. Her novel, Mati Bertahun yang Lalu, was published by Gramedia (Jakarta - Indonesia) in November 2010.
Avant-garde
Avant-garde means "advance guard" or "vanguard". The adjective form is used in English to refer to people or works that are experimental or innovative, particularly with respect to art, culture, and politics....
music in Indonesia. She studied composition with Slamet Abdul Sjukur
Slamet Abdul Sjukur
Slamet A. Sjukur , is the founding father of contemporary Indonesian music. He studied and worked in Paris under Olivier Messiaen and Henri Dutilleux. He was a lecturer at IKJ but because of his unconventional ideas, he finally had to leave. He has been living in Jakarta and Surabaya as a...
in Indonesia and John Cousins at Canterbury University in New Zealand. In 1998, she won national competition for Indonesian Contemporary Composers held by the German Embassy and AKI. Her compositions have been played in New Zealand, Indonesia and Japan. Her work has been released on the CD Asia Piano Avantgarde - Indonesia, played by pianist Steffen Schleiermacher
Steffen Schleiermacher
Steffen Schleiermacher is a German composer, pianist, and conductor.After studying at the Leipzig Music School with Siegfried Thiele, he continued working there as a music theory and ear training assistant...
. In 2010, her work has been selected as one of the two best compositions on the International Competition for avant-garde composers held in Singapore.
Besides being a composer, Marching is also an academic in social sciences and a creative writer. She completed her PhD at Monash University
Monash University
Monash University is a public university based in Melbourne, Victoria. It was founded in 1958 and is the second oldest university in the state. Monash is a member of Australia's Group of Eight and the ASAIHL....
in Australia. Her book, The Discrepancy between the Public and the Private Selves of Indonesian Women was published by The Edwin Mellen Press
Edwin Mellen Press
The Edwin Mellen Press, based in Lewiston, New York is a niche publisher of scholarly material and advanced research in the humanities and social sciences. They publish a variety of tomes including monographs, bibliographies, concordances, dictionaries, conference proceedings, dissertations, and...
(2007). She has also won several creative writing competitions in Australia and has been published in Australia, America and United Kingdom. She is married to the literary scholar at Queen Mary University of London, Angus Nicholls. Her novel, Mati Bertahun yang Lalu, was published by Gramedia (Jakarta - Indonesia) in November 2010.
External links
- http://mcel.pacificu.edu/easpac/bio.php3
- http://mcel.pacificu.edu/easpac/
- http://unjobs.org/authors/soe-tjen-marching
- http://www.geogr.uni-goettingen.de/kus/apsa/pn/pn27/pn27_marching.pdf
- http://www.musikontakt.ch/neuheiten/MK_2005-09.pdf
- http://www.mellenpress.com/mellenpress.cfm?bookid=6994&pc=9
- http://intersections.anu.edu.au/issue10/marching.html
- http://www.pulp.net/fiction/biogs/marching-soe-tjen.html
- http://colloquy.monash.edu.au/issue007/marching.html