This page lists links to organizations in Europe that maintain regional lists of groups as well as other information. Any group in the area not included can also be listed here.
Each listing follows this format: Name of the group, kind of instruments and builder if known, repertoire played, and contact information. Groups are also welcome to add a description of the group, its philosphies, special projects, etc.
This page is hosted by the American Gamelan Institute and maintained by Jody Diamond and Barbara Benary. If you are aware of any changes or additions please let us know at changes[at]gamelan.org.
The information that follows was last updated on 20 Febrary 2005.
Name of Ensemble: Saling Asah
Instruments: Gong Kebyar, Gong
Suling, gong Kendang, Javanese gamelan
Repertoire: traditional and new works
Contact: Gunther Wendrickx
Mertens en Torfsstraat 12
2018 Antwerpen, Belgium
Telephone
+32 (0)3/237-92-93
Email: info@salingasah.be
http://www.salingasah.be
Narrative:
'Saling Asah' is mainly involved with the encouragement of
collaboration between Belgian and Balinese artists. We are attempting
to train a group of Belgian performers to understand Balinese music and
dance to such a degree that they can make use of their skills to write
their own pieces for Balinese instruments. In the future, we would like
to invite Balinese composers to Belgium to teach us some of their new
compositions, and also collaborate with Belgian composers and
choreographers. We meet every Sunday evening at the Indonesian Embassy
in Brussels, where a group of Belgian and Indonesian performers get
together to learn primarily Gong Kebyar and also some contemporary
works. We request a small monthly fee from official members every
month, although non-members can also participate, paying per lesson.
Instruction is primarily in English, but all people are welcome,
including Dutch, Indonesian, and French-speakers.
Name of ensemble: The Prague Gamelan
Instruments: Javanese, slendro only Repertoire:
traditional, but also experimental and collaborative projects
Contact: Jan Koldzieyski
honza.kolo@centrum.cz
+42-777-569-023
Narrative:
The instruments are owned by and housed at the Indonesian Embassy in
Klamovka, Prague 5. The Prague Gamelan is the performing group of the
Czech Gamelan Association, who also run workshops and other events for
schools and colleges in the Prague area. New members always welcome!
General Name: Montebello Gamelan
Name of Ensemble: Group of the Impermanence
Instruments: Javanese Kaduk Raras
(pelog), Raras Sari (slendro); Sekar Mekar Sari
(slendro gadhon), Sekar Sepi Sendiri (gong ageng). Instruments come
from Suhirdjan, Tentrem Sarwanto, and other sources.
Repertoire: Traditional, also
experimental
Contact: Giovanni Sciarrino
Montebello, 10081 Castellamonte (Turin) Italy
tel: ++ 39 0124 581448
email: giovanni.sciarrino@gamelan.it,
sciarrin@eurexnet.it
webpage: http://www.gamelan.it
The full gamelan is housed in its own pendopo, specially built following the Javanese style (no walls) on a pleasant hillside. The gadhon stays inside the house. The named gong was first to arrive in 1994 and is not normally played with the gamelan. Main problem of this private undertaking: to have enough musicians to play regularly (around here it is rather virgin territory for gamelan culture).
A directory of gamelan
groups in the United Kingdom is maintained by UK Gamelan Information.
Music of Java and Bali in France has directories, sound files, and lots more!
KULTUR KONTAKT organizes cultural events in
Europe and is working on a German gamelan directory, as well as links
to other European gamelan groups.
homepage: http://www.kulturkontakt-online.de
gamelan directory: http://www.kulturkontakt-online.de/gam_gruppen_e.htm
contact:
Kultur Kontakt
Brusseler Str. 89-93
50672 Koln
Germany
Tel +49-221-952 27 06
Fax +49-221-952 27 07
email: kulturkontakt@t-online.de
Name of Ensemble:: Gender Wayang
- Elena Szirmai & Otmar Kramis
Instruments: Balinese gender wayang
Repertoire: music of Balinese shadow play and religious
ceremonies, gending of Br. Babakan Sukawati and Kayumas Badung.
Contact:|
Otmar Kramis
Bruchstrasse 6
CH-6003 Luzern, Switzerland
tel/fax:++41 41 240 20 86
email: okramis@pop.agri.ch
homepage: http://combi.agri.ch/gender_wayang
Name of Ensemble::
Instruments: :Gamelan Gambuh,
Pelegongan, Kebyar
Repertoire:
Contact:|
Charlie Richter
Basel Music Academy