Gregorius Sidharta Soegijo

Place: Yogyakarta

Born: 1934

Death: 2019

Biography:

Gregorius Sidharta Soegijo, also known as Paul Gutama Soegijo, was an Indonesian composer and musician. He was born in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, in 1934 and studied composition with Boris Blacher at Berlin's Hochschule für Musik. He began his compositional career in the experimental Neue Musik style but later transitioned to using elements of Indonesian music in his works, particularly the gamelan percussion instruments. He visited Indonesia between 1977 and 1985 to study the gamelan instruments, and in his later works he often combined Western influences with the gamelan traditions that he learned. He died in Berlin, Germany in 2019.