Drum festival to rock City

Drum festival to rock City

JAKARTA (JP): Local and foreign musicians will show off their
skills in the two-day Indonesian International Drum Festival 1995
taking place from July 14 through 15 at Pasar Seni Jaya Ancol.

Titled "Rhythm for Friendship among Nations in the World," the
festival will focus on contemporary Indonesian drum music, Franki
Raden, the festival's artistic director said.

Franki said that 12 Indonesian and four foreign musicians will
present their latest works.

According to Franki, Indonesia is rich in different varieties
of drums and many of these, like the Javanese gamelan, are
already well known internationally.

In the two-day festival, Indonesia will be represented by
prominent musicians, such as Harry Roesly, Ben Pasaribu, Sapto
Raharjo, Innisisri, Embie C. Noer, I Wayan Sadra, Tamam Husein,
M. Halim, Elizar Koto, I Wayan Diya, Manda Daeng and Gilang
Ramadhan.

Leonardo Eto, a prominent Japanese drummer in traditional
music, Taiko, will entertain fans on July 14 and 15.

Eto, who used to be a member of the popular Japanese group,
Kodo, made a spectacular debut at the world music festival,
"Great Music Experience", in Japan, which featured, among others,
Bon Jovi, Bob Dylan as well as Wayne Shorter. (32)