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Esther Budiardjo
Esther Budiardjo (born September 24, 1972) is an Indonesian pianist. Esther Budiardjo was born on September 24, 1972 in Jakarta. At age fourteen, she sent an audition tape to the New England Conservatory of Music, New England Conservatory in Boston, but due to her age they felt she should first attend Walnut Hill School, The Walnut Hill School in Natick, Massachusetts, Natick, where she graduated in 1990. At the New England Conservatory she studied under Wha Kyung Byun. Early career honors include winning first prize at the 1996 William Kapell International Piano Competition, where she performed Mily Balakirev, Balakirev's ''Islamey'', Ludwig van Beethoven, Beethoven's ''Diabelli Variations, 33 Variations on a Waltz by Diabelli,'' and Frédéric Chopin, Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 1 (Chopin), E minor Concerto. She was also a finalist at the 1999 Queen Elisabeth Competition. Her debut album was a collection of pieces by Felix Mendelssohn. In the ''American Record Guide,'' Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jakarta
Jakarta (; , Betawi language, Betawi: ''Jakartè''), officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta (; ''DKI Jakarta'') and formerly known as Batavia, Dutch East Indies, Batavia until 1949, is the capital and largest city of Indonesia and an autonomous region at the provincial level. Lying on the northwest coast of Java, the world's List of islands by population, most populous island, Jakarta is the List of cities in ASEAN by population, largest metropole in Southeast Asia and serves as the diplomatic capital of ASEAN. The Special Region has a status equivalent to that of a Provinces of Indonesia, province and is bordered by two other provinces: West Java to the south and east; and Banten to the west. Its coastline faces the Java Sea to the north, and it shares a maritime border with Lampung to the west. Jakarta metropolitan area, Jakarta's metropolitan area is List of ASEAN country subdivisions by GDP, ASEAN's second largest economy after Singapore. In 2023, the city's Gros ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
