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 ...

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 ...

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 ...