Trying out the new Dublin Gamelan with Gusti Yuda
Channel: Peter Moran
Date: 18/08/2013

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In July 2013 I travelled to Java where a new gamelan was being built for the National Concert Hall in Dublin. On my first day in Java, my hosts in the Yogyakarta Cultural Office brought me to the workshop where the instruments were nearing completion. 

I was accompanied by the head of the Cultural Office, the Sultan of Yogykarta's brother, Gusti Bendoro Pangeran Haryo Yudhaningrat (better known simply as Gusti Yuda). Our visit to meet the builder and see the new instruments soon turned into an impromptu gamelan session and a quick lesson on the bonangs!

Filmed in Pak Poniman's workshop in Bantul, Yogyakarta, 16th July 2013.