Efiq Zulfiqar Residency 2002-2003
Sundanese musician Efiq Zulfiqar visited Australia as AIAA NSW North Coast Musician-in-Residence
for 3 months during 2002 with a further 3 months of extension activities in
Southern Queensland, Sydney and Nth NSW until Feb 2003. This project was supported
by the Australia Indonesia Institute and Garuda Indonesia. While in Australia,
Efiq collaborated with Australian musicians and experienced Australian culture
while sharing Sundanese and Indonesian music with the Australian community.
Efiq
has now returned to Bandung, West Java where he is presently rehearsing with
fabulous percussion band Sambasunda in preparation for their next tour of Europe
commencing in June 2003. Efiq is well known in Indonesia as a skilled musician,
playing Gamelan, kendang, suling, flute, electric bass, percussion, and more,
as well as assuming the role of composer and arranger in collaborations. While
in Australia Efiq created a recording of new compositions with North Coast musician
Tarshito which is now available for sale.
Efiq also had the opportunity to attend
the Schools Spectacular in Sydney, Refugee Week at Lismore Art Gallery, Gallery
Tour of Byron Shire, Asia Pacific Triennial at Queensland Art Gallery, meeting
with Australian artists and also other Indonesian visiting artists such as Heri
Dono and Aris Prabawa from Jogjakarta. While in Australia, AIAA has co-ordinated
a wide range of cultural exchange activities for Efiq. These include gamelan,
drumming and bamboo flute classes, as well as recording and performing with
local musicians.
Efiq Zulfiqar's residency and extension activities included:
- Byron Bay Suling, gamelan and drumming workshops with Gamelan Langen Sari
- Suara Indonesia radio interviews and live performances
- Jamming and recording with local musician Tarshito
- Byron Loves Bali Benefit Concert performed with Couchfunk, Langen Sari and
Tarshito
- Jamming session with percussionist Greg Sheehan
- Performances with band Couchfunk
- Performance with Langen Sari for the opening of the Byron Bay Community
Centre
- Brisbane Performance with Gamelan Giri Jaya for the Chinese New Year celebrations
- Maroochydore Splash Festival
- Maroochydore Memorial Service
- Mooloolaba Bali Memorial Service
- Maleny Interview and live performance on Hinterland FM IndoHour
- Workshops at St John's College, Nambour
- Sydney Radio interview with Reza, Deva, Margaret at Radio Suara -Indonesia
- Performed with Songket for a wedding ceremony
- Performance with Ron, Deva and Brazilian and African musicians in Sydney
- Woodford Performance with Kerensa Dewantoro and Gamelan Giri Jaya
- Performance with Gamelan Giri Jaya at University of Southern Qld
- Drama Community at the Woodford Folk Festival
- Various school visits including the Indonesian Extravaganza Schools Concert
in Byron Bay
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