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Sjukur, Slamet Abdul (b. June 30, 1935,
Surabaya, Java). Renowned Indonesian composer of primarily stage, chamber,
vocal, and multimedia works that have been successfully performed throughout
Asia and Europe.
Mr. Sjukur had private
piano studies from 1944-52 and then studied at the first Indonesian music
school, the Sekolah Musik Indonesia, in Yogyakarta from 1952-56. In 1962-63, he
studied analysis with Olivier Messiaen and organology with Madame de Chambure
at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique in Paris on a grant from the
French government.
From 1962-67, he studied
chamber music (with V. Gentil), composition (with Henri Dutilleux),
counterpoint (with Simone Plé Caussade), harmony (with Georges Dandelot), and
piano (with J. Gentil) at the École Normale de Musique in Paris. After he
finished those studies, he studied with Pierre Schaeffer and his Groupe de
Recherche Musicale at ORTF in 1968.
His many honors
include the Bronze Medal from the Festival de Jeux d’Automne in Dijon (1974),
the Golden Record from the Académie Charles Cros in France (1975, for Angklung) and the Zoltán Kodály
Commemorative Medal in Hungary (1983). More recently, Gatra magazine named him a Pioneer of Alternative Music (1996), he
was inducted into the Millennium Hall of Fame of the American Biographical
Institute (1998) and he was made an Officier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
(2000) and a life member of the Akademi Jakarta (2002).
In 1957, he founded
the philharmonic society Pertemuan Musik Surabaya, which lasted until 1982 and
which featured monthly concerts and lectures. In 1960, he was a founding member
of the Alliance Française in Surabaya and as a sign of gratitude, the French
Ambassador in Jakarta enabled him to study in France. In 1985, he was a
founding member of the music foundation Yayasan Musik Laras in Surabaya and in
1994, he was a founding member of the composers union Asosiasi Komponis
Indonesia and served as its chief from 1994-99.
From 1977-81, he served as
Head of the Music Committee of the Jakarta Arts Council and invited numerous
composers and performers to Indonesia for concerts, lectures and workshops and
organized the first festival of contemporary French music in Southeast Asia. In
1987, he was a board member of the Sekolah Musik Surabaya and also gave a
series of lectures for broadcast on Wereld
Omroep in The Netherlands.
From 1991-97, he was the
producer of two weekly contemporary music programs for Radio Suara Surabaya and
in 1999, he and the Indonesian Directorate-General for Culture co-organized a
conference-festival of the Asian Composers League in Solo and Yogyakarta.
He has also studied
indigenous music. In 1981, he studied the Indonesian folk music named Krontjong
Toegoe, influenced by the early Portuguese settlers, on a grant from the Ford
Foundation and in 1989, he did research on the aesthetic affinity of Debussy
with the gamelan on a grant from the French government.
Mr. Sjukur is also
active as an educator. He lectured on various subjects at the Jakarta Institute
of the Arts from 1976-87 and was Dean of the Music Department there from
1981-83. Since 2000, he has lectured for the post-graduate program of the art
academy STSI Surakarta.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address: slakur@centrin.net.id
Street address: Mr. Slamet A. Sjukur, Komplek Diskum AD (I/3), Jl.
Media-Masa, Jakarta 13420, Indonesia
Telephone: + 622 1856 1895
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
STAGE: Sangkuriang (miniature opera, libretto
by Utuy T. Sontani), mixed chorus, 1958; Latigrak
(ballet music, choreography by Frédéric Franchini), gamelan orchestra, tape,
1963; Parentheses VI, low-voiced
comedian, 2 dancers, flute, 2 guitars, whistling tupies, some gamelan
instruments, 1983; Migrasi (music
theatre work, text by Afrizal Malna), 1993; Spiral,
female dancer, flute, piano, 1993; Awang-Uwung (dance music, choreography by
Suprapto Suryodarmo), 2 genders (gamelan instruments), 1994; Marsinah (incidental music, play by
Ratna Sarumpaet), ensemble (specially-made instruments), 1994
ORCHESTRAL: Õm, 14 strings, 1995; Concerto, arpegina (5-string viola),
string orchestra, 2002
CHAMBER MUSIC: Bulan Hijau, clarinet, piano, 1960; Point contre (players also speak),
trumpet, harp, percussion, 1969; Ronda Malam, angklung
ensemble, 1975 (section of Angklung; may be performed separately);
Kangen,
3 shakuhachi, kokyu, Japanese percussion, 1986; Suwung, flute, 1988; Ji-Lala-Ji,
2 players (flutes, percussion), 1989; Cucuku-Cu, guitar, 1990 (also version for 5
pianos 20 hands); Lesung,
synthesizer, 1992; Uwek-Uwek, 2 mouth explorers, 1-2 djembés,
1992; Minimax, variable spatial
ensemble, 1993; Jawara, percussion,
1993; ‘The Source, Where the Sound Returns’, clarinet,
cello, piano, 1999; Dedicace-1, arpegina/viola, 2000
CHORAL: Angklung, mixed chorus (+ angklungs),
angklung ensemble, 1975 (one section, Ronda Malam, angklung ensemble, may be performed separately);
Muni, mixed
chorus (+ karunding [bamboo jaw harps]), 1998
VOCAL: Bunga, Weekend and Kabut (texts by Sitor Situmorang, Toto Sidarto
Bachtiar), voice, piano, 1960; Mais, ces oiseaux, mezzo-soprano, baritone,
clarinet, violin, viola, cello, 1967; Parentheses
V (text by Chairil Anwar), mezzo-soprano, 4 celli, 1981; Gelandangan, female voice, karunding,
1999 (version of work for karunding, tape); Sunyi,
soprano, 2 cellular phones, small orchestra, 2002
PIANO: Tobor, 1961; Svara, 1979; NZ, prepared
piano, 1992; Cucuku-Cu, 5 pianos 20 hands, 1992 (version of
guitar work); Yu-Taha, 1997
ELECTROACOUSTIC: Astral, tape, 1984; Gelandangan, karunding, tape, 1998 (also version for female voice,
karunding, 1999)
MULTIMEDIA: Parentheses I-II (dance music, choreography by Denis Carrey), female dancer,
suspended chair, piano, lights, 1972; Parentheses
IV, 2 dancers, flute, 2 electric guitars, violin, cello, prepared piano,
synthesizer, percussion, live painting, 1973; Parentheses III (dancers also speak, text by Ronald D. Laing,
choreography by Samuelina Tahija), coloratura soprano, male speaker, 2 dancers,
choreographed conductor, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, string quartet, large
sculpture (by Elizabeth Gleason), 1975; Jakarta
450 Tahun (environmental work), unlimited sounds of Jakarta, 1977; Wangi, female dancer, gamelan orchestra,
lights, 1999
FILM SCORE (DIRECTOR): Aku Perempuan Dan Laki-Laki
Itu, 1996 (Aria Kusumadewa, Afrizal Malna)
(Last updated on March 24, 2003)
