Javanese Gamelan Concert

Hailing from the islands of Java and Bali in the Republic of Indonesia, gamelan music incorporates
bronze gongs, a variety of bronze percussion, the rebab (bowed lute), kendhang (drums), gambang
(wooden percussion), pesindhèn (vocalist), and gèrong (chorus).
The Yale University Gamelan Ensemble presents a performance
of music in the Central Javanese style.

Generously sponsored by the Gallery’s Martin A. Ryerson Lectureship Fund, The Tauxe Family, and the Yale Council on Southeast Asia Studies. Offered in conjunction with the exhibition Nusantara: Six Centuries of Indonesian Textiles.