Kitaro to perform at Senayan

Kitaro to perform at Senayan

JAKARTA (JP): Japanese composer Kitaro is scheduled to perform
at the Senayan indoor tennis stadium on Sept. 20, announced Buena
Production, a promotion company.

Ticket prices have not yet been determined, said Peter Basuki
of Buena Production.

Kitaro, in a press conference at the Music Room discotheque
yesterday, said the repertoire of his first concert in Indonesia
will include new compositions from his album Mandala (1994) and
his previous compositions.

"I haven't decided yet which compositions precisely will be
presented here, but I will present around 20 songs," said Kitaro
who won a Golden Globe award in 1993 for his soundtrack for
Oliver Stone's film Heaven and Earth.

Kitaro, a Japanese TV cartoon character and the name high
school friends dumped on Masanori Takakashi, is widely known for
his so-called new-age music, although the composer prefers to
call it simply "spiritual".

The composer, who has lived in Colorado in the United States
since 1990, has recorded over two dozen albums, including Kojiki
(1990). He released his new album An Enchanted Evening this
month. It is a live recording of his most recent concert tour in
the U.S. (als)