I Made Subandi (born February 1966, BatubulanMcGraw, Andrew Clay (2005). ''Musik kontemporer: experimental music by Balinese composers'', p.362. Wesleyan University.) is a

gamelan Gamelan () ( jv, ꦒꦩꦼꦭꦤ꧀, su, ᮌᮙᮨᮜᮔ᮪, ban, ᬕᬫᭂᬮᬦ᭄) is the traditional ensemble music of the Javanese, Sundanese, and Balinese peoples of Indonesia, made up predominantly of percussive instruments. ...

composer and performer from

Gianyar Gianyar Regency is a regency (''kabupaten'') in the Indonesian province and island of Bali, Indonesia. It has an area of 368.0 km2 and had a population of 469,777 at the 2010 Census, and 515,344 at the 2020 Census, making it the second most ...

Bali Bali () is a province of Indonesia and the westernmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands. East of Java and west of Lombok, the province includes the island of Bali and a few smaller neighbouring islands, notably Nusa Penida, Nusa Lembongan, and Nu ...

. 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 located 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 and dance of Bali in many ...

, he composed a soundtrack for the 1933 silent film ''Legong: Dance of the Virgins'' with the American composer

Richard Marriott Richard Marriott (born 1951) is an American composer and performer. He has composed for film, television, dance, theater, opera, installations and video games. He is the founder and artistic director of the Club Foot Orchestra, an important mod ...

, scored for Balinese gamelan, string quartet, trumpet and clarinet. He has also collaborated with the Dutch trio

Boi Akih ''Boi Akih'' is a jazz/ world music trio based in Amsterdam, Netherlands and composed of Monica Akihary on vocals, Niels Brouwer on guitar. The group combines musical traditions from the Molucca Islands, Bali, Dutch jazz, improvised music, Indian ...

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 int ...

. Subandi is well known for his use of experimentation.

Michael Tenzer Michael Tenzer (born 1957) is a composer, performer, and music educator and scholar. 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 Yale fro ...

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
, ''GSJ.org''. Balinese people Gamelan musicians Indonesian composers Living people 1966 births Musicians from Bali People from Gianyar Regency {{Indonesia-bio-stub