Rumput with Endah Laras and Danis Sugiyanto at Richmond Folk Festival

Endah Laras and Danis Sugiyanto
Endah Laras and Danis Sugiyanto

Rumput is honored to support keroncong royalty Endah Laras and Danis Sugiyanto for a concert of keroncong classics on the CarMax Family Stage at The Richmond Folk Festival, sponsored by JAMinc.

https://www.richmondfolkfestival.org/schedule

Endah Laras is a renowned keroncong performer with an equally robust background in traditional Javanese arts. Her father was a dalang (shadow puppeteer), her mother a dancer, and they taught her karawitan, sindhenan, and Javanese dance. This foundation in traditional Javanese arts laid the groundwork for her studies and collaborations in contemporary and experimental music. Laras has performed with acclaimed dalang Ki Enthus Susmono in the Netherlands, France, Belgium and Korea. She collaborated with Japanese choreographer Akiko Kitamura on “To Belong”, which appeared in Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong and Indonesia. She routinely gives dance and music workshops at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and UWCSEA, an international school in Singapore. Her mellifluous and versatile voice lends itself well to keroncong, as heard on recordings with keroncong maestros Andjar Any and Mus Mulyadi.

Danis Sugiyanto is a professor of karawitan at Institut Seni Indonesia Solo (Indonesian Arts University of Solo) and a master keroncong musician. Born in Surakarta, Sugiyanto has appeared in musical and theatrical productions throughout the world. In 1997, he performed in a production of “King Lear” in Japan under the direction of Ong Ken Seng and Rahayu Supanggah. He also performed karawitan in a production of “I Lagaligo” by acclaimed director Robert Wilson and Rahayu Supanggah in New York (2005), Jakarta (2006), Melbourne (2006), Milan, and Taipei (2008). He is an accomplished composer and contributed music for a production with Wayang Keroncong Gendut at the Malay Festival of Singapore, 2016. With the support of a Fulbright fellowship, Sugiyanto taught at the University of Richmond and the College of William & Mary as a scholar-in-residence during the Spring semester of 2018.

Rumput with Endah Laras and Danis Sugiyanto at University of Richmond

Endah Laras and Danis Sugiyanto
Endah Laras and Danis Sugiyanto

Rumput is honored to support keroncong royalty Endah Laras and Danis Sugiyanto for a concert of keroncong classics at Perkinson Recital Hall, University of Richmond.

Endah Laras is a renowned keroncong performer with an equally robust background in traditional Javanese arts. Her father was a dalang (shadow puppeteer), her mother a dancer, and they taught her karawitan, sindhenan, and Javanese dance. This foundation in traditional Javanese arts laid the groundwork for her studies and collaborations in contemporary and experimental music. Laras has performed with acclaimed dalang Ki Enthus Susmono in the Netherlands, France, Belgium and Korea. She collaborated with Japanese choreographer Akiko Kitamura on “To Belong”, which appeared in Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong and Indonesia. She routinely gives dance and music workshops at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and UWCSEA, an international school in Singapore. Her mellifluous and versatile voice lends itself well to keroncong, as heard on recordings with keroncong maestros Andjar Any and Mus Mulyadi.

Danis Sugiyanto is a professor of karawitan at Institut Seni Indonesia Solo (Indonesian Arts University of Solo) and a master keroncong musician. Born in Surakarta, Sugiyanto has appeared in musical and theatrical productions throughout the world. In 1997, he performed in a production of “King Lear” in Japan under the direction of Ong Ken Seng and Rahayu Supanggah. He also performed karawitan in a production of “I Lagaligo” by acclaimed director Robert Wilson and Rahayu Supanggah in New York (2005), Jakarta (2006), Melbourne (2006), Milan, and Taipei (2008). He is an accomplished composer and contributed music for a production with Wayang Keroncong Gendut at the Malay Festival of Singapore, 2016. With the support of a Fulbright fellowship, Sugiyanto taught at the University of Richmond and the College of William & Mary as a scholar-in-residence during the Spring semester of 2018.

Rumput with Endah Laras and Danis Sugiyanto at the Smithsonian

Keroncong musicians Danis Sugiyanto and Endah Laras Rumput is honored to support keroncong royalty Endah Laras and Danis Sugiyanto for a concert of keroncong classics, plus workshops at the Freer Gallery of Art at the Smithsonian Institution.

Concert:
Saturday October 5, 7:30pm, Meyer Hall, Freer Gallery
http://events.si.edu/133840605/

Workshops:
Sunday October 6, 1pm and 4pm, Freer Gallery 5
Lecture/demonstration on the history and fundamentals of keroncong. Bring a stringed instrument to play along!
http://events.si.edu/133840708

Endah Laras is a renowned keroncong performer with an equally robust background in traditional Javanese arts. Her father was a dalang (shadow puppeteer), her mother a dancer, and they taught her karawitan, sindhenan, and Javanese dance. This foundation in traditional Javanese arts laid the groundwork for her studies and collaborations in contemporary and experimental music. Laras has performed with acclaimed dalang Ki Enthus Susmono in the Netherlands, France, Belgium and Korea. She collaborated with Japanese choreographer Akiko Kitamura on “To Belong”, which appeared in Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong and Indonesia. She routinely gives dance and music workshops at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and UWCSEA, an international school in Singapore. Her mellifluous and versatile voice lends itself well to keroncong, as heard on recordings with keroncong maestros Andjar Any and Mus Mulyadi.

Danis Sugiyanto is a professor of karawitan at Institut Seni Indonesia Solo (Indonesian Arts University of Solo) and a master keroncong musician. Born in Surakarta, Sugiyanto has appeared in musical and theatrical productions throughout the world. In 1997, he performed in a production of “King Lear” in Japan under the direction of Ong Ken Seng and Rahayu Supanggah. He also performed karawitan in a production of “I Lagaligo” by acclaimed director Robert Wilson and Rahayu Supanggah in New York (2005), Jakarta (2006), Melbourne (2006), Milan, and Taipei (2008). He is an accomplished composer who contributed music for a production with “Wayang Keroncong Gendut” at the Malay Festival of Singapore, 2016. With the support of a Fulbright fellowship, Danis Sugiyanto taught at the University of Richmond and the College of William & Mary as a scholar-in-residence during the Spring semester of 2018.

Rumput @ The Highpoint with Gamelan Raga Kusuma

5:00-6:30 Family-friendly performance of Javanese and Balinese traditional gamelan music with Gamelan Raga Kusuma. Complimentary Javanese snacks and coffee. Audience is invited to try the instruments afterward.

6:30-7:30 Grab dinner at the food truck parked out front or at your fav Scott’s Addition restaurant/brewery. (Remember, Don’t Look Back [tacos] is right next door; and Courthouse Creek Cidery is in the back. . . )

7:30-8:30 Rumput String-band and Shadow Theater.

Suggested donation: $10 for Rumput or GRK, $15 for both. No one turned away for lack of funds.

Rumput and Anna Elder at James Simon Studio

Come by James Simon Studios for an evening of experimental stringband music, dazzling vocal feats, scrolling panoramas and shadow theater.

Doors are at 7pm, music at 8pm. BYOB $10 donation

Soprano Anna Elder’s voice has been described by The New York Times as “ethereal…a voice that has blues, reds and purples in it”. She currently performs with ensembles Kamratōn and wolfTrap. She has appeared with Alia Musica and Nat28. Anna sang with Squonk Opera, premiering Go Roadshow and the Off-Broadway version of Mayhem and Majesty. Other engagements include Music for 18 with New Music Detroit, and appearing as a guest vocalist with Quince Ensemble. A graduate of The Eastman School of music, Ms. Elder’s repertoire includes works by Giacinto Scelsi, Luciano Berio, Georges Aperghis, Anton Webern, Kaija Saariaho, Arnold Schoenberg, and Claude Debussy. She will premiere a new piece by Elizabeth Brown in March and Her Holiness The Winter Dog, an opera by Curtis Rumrill for Kamratōn, Quince Ensemble, and Shana Simmons Contemporary Dance in May, 2019. Anna received a $10,000 award from an anonymous donor for her artistic contributions to Pittsburgh, PA. Anna can be heard on the album Squonk Opera’s “Go Roadshow” and can be seen anywhere from a basement to a concert hall. https://www.bleepbloopvoice.com/

Rumput and Katherine Fahey at Black Cherry Puppet Theater

Two showings! 6:30pm and 9:30pm
Doors open 1/2 hour before each show
Tickets $10-$12
Available online: https://blackcherry.ticketspice.com/rumput19

Papercut artist, story teller, puppeteer, Katherine Fahey’s intricate cut paper artwork have become music posters, shadow puppets, crankies, as well as lush music videos, and films. Katherine spent years designing and printing posters, shirts, and CD covers for musicians before she becoming a performer in her own right through the form of shadow puppetry. She was drawn to this art from because of its accessible, intimate, and communal nature. She has performed locally and nationally at festivals, theaters, and schools. In the past few years, she finished her largest shadow puppet show yet, a moving panorama (or crankie) for a live action film for a Museum at Yorktown, a crankie for a public TV station in Kentucky, and her third commissioned shadow show for the Peabody School of Music. Katherine has presented at the National Puppetry Festival, Light City, and the National Paper Cutters Guild festival as a featured artist. Her most recent performance pieces include a show about the Arabbers of Baltimore, Edgar Allan Poe’s, The Raven, and a collaboration with two Inuit throat singers, a creation myth from Northern Quebec.