UR Global Sounds Spring 2023

Westhampton Green, University of Richmond 28 Westhampton Way, Richmond, VA, United States

Master artists Peni Candra Rini and Gusti Sudarta join Gamelan Raga Kusuma and student performers for the spring Global Sounds concert. Free, family friendly and laid back concert including performances by student and community West African, Japanese, Brazilian and Indonesian ensembles. Westhampton Green. (Camp Concert Hall, Rain Location).

Free

GRK, Peni Candra Rini, Gusti Sudarta, and Students @ VCU

Singleton Center for the Performing Arts 922 Park Ave Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States

Join GRK and students from UR and VCU for a free, family friendly performance of traditional Balinese and Javanese music and dance, featuring master artists Peni Candra Rini and Gusti Sudarta!

Free

Shadow Play with Gusti Sudarta

North Court Choir Room 421 Westhampton Way University of Richmond, Richmond, VA, United States

Balinese shadow master Gusti Sudarta (Indonesian Institute of the Arts) presents a free, family friendly traditional shadow play, accompanied by live traditional gamelan music.

Free

GRK @ VCU Featuring Peni Candra Rini, Gusti Sudarta, and Justin Alexander

Singleton Center for the Performing Arts 922 Park Ave Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States

GRK is lead by Balinese master artist I Gusti Putu Sudarta and Javanese master artist Peni Candrarini in a concert of traditional Indonesian gamelan music. Sudarta will perform an innovative shadow theater to accompany Justin Alexander’s performance of Glenn Kotche’s Monkey Chant for drumset. Free and Open to the Public.

Free

GRK and Rumput @ Richmond Branch Museum

Branch Museum of Architecture and Design 2501 Monument Ave, Richmond, VA, United States

Free concert of traditional Javanese and Balinese gamelan featuring Peni Candra Rini. Audience invited to try instruments after the show.

Free

UR Global Sounds Concert — Fall 2024

Camp Concert Hall Westhampton Way, Richmond, VA, United States

African drums, Brazillian bossa nova, Indonesian gamelan, Japanese Taiko. FREE!

Free

Balinese Shadow Theater Featuring Gusti Sudarta

Reveler Experiences 3108 W Cary Street, Richmond, VA, United States

Enjoy a rare performance of traditional Indonesian shadow theater with shadow master Gusti Sudarta, faculty at the Indonesian Institute of the Arts in Bali. Live accompaniment by members of Gamelan Raga Kusuma, Rumput, and renowned Javanese singer Peni Candra Rini. Audience will be invited to watch in front or behind the screen and to try […]

Spring 2025 Global Sounds

Booker Hall of Music 28 Westhampton Way University of Richmond Modlin Center, United States

Enjoy a family-friendly and free concert of student and community performance of Indonesian, Japanese, Brazilian, Indian, and West African musics. Kid friendly; audience will be invited to hit the instruments after the performance. GRK will be joined by our visiting Artistic Director Peni Candra Rini.

Gong Soundbath / Performance / Petting Zoo @ Reveler. FREE! June 22, 2025. 4:00-5:30

Reveler Experiences 3108 W Cary Street, Richmond, VA, United States

Join GRK for an afternoon of vibrating bronze. The session will start with a “soundbath” of long-form minimalism followed by a short performance of traditional repertoire. Audience members are invited to fall asleep during the soundbath and to try the instruments themselves afterward.

GRK @ the Smithsonian with Gusti Sudarta and Peni Candra Rini 9/28/25 FREE!

Freer & Sackler Galleries, Smithsonian Institute Jefferson Dr. and 12th St., SW, Washington, DC, United States

Join members of GRK and Rumput, performing alongside master artists Gusti Sudarta and Peni Candra Rini. Free, family friendly performance! Performed by I Gusti Putu Sudarta, accompanied by live gamelan and kroncong music performed by members of Gamelan Raga Kusuma. This is your once-in-a-lifetime chance to see a master of the Wayang Kulit shadow puppet […]