1 http://www.gamelan.org/ en-us commentary: jody diamond; music: artists Indonesian arts and their international counterparts. jody diamond All forms of gamelan, Indonesian music, and related sounds from around the world. Gongcast presents the traditions and innovations of gamelan and Indonesian music, and music from around the world inspired by these arts. jody diamond jody@gamelan.org no jody diamond, host Gamelan Pacifica and a Chinese virtuoso make beautiful music together. Gendhing Erhu, by Jarrad Powell, combines the carefully crafted tuning of Seattle's Gamelan Pacifica with a Chinese erhu played by virtuoso Warren Chang. This is one of 6 tracks on a recent re-issue of Pacifica's first CD, Trance Gong. The CD is availalbe from the American Gamelan Institute at www.gamelan.org, and also from CDbaby.com. 001.2007.02.23 Fri, 23 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT 12:25 gamelan, indonesia, gamelon, asia, erhu, powell, percussion, asian, java, bali jody diamond, host Composers Rahayu Supanggah and Sinta Wullur take different approaches to combining gamelan with string instruments. A viola is invited to play with gamelan instruments in Rahayu Supanggah's "Duet." [From the CD "Homage to Tradition, available at AGI and CDbaby.] Sinta Wullur's "Baliade" combines a string quartet with a diatonic gamelan. 001.2006.04.23 Sun, 23 Apr 2006 19:00:00 GMT 9:52 gamelan, indonesia, gamelon, asia, composers, supanggah, wullur, diatonic