Profile Gamelan Sekar Jaya, an internationally acclaimed group of musicians and dancers, has made the performing arts of Bali its specialty. Founded in 1979, the group has presented more than four hundred concerts throughout California and on tours around the United States as well as to Canada, Mexico, and Bali itself. Its performances in Bali -- in venues ranging from the Art Center in the capital city of Denpasar to remote village squares -- have been greeted with wild enthusiasm by local audiences, artists, and media.
The group's success arises not only from its devotion to traditional repertoire but from its innovative work. Over the past twenty-nine years, it has sponsored the creation of more than sixty major new works for gamelan and dance, created both by the Balinese artists who have joined the ensemble as guest directors and by U.S.-based artists. These new pieces have won critical acclaim on both sides of the Pacific. The Boston Globe commented, 'The success of this group has far exceeded its founders' wildest dreams as the ensemble has become an honored participant in the evolution of Bali's musical culture.' During the group's fourth tour to Bali (June-July 2000), it was selected to receive the Dharma Kusuma -- Bali's highest award for artistic achievement, never before given to foreign performers.
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