Gamelan Taniwha Jaya (Balinese gamelan directed by Gareth Farr) will be appearing with Minuit at the Jim Beam Homegrown Festival on the Wellington Waterfront. This exciting new collaboration features well-known songs by Minuit with Balinese gamelan parts added by Jason Erskine.
Music from Java, Bali and Sumatra will have a presence at this year's WOMAD festival in New Plymouth, Taranaki.
Saturday 17 March 2012
Wayang Kulit with Joko Susilo accompanied by Gamelan Padhang Moncar at WOMAD, 9pm on the Gables Stage.
Repeat show of Gamelan Taniwha Jaya (Balinese gamelan directed by Gareth Farr) with Minuit at WOMAD, 9pm on the Gables Stage.
Saturday 17 March and Sunday 18 March, 1pm and 3pmJoko Susilo and Megan Collins present a show about tigers in the Kidzone. This combines traditional Javanese puppetry with the Sumatran tradition of sung storytelling.