Guest Artists and Masterclasses
Guest Artists
I Made Lasmawan
- Master Balinese drummer and composer I Made Lasmawan was born in the village of Bangah in the Baturiti region of the regency of Tabanan, Bali in 1958. Strongly influenced by his family and involved in the arts since childhood, he entered the Conservatory for Traditional Performing Arts in Denpasar, Bali graduating in 1977. He continued his studies at STSI (Indonesian College of the Arts)in Surakarta, Central Java and studied traditional Javanese music, receiving his Traditional Indonesian Music degree in 1983.
Mr. Lasmawan his traveled throughout the world including Belgium, France, England, Singapore, Japan and Mexico. He is a prolific composer and taught Balinese music at STSI from 1983 until 1990, when he was invited to San Diego State University to teach Javanese and Balinese music. Living in Colorado since 1993 as Artist-in-Residence with Gamelan Tunas Mekar, he also teaches Balinese Gamelan at Colorado College in Colorado Springs, Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado, the University of Wyoming and the University of Colorado in Boulder.
When in Bali, Mr. Lasmawan continues to play a lead role in the development of his home village’s musical orchestras which include a men’s gamelan angklung and a children’s orchestra. He is accompanied in the United States by his wife Ni Ketutu Marni, his sons Putu Tangkas Adi Mayena, Ade, Aji and his niece Ni Nyoman Erawati.
- I Made Lasmawan will join us once again as a Guest Artist to work with the UM Jaya Budaya Balinese Gamelan the week of Feb. 18-22. He will rehearse the group, teach classes in music and anthropology and perform with the gamelan on Friday, February 22, 2008.