I Made Subandi (February 1966 - October 16, 2023)McGraw, Andrew Clay (2005). ''Musik kontemporer: experimental music by Balinese composers'', p.362. Wesleyan University.https://www.balipost.com/news/2023/10/17/368470/I-Made-Subandi,Seniman-Kerawitan...html was a

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and performer from

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. He studied with his father, the drummer and ''gender wayang'' player I Made Dig, and at SMKI (1985-1988) and STSI (1989-1993). He teaches at the Indonesian Academy of Performing Arts in Bali. Subandi's compositions include ''Bajramusti'' (1997). In 1999, during his residency with

Gamelan Sekar Jaya Gamelan Sekar Jaya is a Balinese gamelan ensemble based in Berkeley, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area. It has been called "the finest Balinese gamelan ensemble outside of Indonesia" by Indonesia's Tempo Magazine. It performs the music an ...

, he composed a soundtrack for the 1933 silent film ''Legong: Dance of the Virgins'' with the American composer Richard Marriott, scored for Balinese gamelan, string quartet, trumpet and clarinet. He has also collaborated with the Dutch trio Boi Akih and American ensemble

Club Foot Orchestra The Club Foot Orchestra is a musical ensemble known for their silent film scores. Their influences include Eastern European folk music, impressionism, and jazz fusion; ''The New Yorker'' described their style as "music that bubbles up from the in ...

. Subandi is well known for his use of experimentation.

Michael Tenzer Michael Tenzer (born 1957) is a composer, performer, and music educator and scholar. Career Tenzer was born in New York City and studied music at Yale University (BA. 1978) and University of California, Berkeley (Ph.D. 1986). After teaching at Y ...

describes him as one of a few composers who "have achieved a self-conscious and fundamental break with the '' tabuh kreasi'' form of the recent past".Tenzer, Michael (2000). ''Gamelan Gong Kebyar: The Art of Twentieth-Century Balinese Music'', p.371-2. University of Chicago Press. .

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Weekend Intensive: Gamelan Gong Kebyar taught by I Made Subandi
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