Wayang Tour to Europe!

world-renowned dhalang
(shadow puppeteer):
Ki Purbo Asmoro

12 April-9 May 2023:

HUNGARY—AUSTRIA—SLOVAKIA—THE CZECH REPUBLIC—BELGIUM

and his tour team of 7 Javanese musicians in collaboration with gamelan musicians from Budapest, Graz, Hamburg, Prague, Belgium, and even as far flung as the USA and Singapore!

OPENING CEREMONY_Ki Purbo Asmoro was the star performer and others joined in
SOLD OUT!
Pécs, Hungary:
Thurs 20 April 2023 20:00-21:30
“Bima’s Spiritual Journey”
SOLD OUT!
Pécs, Hungary:
Fri 21 April 2023
19:30-21:00
“Bima’s Spiritual Journey”
Standing room only!
LECTURE on Innovation in Wayang “Reworking Structure but Retaining Substance”
Monday 24 April 2023
Ki Purbo Asmoro and Kathryn “Kitsie” Emerson
STANDING ROOM ONLY!:
Tuesday 25 April 2023
19:30-22:00
“Arjuna’s Deep Meditation”
Minoritensaal, Graz, Austria
tickets SOLD OUT! for performance in BRATISLAVA, Slovakia
Wed, 26 April 2023
V-Club, Kunsthalle, Bratislava
Standing room only:
TICKETS for the Wayang Workshop at Ferenc Hopp with Ki Purbo Asmoro!
Museum of Asiatic Arts
Fri 28 April 10:00-12:00
both shows SOLD OUT!
TICKETS
for Sat 29 April 16:30 or 19:30
“Arjuna’s Deep Meditation”
House of Music, Budapest
SOLD OUT!
Prague Academy of Performing Arts (HAMU)
Monday 1 May 2023
“Gandamana is Buried Alive”
contact us for VIP admission to the Embassy event in Brussels:
Thurs 4 May
“Gandamana is Buried Alive”
The Embassy of Indonesia
Brussels, Belgium
TICKETS for Tournai:
Fri 5 May 2023
16:00-17:30
“Arjuna’s Deep Meditation”
Maisons de la Marionette
Tournai, Belgium
TICKETS (donations) TO the ONLINE live streamings with translation into English and eventually into Hungarian, German, French, and Dutch

PERFORMERS from SOLO, Central Java:
1. Purbo Asmoro, dhalang and artistic director
2. Wakidi Dwidjomartono, gendèr/rehearsal director
3. Nanik Dwi Widyaningrum, pesindhèn
4. Joko Dwi Suranto, kendhang
5. Sukamto, demung
6. Wegig Harya Widagdo, gong and kempul
7. Wejoseno Yuli Nugroho, gérong
8. Kathryn “Kitsie” Emerson, performance translator
9. Kukuh Indrasmara, tech, recording, live streaming

PERFORMERS from EUROPE:
Agus Prasetyo, gambang and rehearsal director (Prague)
Dóra Györfi, pesindhèn (Budapest)
Desti Pertiwi, pesindhèn (Belgium)
Ágnes Györfi, bonang penerus (Budapest)
Márton Szalai, kenong (Budapest)
Ágoston Déry, bonang (Budapest)
Steve Tanoto, bonang (playing with us in Graz, from Hamburg)
Péter Szilágyi, kenong (Budapest)
Zsuzsanna Wimmer, rebab (Budapest)
Xin Wei Thow, rebab (playing with us in Graz, from Singapore/Hamburg)
Kristóof Soóki-Tóth, saron (Budapest)
András Térfy, saron (Budapest)
Daniel Biljarszki, gérong (Budapest)
Kata Cserne, peking (Budapest)
Orsolya Lipták, slenthem (Budapest)
Nóra Vago, kethuk-kempyang

Many thanks to our generous sponsors and supporters!

  • Theatre Olympics X: Pécs Karakulit International Festival of Shadow Theatre
  • The Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology (Kemendikbudristek)
  • The Regency of Karanganyar and Bapak Bupati Juliyatmono 
  • The Embassy of Indonesia in Budapest and Bapak Ifan/Bapak Yudhi
  • The Embassy of Indonesia in Bratislava and Ibu Dian Palupi/Ibu Lira
  • The Embassy of Indonesia in Prague and Ibu Ambassador Kenssy Ekaningsih/Mas Agus Prast
  • The Embassy of Indonesia in Brussels and Bapak Sidum/Ibu Desti Pertiwi
  • Kunst Universität Graz and Professor Gerd Grupe/Professor Sarah Weiss
  • Leslie and Patricia Rudden, New York
  • Surya Kencana Budapest and Dóra Györfi
  • The House of Music in Budapest
  • Minoritensaal in Graz
  • The Bratislava Academy of the Arts (VSMU)
  • The Prague Academy of the Arts (HAMU)
  • The Tournai Museum of Marionettes
  • Stefan, the phenomenal carpenter of Graz!
  • Alan Feinstein, Jakarta
  • Carol Walker, Hawaii
  • Carla Scheele, New York
  • Tom Braden, Massachusetts
  • Mayangkara Batik
  • Modia Tailor
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