Slamet Abdul Sjukur


Slamet Abdul Sjukur was the founding father of contemporary Indonesian music. He studied and worked in Paris under Olivier Messiaen and Henri Dutilleux. He was a lecturer at IKJ but due to his unconventional ideas, he eventually had to leave. He lives in Jakarta, and Surabaya as a freelance composer, teacher, and music critic. Sjukur developed the idea of minimax in music, with his compositions notable for their minimal constellation of sounds and numerological basis, indicating his interest in a new "ecology of music".
This concept views limitations not as obstructions but as challenges to work with simple material, maximally.
His honors include the Bronze Medal from the Festival de Jeux d’Automne in Dijon, the Golden Record from the Académie Charles Cros in France, and the Zoltán Kodály Commemorative Medal in Hungary. More recently, Gatra named him a Pioneer of Alternative Music and he was made an Officier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and a life member of the Akademi Jakarta. Some of his prominent students include Gilang Ramadhan, Soe Tjen Marching, and Otto Sidharta

List of works

Stage

Sangkuriang, mixed chorus Latigrak, gamelan orchestra, tape Parentheses VI, low-voiced comedian, 2 dancers, flute, 2 guitars, whistling instruments, some gamelan instruments Migrasi Spiral, female dancer, flute, piano Awang-Uwung, 2 genders, Marsinah, ensemble

Orchestral

Õm, 14 strings, 1995; Concerto, arpegina GAME-Land for full sundanese gamelan orchestra slendro-pelog and female voice GAME-Land 2 for javanese gamelan orchestra slendro

Chamber Music

Bulan Hijau, clarinet, piano Point Contre, trumpet, harp, percussion Ronda Malam, Angklung ensemble Kangen, 3 shakuhachi, kokyu, Japanese percussion Suwung, flute Ji-Lala-Ji, 2 players Cucuku-Cu, guitar Lesung, synthesizer Uwek-Uwek, 2 mouth explorers, 1-2 djembes Minimax, variable spatial ensemble Jawara, percussion The Source, Where the Sound Returns, clarinet, cello, piano, Dedicace-1, arpegina/viola PAHA for brass quintet KUTANG for clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, percussions, violin and double bass

Choral

Angklung, mixed chorus, angklung ensemble Muni, mixed chorus
VocalBunga, Weekend and Kabut, voice, piano Mais, ces oiseaux, mezzo-soprano, baritone, clarinet, violin, viola, cello Parentheses V, mezzo-soprano, 4 celli Gelandangan, female voice, karunding Sunyi, soprano, 2 cellular phones, small orchestra

Piano

Tobor Svara NZ, prepared piano Cucuku-Cu, 5 pianos 20 hands
  • ''Yu-Taha''

Electroacoustic

Astral, tape

Multimedia

Parentheses I-II, female dancer, suspended chair, piano, lights Parentheses IV, 2 dancers, flute, 2 electric guitars, violin, cello, prepared piano, synthesizer, percussion, live painting Parentheses III, coloratura soprano, male speaker, 2 dancers, choreographed conductor, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, string quartet, large sculpture Jakarta 450 Tahun, unlimited sounds of Jakarta Wangi, female dancer, gamelan orchestra, lights

Film Score

Aku Perempuan Dan Laki-Laki Itu
He was working on GAME-Land 3 for brass sextet, and MIRA konserto for piano, saluang and orchestra.