A Surakarta Sunday
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Sunday, January 12, 2025 - 3:00pm
A Surakarta Sunday on January 12, 2025
Join us at EHCC for a free performance of Javanese music, featuring performances by renowned visiting artists Wakidi Dwidjomartono and Kathryn “Kitsie” Emerson, Ph.D., whose stellar musical accomplishments have been heard across the globe, followed by an engaging presentation on shadow puppetry by noted Javanese wayang expert Dr. Emerson.
- 3:00-3:45pm: A Javanese music performance by Gamelan of the Molten Blossom, with visiting artists Wakidi Dwidjomartono and Kathryn Emerson, in the Bob Brown Gamelan Studio behind the EHCC main building.
- 4:00-5:30pm: "Illuminating Shadow Puppetry: A Look at Contemporary Wayang Trends in Central Java” presented by Kathryn Emerson, author of the award-winning book, Innovation, Style and Spectacle in Wayang: Turbo Asmoro’s Evolution of an Indonesian Performing Art. Audience Q&A will follow.
These activities are made possible through the generous support of the Laila Twigg-Smith Art Fund of the Hawai’i Community Foundation and the American Indonesian Cultural & Educational Foundation.
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