After 40 years of spreading his home country’s music to the world, Indonesian composer Nyoman Wenten was ready to retire. But one opportunity stopped him from doing just that: He wanted to hit a ...

The island of Bali, off the Java coast of Indonesia, has a rich heritage of musical instruments. Bamboo, being endemic to the region, is the natural material for making musical instruments like flute ...

A sequence of repeating numbers written on a whiteboard guides percussionists through a swelling, fast-paced musical performance. The song “Siwanata,” complete with hefty drumbeats overlain with ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Music Review By Steve Smith No one who has ever thrilled to the radiant shimmer and throb of a fine Balinese gamelan could have trouble understanding ...