ANANDA SUKARLAN

PIANIST AND COMPOSER

Ananda Sukarlan started playing the piano at the age of five and, at 17, graduated Summa Cum Laude in 1993 from the Royal Conservatory of Den Haag in the Netherlands. Today, he has strengthened diplomatic ties between Indonesia and many countries through the universal language of music. Sukarlan was the first Indonesian artist to perform as a soloist with The Portuguese National Symphony Orchestra in 2000 after the country’s re-opening of diplomatic relationship with Indonesia. Living between Spain and Indonesia, he collaborated with Fundacion Musica Abierta to make classical music more accessible for disabled children.

Last year, the president of Italy bestowed him the Ordine della Stella d’italia civilian knighthood title. Sukarlan always shows his love for Indonesia through many compositions for musicals, operas, chamber music, and so much more. In 2020, he held at least six virtual concerts recorded from culturally and historically-important sites around the archipelago, such as Ende in East Nusa Tenggara and the Prambanan Temple in Central Java. He continues to extend more invitations to talented Indonesian musicians and singers for seven more concerts this year.