Rumput will accompany Indonesian guest artist, Ubiet Raesuki, for an evening of traditional kroncong. Indonesian Food Trucks at 7:00. Tickets are free but need to be reserved in advance https://kroncongmusic.eventbrite.com.
Rumput plays a style of Indonesian street music called keroncong, often blended with old-time Appalachian music, and accompanied by shadow theater and crankies (scrolling panoramic artwork). Benjamin Vaudeville et André Daneau harmonica Duo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dzTkIzy1a4 Jesse Orr will be performing crankies at various locations within the venue through the night. Molly Bower will warm up our … Continue reading Rumput + Benjamin Vaudeville et André Daneau + Molly Bower + Jesse Orr at La Plante, Montréal
Doors at 7, Boxcutter Collective 7:30-8:00, Gamelan Kusuma Laras Small Ensemble 8:00-8:30 Rumput 8:30-9:30. $10. Rumput plays a style of Indonesian street music called keroncong which they blend with old time Appalachian music. They use shadow theater and a style of scrolling artwork called a cranky to accompany their music. http://rumput.org/ Gamelan Kusuma Laras will … Continue reading Rumput, Gamelan Kusuma Laras, and Boxcutter Collective at Jalopy
Katherine Fahey is a papercut artist, shadow puppeteer, designer, and performer. She's a candid and thoughtful artist equipped with a storyteller's voice and meticulous craftsmanship. http://katherinefahey.com Tickets available online: https://blackcherry.ticketspice.com/rumput
Kroncong by Rumput, plus music composed and improvised by Andrew Timar, CAGE, and Szkieve. The Cornell Modern Indonesia Project brings together some forty participants from the US, Canada, and Indonesia, to sound out the state of Indonesian music, both as a subject of scholarly inquiry, and as an artistic practice pursued within and beyond Indonesia. … Continue reading Sounding Out Indonesian Music conference @ Cornell University
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 … Continue reading Rumput with Endah Laras and Danis Sugiyanto at the Smithsonian
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 … Continue reading Rumput with Endah Laras and Danis Sugiyanto at University of Richmond
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 … Continue reading Rumput with Endah Laras and Danis Sugiyanto at Richmond Folk Festival
Gusti Sudarta with wayang kulit Wayang kulit (shadow theater) performed by I Gusti Putu Sudarta, accompanied by live kroncong and gamelan music performed by Rumput and members of Gamelan Raga Kusuma. Visit the Smithsonian Institute's Freer Gallery of Art events calendar for FREE (but strongly recommended) tickets and contact information. Sudarta will perform Sutasoma. In … Continue reading Rumput with Balinese shadow puppet master Gusti Sudarta at the Smithsonian
Peni Candra Rini with wayang projections. Photo by Matt Mehlan. Hill Center is absolutely thrilled to welcome back Peni Candra Rini. Her 2023 concert remains one of the most electric, sublime, and utterly singular we have ever presented. Described by the Kronos Quartet as “one of the world’s greatest singers,” the Indonesian composer Peni Candra … Continue reading Peni Candra Rini @ the Hill Center DC with members of Rumput