Contemporary

  • Giovanni Sciarrino

    Pak Suhirdjan made the pelog section, ‘Kaduk Raras‘, of the Montebello Gamelan. This complete Javanese gamelan has the unique characteristic–outside…

  • Harvey Mudd College

    Suhirdjan built the instruments for the HMC American Gamelan, currently in use in Claremont, California. It is a set of…

  • Multifoon Foundation

    Sinta Wullur founded Multifoon Foundation in 1993 to stimulate the interaction between non-Western music and contemporary music. She commissioned a…

  • Open Arts

    We are based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. We use our lovely gamelan for community groups and often with people with…

  • Sedulur Gamelan / Gamelan Sisters

    Sedulur Gamelan/Gamelan Sisters consists of two interlocking wooden structures that reconfigure elements of traditional Javanese architecture through the De Stijl…

  • Gamelan Pacifica

    In 1987, Gamelan Pacifica director, Jarrad Powell, commissioned the building of a new gamelan in Java to expand the instrumentation…

  • Gamelan Naga Mas

    The gamelan ordered by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra in 1995 is currently housed at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. The…

  • Alan Zimmerman

    I have no experience with gamelan as I am strictly a Western-style percussionist. However, I commissioned this unique instrument in…

  • 19 Gongs

    This set of 19 gongs, ranging from F# to c”, was commissioned by a Dutch percussionist. The gongs were made…