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Gamelans of Geneva

Tarangga Kañcana

From January 1999, there is a Balinese gamelan in Geneva. Thirty instruments. Take advantage of this exceptional occasion by coming to see, hear, touch the instruments. Come even to try them. A weekly class is held almost every Saturday at 11:00 at the ADEM.
 

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Gamelan Angklung of Geneva

This other Balinese gamelan was owned by Beat Fischer. Seventeen instruments. Our group has begun in around 1980 when we were called Bamboo Band. From around 1998 a period of inactivity lasted several years, after which the gamelan was given to the Ensemble Batida, a group of contemporary music in Geneva.
 

Description of the gamelan.
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Fête de la musique 1998, Geneva
 
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Gamelan of the HEM

In early 2018, the HEM Genève (Haute École de Musique), a higher musical education institution, acquired a gamelan gong kebyar, which was forged in Blahbatu. The weekly course caters for students from several study programs, including a MA in ethnomusicology.
 

 
 
 
 
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Kyai Gandrung

The gamelan of the Indonesian Mission is a Javanese pèlog gamelan from Yogyakarta. Thirty-eight instruments. The Ethnography Museum of Geneva, bd Carl-Vogt 65, is entrusted with the mission's gamelan. It has been inaugurated on February 4, 2000.
 

Description of the gamelan.
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Museum's salunding

Balinese salunding gamelan of the Ethnography Museum. It is a reproduction of an original sacred ensemble of Tenganan. It was brought to Geneva and given to the museum by Georges Breguet. The gamelan is not active and not displayed. Eight instruments.
 
 
 
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Museum's gendér wayang

Balinese gendér wayang gamelan of the Ethnography Museum. It comes from Gianyar. The gamelan is not active and not displayed. Four instruments.
 
 
 
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For rent

Contact us to rent the gamelans for passing-by groups or for exhibitions.
 
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 About the site… Date of this page : 17 MAY 2026