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Dewa Alit coming to NY for the Long Play Festival in May 2024!

Dewa Alit with Queens College Gamelan Yowana Sari and Talujon

Sat, May 4, 2024   3:30pm

BRIC Stoop

647 Fulton Street Brooklyn, NY

Long Play Festival 2024 (3-5 May)

Please check the festival website for tickets and info
https://bangonacan.org/long-play-2024/

The program will include Dewa Alit's new piece "Recah Pecahan" written for and played by Talujon Percussions, as well as some of Dewa Alit's gamelan pieces played by NY's gamelan group Gamelan Yowana Sari.

Dewa Alit himself will join Yowana Sari on the stage.

See you there!

Dewa will be with Polyphéme for his new composition in Marseille and Grenoble for two weeks in February. 

Polyphéme is a group formed by percussionist Wassim Halal with himself and 8 gamelan musicians from Paris for inter-cultural music experiments. 

Dewa Alit has written a commissioned piece "Ambigu" using Balinese gamelan and darbuka especially for the group's unique instrumentation.

Dewa and the members of Polyphéme will be hosted as artist in residence at Le GMEM-Centre National de Création Musicale in Marseille for the first week and then Centre International des Musiques Nomades in Grenoble for the second week.

more information at Le GMEM's website

https://en.gmem.org/polypheme

There will be no public performances during Dewa Alit's stay in France this time, and Ambigu is scheduled to be premiered by Polyphéme in France in early May, 2024. 

More information to follow!

Dewa is now on Lisbon's city theater Teatro Bairro Alto's podcast program "Dito e Feito."

in this program you will hear a collection of Dewa Alit's compositions throughout his career selected by Dewa Alit himself under the theme of "memory."

program note by Dewa Alit

CHALLENGING THE MEMORY

"My musical background is Balinese traditional music called gamelan and most of my compositions are written for gamelan.

Gamelan is traditionally played by memory, meaning the musicians don’t use notations not only in the performance but throughout the learning process of the music.

My gamelan ensemble, Gamelan Salukat, is no exception. The musicians learn and play my music by memory. But because my music is different from what they are used to, such as unusual interlocking patterns, layers of different rhythm and codes, the musicians’ normal method to memorize the music is constantly challenged.

In this collection of my works, you will hear the results of my musicians memory skills that have overcome this challenge.

I also included my works that are written for non-gamelan musicians such as western chamber ensembles. These pieces are played normally with written scores. Here I don’t challenge their ability to memorize but I am still challenging their memories of music as a whole by presenting something new to them as a contemporary music composer."

Dito e Feito #53

Dewa Alit

CHALLENGING THE MEMORY

https://teatrodobairroalto.pt/en/event/challeging-the-memory

don't miss our performance at LOKOVASIA on 19th November in Bali!

Gamelan Salukat is invited as a guest performer in the closing concert for LOKOVASIA, the Indonesian Traditional Music Conservation and Innovation Workshop Program.

KONSER LOKOVASIA

November 19, Sunday, 19:00 start

ISI Denpasar

Jalan Nusa Indah, Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia

Dewa Alit & Gamelan Salukat is coming to Europe again in March 2023!

Wednesday 15 March, 9:30pm Håkonshallen

Borealis Festival, Bergen, Norway

https://www.borealisfestival.no

Friday 17 March, 7:30pm, Kulturhuset Hörsalen

Sixth Edition Festival, Stockholm, Sweden

http://www.edition-festival.com

Thursday 23 March, 6:30pm, Kronhuset

Levande Musik, Göteborg, Sweden

https://www.levandemusik.org

Don't miss also:

- Conversation with Dewa Alit by Rob Waring

15 March, 14:00pm, Borealis Festival

- Artist talk by Dewa Alit

18 March, time TBC, Sixth Edition Festival

- Gamelan Workshop

21 March, 6:00pm 

- Artist Talk by Dewa Alit

22 march, 6:00pm 

Gerleborgskolan, Bohuslän, Sweden

http://gerlesborgsskolan.se

Dewa Alit's "Likad" is selected for one of the New York Times' 25 best classical tracks of 2022 on their 22 Dec issue!

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/22/arts/music/best-classical-music-2022.html
(sorry, the article is limited only to subscribers of New York Times)

"Likad" is included in our latest album "Chasing the Phantom" released from Black Truffle  and available on both the label's and our bandcamp pages.

https://dewaalit.bandcamp.com/album/chasing-the-phantom
https://blacktruffle.bandcamp.com/album/chasing-the-phantom

Bandcamp has announced their top 10  for the contemporary classical albums for 2022, and we are in!

our album "Chasing the Phantom" chosen here was released in June this year from Black Truffle  and available on both the label's and our bandcamp pages.

https://dewaalit.bandcamp.com/album/chasing-the-phantom
https://blacktruffle.bandcamp.com/album/chasing-the-phantom

our album "Chasing the Phantom" is chosen for  the best 50 releases for 2022 in the music magazine Wire.

please grab the copy and look for their famous annual Rewind section for the list of their best 50 music of the year!

Dewa Alit is featured (questioned) for UK's online music magazine "15 questions."

read the article here:
https://15questions.net/interview/fifteen-questions-interview-dewa-alit-gamelan-salukat/

Dewa Alit's new album "Chasing the Phantom"  has been released from the Black Truffle Records on July 22, 2022!

Chasing the Phantom

Ngejuk Memedi (2016, Dewa Alit)

Likad (2020, Dewa Alit)

for order, please go to our bandcamp page.
you can purchase the LP vinyl version of this album at the Black Truffle Records bandcamp page (sent from Germany).

The newly opened museum for contemporary arts in Paris, Bourse de Commerce, is hosting us for a concert!

Gamelan Salukat is coming to Europe again, for the performance at Rewire Festival 2022, the Netherlands!

Gamelan Salukat will come to the Netherlands' international contemporary music festival, Rewire, on the 10th of April, and Europe-premiering one of Dewa Alit's epic work, Genetic. 

The program consists solely of Dewa Alit's recent compositions, all specially rearranged to be played on the gong kebyar instruments for the tour.

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Rewire Festival 2022

April  7-11, 2022

venues throughout the city of Den Haag (the Hague)

*Salukat is scheduled on 10 April

*Dewa Alit's panel talk on 9 April 

tickets and information available at 

festival's website : www.rewirefestival.nl 

17& 21 June, Nusantara Arts, USA, is hosting a 2-day online talk on Dewa Alit's music as a part of their Gamelan Masters Guest Lecture Series.

Day 1: Compositions of Dewa Alit Pt.1

            by Wayne Vitale & Pete Steele

Wednesday 17, June 2020 19:30-21:30 EDT

(Thursday 22 June, 8:30am,  Bali time)

detail of the event, link to the zoom and password are all can be found at their FB event page here.

Day 2: Compositions of Dewa Alit Pt.2

            by Oscar Smith & Michael Tenzer

Sunday 21, June 2020 19:30-21:30 EDT

(Monday 22 June, 8:30am,  Bali time)

detail of the event, link to the zoom and password are all can be found at their FB event page here.

Dewa Alit's "Genetic" (2015)  is available on vinyl from the Black Truffle Records starting May 08, 2020!

for order, please go to our bandcamp page.
you can purchase both LP vinyl (sent from Germany) and digital download version.

Gamelan Salukat performance at Sharjah Architecture Triennial!

we will be giving two 30-min stages during its 4-day opening programme, with our own instruments being outside Bali for the first time!

The program would include Dewa Alit's newest composition "Siklus," an expanded version of Dewa's composition for music installation of one of the exhibition projects at the triennial.

 Sharjah Architecture Triennial

"Rights of Future Generations" Opening Programme

November 9-12, 2019

venue throughout Sharjah City and Emirate

open and free to the public

curated by : Adrian Lahoud

detail for the program is available at the Triennial's website.

Gamelan Salukat performance at Bentara Budaya Bali!

Gamelan Salukat is performing Dewa Alit's newest composition "Siklus" at Bentara Budaya Bali. "Siklus" is an expanded form of Dewa's composition for an exhibition project which will be presented at Sharjah Architecture Triennial later this year.

A Tribute to Wayan Geratha #5

September 20, Friday, 19:00 start

BENTARA BUDAYA BALI

Jalan By Pass Prof Mantra No 88 A, Ketewel, Gianyar, Bali, Indonesia

detail for the program is available at Bentara Budaya website.

Dewa Alit is going to a 10-day composer-residency at UBC, Vancouver!

During the residency there will be seminar and talk session, as well as a premaire concert for his new piece "Simalakama" for piano and strings.  The program also includes Dewa's Ameriki (2018) for flute, piano and percussion.

Concert "Innovation from Bali"

Saturday 9, February, 8:00pm

Western Front

808 East 8th Ave, Vancouver 

free admission

Richmond Symphony, USA, is going to play one of Dewa Alit's music at three occasions in January. 

One of the large regional orchestra in the United States, Richmond Symphony is playing Dewa Alit's "Open My Door" written originally for Ensemble Modern in Frankfurt in 2015.  

You can hear them at three different concerts;

Wednesday 23, January, 7:30pm

University of Richmond Tucker-Boatwright Festival 

Booker Hall of Music, Camp Concert Hall

program:

Claude Debussy: Pagodes

Claude Debussy: La boite a joujoux

Evan Ziporyn: Ngaben

Dewa Alit: Open My Door

W.A. Mozart: Symphony No. 25 in g minor

https://as.richmond.edu/tucker-boatwright/

Thursday 24, January, 6:30pm

Rush Hour at Hardywood 

Hardywood Park Craft Brewery

https://www.richmondsymphony.com/event/rush-hour-2-2/2019-01-24/

 Sunday 27, January, 3:pm

Richmond Symphony Metro Collection 2

Blackwell Auditorium at Randolph-Macon College

program:

DEBUSSY La Boîte À Joujoux (The Toybox)

DEWA ALIT Open My Door

FANNY MENDELSSOHN HENSEL Overture

MOZART Symphony No. 25 in G Minor, K. 183

https://www.richmondsymphony.com/event/metro-collection-2-2/

Gamelan Salukat at Solo International Gamelan Festival, Java!

Gamelan Salukat has give the opportunity to perform at the special stage of the closing ceremony of 8-day International Gamelan Festival in Solo!

Dewa Alit has prepared a new work with for Salukat musicians on Javanese gamelan specially for this occasion. 

International Gamelan Festival 2018, Solo

Closing Ceremony 

 Aug 16, 18:00-

Pendhapi Balai Kota Surakarta (Surakarta's city hall)

Solo, Central Java, Indonesia

Salukat's stage is schedule for 19:00 for 30 mins during the ceremony.

event detail is available at International Gamelan Festival 208 official website

Gamelan Salukat at Rudolstadt Music Festival, Germany!

the last destination of Salukat's Europe Tour 2018 is agian in Germany, this time at  the falkmusic music festival in Rudolstadt, Germany. 
here, again, we are bringing some traditional repertoire of kebyar style, as well as Dewa Alit's contemporary pieces. 

July 7, 2018 Saturday,8:00pm, Große Bühne Markt

July 8, 2018 Sunday, 12:00pm, Große Bühne Heinepark

July 8, 2018 Sunday, 3:00pm, Turnhalle-Sommerschule 

event detail is available at Rudolstadt Festival official website.

Gamelan Salukat at Roskilde Festival, Denmark!

one of the highlight of Salukat's Europe Tour 2018 is our performance at the biggest rock music festival in the north Europe, Roskilde Festival! 
here, again, we are bringing some traditional repertoire of kebyar style, as well as Dewa Alit's contemporary pieces. 

July 5, 2018 Thursday, 12:00pm

Roskilde Festival, Avalon Stage

event detail is available at Roskilde Festival official website.

Gamelan Salukat at SommarScen Music Festival in Malmo, Sweden!

as our part of Europe Tour 2018, we are going to perform  at SommarScen Music Festival with both traditional and contemporary repertoire, including Dewa Alit's Gringsing with new legong coreograph and The Land is Talking.

July 3, 2018 Tuesday, 19:00

Pildammsparken Stage, Malmö, Sweden

event info: http://www.sommarscen.se/events/2500

Gamelan Salukat's full-stage performance at Bentara Budaya Bali, Ketewel

If you are in Bali in May, don't miss the performance by Dewa Alit and his Gamelan Salukat at Bentara Budaya Bali! A new piece by Dewa Alit for gamelan and carillon and a dance coreographed by Dayu Arya Satyani on Dewa's GeringSing for upcoming Europe tour will be premiered here as well. (carillon part will be played on a keyboard.)

Kebyar Baru

Friday May 25, 7:00pm

Bentara Budaya Bali

Jalan By Pass Prof Mantra No 88 A, Ketewel, Gianyar, Bali

Tel : (0361) 294029

Tickets: free admission

detail for the program in Indonesian can be found at:

Bentara Budaya's blog

Gamelan Salukat will be at International Gamelan Festival in Munich, Germany, from 8 to 17 June, 2018.

During the festival, Gamelan Salukat will perform a few stages among several other gamelan groups both from Indonesia and outside Indonesia, which includes an experimental performance of Dewa Alit's composition for gamelan and the carillon at Mariahilfkirche church in Munich.

The festival is also hosting a series of symposium by acknowledged scholars and musicians in gamelan, where Dewa Alit is giving a short talk on his experience with  Western music.

June 8 Fri -17 Sun, 2018

International Gamelan Festival

Münchner Stadtmuseums (Munhen City Museum )

Munich, Germany

Dewa Alit with Gamelan Galak Tika at MIT Boston. 

Program will feature Gamelan Anak Tika (Cambridge Youth Gamelan) celebrating the end of their second season as well as the WORLD PREMIERE of Dewa Alit's "AMERIKI" for Lou Harrison's legendary "Old Granddad" instruments, flute, and piano. Program will also include performances of traditional Balinese dance and additional music composed by Dewa Alit.

Galak Tika Spring Concert

Sunday April 21, 7:30pm

Kresge Auditorium

48 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA

Tickets: $5, Free to MIT students if purchased in advance

Ruang Suara is back! Dewa Alit with Ensemble Modern Frankfurt will be at Holland Festival 2017.

Dewa Alit and 5 other Indonesian young composers with Ensemble Modern are going to perform their works from Ruang Suara Project at Holland Festival in Amsterdam.

June 17, 2017, Saturday, 8:30PM

Holland Festival

Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ

Piet Heinkade 1, Amsterdam

https://www.hollandfestival.nl/nl/

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The program includes:

Taufik A. Adam (1975)

Balayia (2015)

Rully Shabara (1982), Wukir Suryadi (1977)

N.N. (2017)

Dewa Ketut Alit (1973)

Open My Door (2015)

Gema Swaratyagita (1984)

Da-Dha-Dah (2015)

Stevie Jonathan Sutanto (1992)

Mata and Senar (2015)

**the date has been changed**

Gamelan Salukat will be at Festival Tepi Sawah, Performing Arts in Nature, playing Dewa Alit's works including the latest piece, "Memedi".

 June 3&4, 2017, Saturday

Fetival Tepi Sawah, Performing Arts in Nature

at Omah Apik pejeng Bali

Jl Kenyembulan, Br. Pande, Pejeng, Tampaksiring, Gianyar

tickets: Rp.150,000/day

available at Antida Music or Omah Apik Pejeng

Gamelan Salukat is scheduled for June 4, 6:pm.(changed from the last note)

Dewa Alit with Gamelan Galak Tika at MIT Boston. 

Gamelan Galak Tika will perform new music by Guest Artistic Director, Dewa Ketut Alit, as well as a selection of traditional Balinese music and dance.

Galak Tika Spring Concert

Sunday May 7, 4:00pm

Kresge Auditorium

48 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA

Tickets: $5, Free to MIT students if purchased in advance

Dewa Alit & Gamelan Salukat  at “New Music for New Gamelan” series @ Bentara Budaya Bali.

Bentara Budaya Bali’s monthly demo-discussion series for new music is featuring composer Dewa Alit this month, in which Gamelan Salukat will be playing Dewa’s newest composition “MEMEDI” for the first time.

NEW MUSIC FOR NEW GAMELAN

series #6 Dewa Alit

Thursday November 24, 7:00pm

Bentara Budaya Bali

Jl. Profesor Ida Bagus Mantra No.88A, 

Ketewel, Gianyar, Bali

admission free

more info at Bentara Budaya Bali website

Dewa Alit in Gamelan Galak Tika's spring concert! 

Under the direction of Dewa Alit, the gamelan will perform Evan Ziporyn's Tire Fire, and other traditional and modern music for gamelan gong kebyar.

Galak Tika Spring Concert

Saturday April 23, 7:30pm

Kresge Auditorium

48 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA

Tickets: $5, Free to MIT students if purchased in advance

There will be also a short outdoor performance of highlights perior to the concert on the same day as part of the MIT Open House.  They will also demonstrate how to play gamelan instruments in a fun, hands-on, and interactive workshop.  No prior musical experience necessary.

Saturday April 23, 3pm

On the Lawn outside Kresge Auditorium

48 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA

Free and Open to the Public