Music for Japan

The UPH Conservatory of Music organized a charity event ?Benefit Concert for Japan? on Friday, May 13, 2011, at UPH, Karawaci. This concert program featured classical music from composers Liszt, Chopin, Brahms, Rachmaninoff, Puccini, and Ananda Sukarlan. The performers were lecturers of the UPH Conservatory. Ridolf Hehanussa, BCM, Dean of the Conservatory, gave the closing performance. The concert was dedicated to the victims of the tsunami and earthquake that occurred in Japan on March 11.

The performers and coordinators worked for two months to prepare for the event.  Concert guests included UPH students and lecturers along with foreign representatives from the Japanese Embassy and media. ?The idea came from Dr. Kazuha. We organized a charity concert in the past for the Mentawai and Merapi disaster victims. This time, because the disaster happened in Japan, Dr. Kazuha had the idea to arrange this concert,? said Ridolf.

There were no tickets sold for this event, but all of the guests could donate money as they entered the performance hall. Approximately Rp. 2,516,000 along with 6 US dollars were raised from the 150 members of the audience. This donation will be sent to aid victims through the Japanese Embassy?s Red Cross account.

In addition to this event, the UPH Conservatory of Music will organize another charity concert to be held in Jakarta in June or July. ?This time we?re going to contact the Japanese Embassy to have a little more assistance for advertisement and support. For the UPH concert, lots of Japanese people came after seeing the notices in the newspaper and from the website that we have here in Indonesia,? said Dr. Kazuha Nakahara, a Japanese UPH music lecturer.

In this concert, Dr. Kazuha performed piano repertoire from Ananda Sukarlan entitled, ?1 Minute for Japan.? She dedicated the song to the disaster victims. Mamoru Yabuki, another Japanese lecturer, also performed in the benefit concert. (dee)

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