Gerald Situmorang & Sri Hanuraga
Gerald Situmorang and Sri Hanuraga (Aga) published "Meta," a jazz record featuring a guitar and keyboard composition. As a form of creative expression for jazz music, Gerald, a bassist who has been a member of Barasuara since 2012, has also released his debut guitar solo albums twice, "Solitude" (2016) and "Dimensions" (2017). Gerald and Aga both have a true desire for jazz and each have a distinctive approach that ultimately led them to complement each other when they came together to make music.
Gerald Situmorang
Gerald Situmorang is one of Indonesia's most active guitarists. He issued records with several different bands, such as Sketsa and BAG Trio. Solitude (2016) and 2017 were his solo albums (Dimensions). He received numerous awards for both of his albums, including "Album of the Year" at the 40th Jazz Goes to Campus in 2018, "Instrumental Album of the Year" at the Indonesian Choice Awards in 2018, and "Karya Produksi Instrumentalia" at Anugerah Musik Indonesia (AMI) in 2017 and 2018. Situmorang performs on bass guitar for the alternative band Barasuara. This group released a album in 2015 under the name Taifun.
Sri Hanuraga (Aga)
The pianist known as Sri Hanuraga (Aga), who was born on December 24, 1985, in Jakarta, first picked up the guitar from his father, a classical guitarist. At the age of 11, Aga also began studying classical piano with the help of his father. Only after seeing a video of a progressive rock band called Emerson, Lake & Palmer at the age of 13 did he get interested in the piano. He was compelled to shift from playing the guitar to the piano by Keith Emerson. Since then, he has frequently performed at important festivals on the piano and with progressive rock and fusion bands, including in 2002 at the AMI Sharp Award.