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Sinta Wullur
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| Born | 16 November 1958 Bandung, West Java, Indonesia
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| Nationality |  Indonesia Netherlands |
| Alma mater | Conservatorium van Amsterdam Royal Conservatory of The Hague |
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Notable work
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Sita's Liberation (opera) |
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| Genres | classical music |
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| Years active | around the 1980s – present |
| Associated acts | ensembles Irama, Multifoon, Tirta, Widosari |
Sinta Wullur (born November 16, 1958) is a talented musician and composer. She was born in Indonesia and later moved to the Netherlands. Sinta plays the gamelan, a traditional Indonesian instrument, and also the piano. She is also a singer and writes classical music.
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About Sinta Wullur's Life
Sinta Wullur was born in Bandung, Indonesia. In 1968, she moved to the Netherlands. She studied music at the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam. There, she earned a degree in piano.
Her Musical Training
Sinta also studied how to compose music. Her teachers included famous composers like Ton de Leeuw. Later, she continued her studies at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague. She learned from composers such as Theo Loevendie and Louis Andriessen. Sinta also explored electronic music. She studied gamelan and singing with teachers in Bali and Java. She finished her composition studies in 1991.
Sinta's Gamelan Work
Sinta Wullur started several gamelan groups in the Netherlands. These groups include Tirta and Irama. Since 1992, she has worked with the Widosari gamelan ensemble. She performs as a Javanese singer with them. Sinta uses special gamelan instruments in her music. These instruments are tuned differently. She uses them with her own gamelan group called Multifoon. Sinta has also released music on CDs. One of her recent CDs is called Gong and Strings.
Sinta Wullur's Compositions
Sinta Wullur's music often mixes sounds from Eastern and Western cultures. She brings together ideas from gamelan and Indian music with Western instruments.
Notable Musical Works
Here are some of her well-known compositions:
- Dreams and Fairy Tales
- Khayal: This piece uses Western instruments but has ideas from gamelan and Indian music.
- Ganatara: Written for the Gamelan group Gending.
- Kaleidoscope: Also written for the Gamelan group Gending.
- 10 Bulls: This work is for gamelan instruments, Western drums, and singing.
- Scenes from the Ramayana
- Sita Lost
- Mendung Indonesian
- Ramayana through Flashbacks: This is an opera with a story by Paul Goodman.
- Sita's Liberation: A gamelan opera that includes singers, a narrator, dancers, shadow puppets (wayang kulit), a gamelan ensemble, a string quartet, a bass clarinet, and a full chorus.
