Paul Gutama Soegijo
Indonesian composer and musician (1934–2019) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Paul Gutama Soegijo (29 January 1934 – 7 January 2019) was an Indonesian composer and musician, active in Berlin. Born in Yogyakarta on the island of Java, Soegijo studied composition with Boris Blacher at Berlin's Hochschule für Musik. He began his compositional career in the experimental Neue Musik style but later transitioned to using elements of Indonesian music in his works, particularly the gamelan percussion instruments. He visited Indonesia between 1977 and 1985 to study the gamelan instruments, and in his later works he often combined Western influences with the gamelan traditions that he learned.
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Born | (1934-01-29)29 January 1934 |
Died | 7 January 2019(2019-01-07) (aged 84) Berlin, Germany |
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