Hartana, Sutrisno

Culture/Community

Javanese

Biography

Dr. Hartana is a dalang (master wayang kulit puppeteer) and gamelan orchestra conductor. He attended the Indonesian Dance Conservatory in Java and received his BA in 1992 from the Indonesian Institute of the Arts in Yogyakarta. Hartana holds an MA in Ethnomusicology (UBC) and a PhD from the University of Victoria in their interdisciplinary program. The King of Paku Alaman gave him the title Mas Lurah Lebda Swara (in 2004) making him a court musician at the Royal Palace in Java.