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)