German pianist to play local works

German pianist to play local works

JAKARTA (JP): German pianist Hansjrg Koch will play on Sunday
the winning pieces of a composition contest for Indonesian
artists at the Erasmus Huis, Jl. Rasuna Said, South Jakarta.

Koch, a lecturer at the Freiburg Music Institute, will present
the compositions Bayang (Image), by Marissa CL Susanto,
Langendria, by Dody Satya Ekagustdiman, and Kenang (Memory), by
Soe Tjen Marching. The numbers were winners in a piano
composition contest organized by the German Embassy, Mercedes-
Benz and the Indonesian Composers' Association.

Koch will also play Yu-Taha, by the association's chairman
Slamet A. Sjukur, and Basah (Wet), by German composer Dieter
Mack. Both of them, along with Suka Hardjana, were members of the
jury.

Marissa is a junior high school student in Surabaya, Soe Tjen
is pursuing her post-graduate degree on Asian Studies and Women's
Studies at Monash University, Australia, and Dody is a lecturer
at the Indonesian Institute of Arts in Bandung.

The evening will also see the presentation of the awards by
German Ambassador for Indonesia Heinrich Seemann and General
Manager of Mercedes Benz for Indonesia Frank Messer. (sim)