AIR MATA DI KELAS PIANO - by: Jelia Megawati Heru (Staccato, June 2018)

AIR MATA DI KELAS PIANO

by: Jelia Megawati Heru

(Staccato, June 2018)

ATAS NAMA CINTA

“Tears in piano lesson” bukanlah karena kelilipan iritasi mata kena asap rokok atau karena sedih patah hati seperti lagu “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes”. Dan jelas juga bukan “air mata buaya”. Linangan air mata ini bisa terjadi, karena luapan emosi anak, ketika ia merasa terpaksa harus bermain piano. Terutama ketika pertanyaan ini dilontarkan: kenapa kamu belajar piano? Lalu dijawab dengan “Karena disuruh mama.” dengan nada terpaksa.

Observasilah dan tanyakanlah kepada diri Anda, apakah anak Anda merasa percaya diri dan merasa bahagia dengan kelas piano nya? Atau anak selalu merasa depresi, minder, merasa bersalah, putus asa, panik, ketakutan, trauma, atau menyiratkan kebencian, jika menyangkut hal yang beraroma piano?

OBSESI ORANG TUA

Sudah jelas, bahwa setiap orang tua menginginkan hal yang TER-baik dan keberhasilan bagi anak kesayangannya – pendidikan musik yang TER-baik, guru piano TER-baik, kualitas piano TER-baik, nilai TER-baik, pokoknya NUMERO UNO! Mayoritas orang tua Asia masih menggunakan metode “Reward and Punishment”. Demi mencapai tujuannya, sayangnya beberapa orang rela menempuh hal-hal diluar batas kelaziman – yang mengarah kepada kekerasan fisik dan pelecehan mental (penghinaan atau kata-kata makian yang sifatnya mempermalukan) dengan mengatasnamakan CINTA. “You’ll thank me later!” ujar seorang tiger mom.

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MILESTONE - Piano Recital & Music Concert. Sunday, 17th May 2015 @ Jakarta Arts Centre, 3 pm

MILESTONE

A Piano Recital & Music Concert

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"MEMAKNAI KEMBALI MUSIK YANG BERMUTU" - Liputan Piano Recital [PLAY], Staccato November 2014

"MEMAKNAI KEMBALI 

MUSIK YANG BERMUTU"

Liputan Piano Recital [PLAY], Staccato November 2014
oleh: Tim Liputan Staccato

Resital Piano berjudul [PLAY], berlangsung di Pusat Kebudayaan Belanda, Erasmus Huis, Jakarta pada 27 September 2014. Konser ini sangat berbeda dari konser pada umumnya. [PLAY] adalah sebuah konser edukasi musik dengan direksi Jelia Megawati Heru, M.Mus.Edu - seorang music educator alumnus Jerman. Konser dihadiri oleh berbagai kalangan dengan rentang usia yang sangat beragam.

Dalam keterangannya, Ibu Jelia Megawati Heru mengungkapkan bahwa secara esensial, konser [PLAY] adalah upaya untuk memaknai kembali musik yang bermutu. Bahwa musik yang bermutu sudah bukan lagi monopoli Musik Klasik yang dalam batas tertentu bisa sangat aristokrat. Musik yang bermutu adalah musik yang memiliki teknik bermusik yang semestinya, aspek musikalitas yang mendidik, dan yang terpenting adalah dekat dan dipahami oleh pemain dan publiknya. Terutama yang berusia anak. Itulah mengapa dalam konser [PLAY] disajikan ensembles perkusi oleh anak-anak, juga anak-anak menampilkan instrumen fak minor selain instrumen utama (mayor) yang dipelajari. Kali ini beberapa penampil bermain flute, seperti Madeline Audrey Wiguna dan Mustafa Ismail Turner.

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PIANO RECITAL [PLAY] - MEDIA PUBLICATION (2014)

 PIANO RECITAL [PLAY] 

MEDIA PUBLICATION (2014)

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Piano Recital [PLAY] @ Erasmus Huis, 27th September 2014

[PLAY]

A Piano Recital

"To play a wrong note is insignificant;

To play without passion is inexcusable."

- Ludwig van Beethoven -

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Fantastic Suite "WETLAND" for Guitar and Piano

FANTASTIC SUITE "WETLAND"

for Guitar and Piano

Composed by: Jun-ichi Nihashi

A good repertoire for guitar and piano is rare to find. 

This could be an alternative for a great repertoire, for an advanced guitarist and pianist. 

I made the mp3 on the soundcloud myself. Hope you enjoy it!

About the Fantastic Suite "WETLAND" for Guitar and Piano

This unique ensemble of the piano and guitar aspires to discover new possibilities for its medium. The theme is about fantasy and dream, that reflects the nature of wetland from the dawn until the evening with the stars. 

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Astor Piazzolla's "OBLIVION" for Guitar Piano Duo

Astor Piazzolla 
"OBLIVION" 
for Guitar Piano Duo

Arr. Michael Gunadi Widjaja
 

The Story of Astor Piazzolla & Nadia Boulanger
"The Point of NO RETURN"

Astor Piazzolla is best known for being the father 
and inventor of Tango Nuevo 
- a revolutionary new genre in which Jazz rhythms 
and classical music were infused into Tango.

When Astor begins to learn with Nadia Boulanger in Paris (1954),
he is so embarrassed with his non-classical tango past
that he hides it from her.

"I was very ashamed to tell her that I was a tango musician.
Finally I said, "I play in a night club." I didn't want to say cabaret.

And she answered,
"Night club, mais oui, but that is a cabaret, isn't it?"

"Yes," I answered, and thought,
"I'll hit this woman in the head with a radio..."
It wasn't easy to lie to her.

She kept asking:
"You say that you are not pianist.
What instrument do you play, then?" 
 
And I didn't want to tell her that I was a bandoneón player,
because I thought,
"Then she will throw me from the fourth floor." 

 

Nadia Boulanger

 

Nadia Boulanger & Astor Piazzolla

 
Finally, I confessed and she asked me to play some bars of a Tango of my own.
She suddenly opened her eyes, took my hand and told me:
"You idiot, that's Piazzolla!"
And I took all the music I composed,
ten years of my life, and sent it to hell in two seconds...

"Astor, your classical pieces are well written,
but the true Piazzolla is here, never leave it behind".


ABOUT "OBLIVION"
Astor Piazzolla's Oblivion was composed in 1982 as a chamber ensemble. 

This piece was one of Astor Piazzolla's most famous Tangos, 

and it became mostly popular when it was released 

on the soundtrack of Marco Bellochio's film Henry IV, the Mad King. 

It's one of the most famous Tango work ever done by Astor Piazzolla, 
and remains one of his best. 

It's a wonderful Tango that inspires many people, 

and is full of strong emotion and beautiful melodies. 

It's the elegance and inspiration all wrapped up into beautiful movements.

The melody is extremely melancholic and almost depressing. 

With long notes and beautiful, alternating notes and elegant figures, 

Oblivion is a song that spins a sad tale of love and woe.

"True silence is the rest of the mind;
it is to the spirit what sleep is to the body,
nourishment and refreshment.

And if tonight my soul may find peace in sleep,
and sink in good oblivion,
and in the morning  wake like a new opened flower..."

Listen the MP3 HERE

Listen the live performance HERE


Astor Piazzolla "OBLIVION" for Duo Guitar Piano (MP3)
 

Astor Piazzolla "OBLIVION"
(for Guitar Piano Duo)

Rearr. Michael Gunadi Widjaja  

Pianolicious Moment @ Istituto Italiano, Jakarta - October 7th, 2012 

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Vivaldi "Rain of Tears" for Guitar Piano Duo

 Vivaldi's "RAIN OF TEARS"

Arrangement for Guitar Piano Duo

by Michael Gunadi Widjaja & Jelia Megawati Heru

RAIN OF TEARS

Standing in the rain,
standing all afraid,
who knows how to cure all my pain?

I drop these tears because I fear,
even though this rain is trying to make me clear,
for this moment is silent and now I hear,
the pain that managed to last all this year.

You were not there to see my pain.
I will never see love quite the same.
The rain drops to the ground,
like tears from my heart falling without a sound.

My eyes still shine bright,
but I still have this will to fight,
even to this great height.

My Love...
If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane,
I'd walk right up to heaven and bring you home again 

"RAIN of TEARS" 

Sento in seno ch'in pioggia di lagrime 

(I feel within a rain of tears)
from: Tieteberga and Il Giustino
by Antonio Vivaldi
Rearr. by Jelia Megawati Heru & Michael Gunadi Widjaja

 Hear Vivaldi "Rain of Tears" HERE 

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