Rachmaninoff piece included in classic concert's program<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The curtain comes down on the one-month Art
\nSummit Indonesia 1998 in the next few days, but this does not
\nmean that the end of quality performances in the capital. The
\nNusantara Symphony Orchestra is preparing to entertain classical
\nmusic lovers with two concerts next week.<\/p>\n
The 60-member orchestra will be performing at Hotel Mulia
\nSenayan on Jl. Asia Afrika and the Graha Bhakti Budaya stadium at
\nthe Taman Ismail Marzuki arts center in Central Jakarta, on Oct.
\n22 and Oct. 23 respectively.<\/p>\n
Conducted by the Singapore Symphony Orchestra's noted maestro
\nLim Yau, who is also the artistic consultant of the Nanyang
\nUniversity of Singapore and Singapore national art council
\nadvisor, the orchestra is directed by cofounder Yazeed Djamin.<\/p>\n
Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, a 45-minute
\npiece considered the epitome of a concert pianist's career, will
\nbe among the five works to be played here.<\/p>\n
\"It is one of the most difficult pieces ever to be played in a
\nconcert pianist's life. I played it during my doctorate exams ...
\nI hope I can do it again,\" Yazeed said.<\/p>\n
\"The older a person gets, the harder it becomes for one to
\nplay it,\" he added.<\/p>\n
The rest of the program consists of Brahms' Tragic Overture,
\nDebussy's Prelude To The Afternoon Of A Fawn, Yazeed's Nyiur
\nHijau (Green Coconut) and A. Borodin's Polovtsian Dance.<\/p>\n
Yazeed, who formerly taught at Yogyakarta's Indonesian
\nInstitute of Arts (ISI) and was former music director to its
\norchestra, hopes the concert will raise awareness of classical
\nmusic among Indonesian art buffs.<\/p>\n
\"A country as rigid as Malaysia has four symphony orchestras.
\nHere in Jakarta itself, with its population of 12 million, we
\nhave only one,\" Yazeed said.<\/p>\n
\"There people pay more than 100 ringgit for a ticket... close
\nto Rp 300,000 (US$34) and yet, tickets are always sold out.\"<\/p>\n
However he added that the musicians in the Malaysian symphony
\norchestras, who were each paid as much as US$50,000 annually,
\nwere all imported.<\/p>\n
\"We can proudly say that all of our musicians are local.
\nSometimes I have to bring five or six of them to help with the
\nMalaysian National Symphony Orchestra when I work there,\" the
\nresident composer of the Malaysian National Symphony Orchestra
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
Having featured as a soloist in several world-renowned
\norchestras, Yazeed founded the orchestra, formerly known as the
\nNusantara Chamber Orchestra, with former minister of foreign
\naffairs Mochtar Kusuma-Atmadja in 1988. The concert at the Graha
\nBhakti Budaya stadium of TIM will be held with the arena's
\nceiling closed to generate a better resonance of the music.<\/p>\n
Tickets for the performance at the hotel cost Rp 60,000 for
\nFriends Of The Nusantara Orchestra group (SON) members and Rp
\n70,000 for the public, while those for the one at TIM cost range
\nfrom Rp 15,000 to Rp 40,000. (ylt)<\/p>",
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