Работилница за явански танци и традиционна музика Гамелан в Джокякарта

Много интересно преживяване. Силно препоръчвам на приятелите, които посещават Джокякарта, да отделят половин ден повече за това преживяване. Дъщерята на майстора на гамелан говори отличен английски, цялото обучение е много подробно, изпробвахме пет или шест различни инструмента и се забавлявахме много, без да е необходимо да имаме музикални познания. Това е древна музика, която често се използва в явански религиозни церемонии или като съпровод на уейанг кулит (куклен театър със сенки) и танцови представления. Тя включва ансамбъл от много ударни инструменти като гонгове, метални ксилофони и барабани, и често използва пентатонична скала. Дебюси е бил силно повлиян от гамелана, а в Animal Crossing също може да се чуе версия, изпълнена от KK. Поради относително простия ритъм и многото повторения, преживяването от свиренето е много интересно, подобно на медитация. Учителят каза, че миналата седмица е идвала китайска група на име „Wo Qi“ да учи за един ден, което е било много интересно. Разбрахме, че това е била групата „Frog Pond“… Ако имаме възможност, ще отидем да ги гледаме на концерт.

Фантастичен уъркшоп от Пак Падриман и преводачката Гаудия! Различни елементи на гамелана са обяснени в големи детайли и Пак нежно ви напътства през свиренето на различните музикални произведения. Местоположението също е великолепно (с изглед към оризовите полета) и се използва за културно образование на деца. По време на моята сесия, няколко местни деца се присъединиха, за да свирят заедно 15-частна гамелан партитура. Някои музикални познания или опит са удобство, но не са задължителни. Силно препоръчвам да посетите този уъркшоп!

We had a wonderful half-day experience at the workshop. Previously we had the opportunity to watch gamelan performance, so it was really special for us to try playing it ourselves. Anjang and Unggul were very great teachers and taught us two traditional gamelan pieces. The music was very soothing and has mental healing power. Would recommend this workshop to anyone who's interested in authentic Indonesian music :)

Много специално преживяване да се потопите в традиционната местна музика и да усетите културата. Учителят преподаваше по лесен за разбиране начин, а преводачът беше много полезен. Опитахме 5 различни инструмента и свирихме заедно основни мелодии.

Mr. Padriman, the master, is a very kind-smiling, highly knowledgeable, and experienced musician. It was truly an honor to hear him play and to perform with him. Gaudiya and Argya, his assistants and interpreters, were also very kind, skilled, and helpful. I spent a very pleasant three hours with them—both the venue and the music itself were perfect. Thank you for the uplifting experience! I warmly recommend it to everyone; there’s nothing to worry about!

super fun experience. must not miss and highly recommend if you enjoy culture 😃

I had the fortune of receiving a private lesson from master Pak Padriman. He was friendly, courteous and patient with me as he gave me instructions on how to use different instruments. Guide Gaudiya, herself knowledgeable in music, was very friendly and professional and helped translate the session and i got more out of the time thanks to her support. The workshop takes place in his home studio in the suburbs of Yogyakarta and the view to the field from the balcony alone makes it worthwhile to visit the place. Highly recommended for anyone curious to gain more insight into the Javanese culture.

10/10 experience! If you are at all musical, you will love this fun and well-planned gamelan workshop. Pak Pardiman is a master musician and teacher, truly an honor to learn from. He easily adjusted the workshop to our level and encouraged us as we learned several different gamelan patterns and tried different instruments. Gamelan music is different from what we're familiar with, but once we got the hang of it we got to play so much by the end! Pak also shared about the role of gamelan in Indonesian culture. Our interpreter, Fify, spoke excellent english and was a joy to speak and play with. The rural setting is beautiful (and cooler than downtown Yogya). We had a great time and whole-heartedly recommend this experience!

What a fun and chill experience learning the gamelan! The hosts shared all about gamelan and the different instruments 👍 We got the chance to try out the different instruments and play many songs together! My partner and I have music background so we could pick upre very inspired after this to learn more about playing the gamelan 🤩 Highly recommended to anyone who is interested to pick up a new instrument and have a gamelan taster!

We enjoyed learning the Yogyakarta traditional dance! The instructor is a professional traditional dancer. She was very friendly and fun, and taught the moves slowly, but the dance itself was hard to do for first-timers (which is totally fine - the point is to try 😆). Welcome tea and snacks were also provided. Would recommend if you're interested in learning traditional dance! The place was in a narrow alley so it might be hard for cars to go in, but parking is available.