Luluk Purwanto
| Luluk Purwanto | |
|---|---|
| Born |
25 June 1959 Surakarta |
| Nationality | Indonesia |
| Parent(s) | Julian Purwanto & Aysha Gani Purwanto |
| Website | www.luluk.com |
Luluk Purwanto or Purwanto (born 25 June 1959) is an Indonesian jazz violinist who extends the violin's sound with her voice. She has recorded since the 1980s. She has lived in the Netherlands and in Germany.
Life
Purwanto was born in the Indonesian city of Surakarta in 1959. Her parents were Aysha Gani and Julian Purwanto who were both musicians. She took lessons in classical violin.[1] She has studied at the Arts Institute in Yogyakarta in Java and thanks to a scholarship from the Australia Embassy, at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.[2] She also studied at the Institut Kesenian Jakarta.[3]
She is married to a Dutchman named Rene van Helsdingen and they lived and worked together in the Netherlands. The trio that she played with was called the Helsdingen Trio[1]
In 1985 she appeared at the North Sea Jazz Festival in The Hague in 1985 as a member of the Indonesian band Bhaskara.[2]
She has lived in Munich in Germany.[2]
In 2006 Purwanto awarded the prize the New Generation Jazz Award for the best young jazz musician at JakArt@2006 to Quicky.[4]
Selected discography
References
- 1 2 Luluk Purwanto: You have to keep creating, 18 March 2001, Jakarta Post, Retrieved January 2016
- 1 2 3 Luluk Purwanto, Bracknell Jazz, Retrieved January 2016
- ↑ Luluk di Jakarta go.id, Jakarta go.id, diakses 11 April 2011
- ↑ JakArt, 2006, Retrieved January 2015
- ↑ Munich Records, BMECD501
- ↑ MRDVD 6002
- ↑ BMWCD296
- ↑ HM / 002
- ↑ RLIxU000