Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Tenor singer Albert Wisnu from Indonesia`s city of Yogyakarta performed a romantic song recital at a function on a cultural exchange at the Indonesian Embassy in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on April 29, 2009, it was reported here Friday.
The event which was attended by Cambodian diplomats, officials and international organizations as well as the mass media was held as part of the embassy`s efforts to set up and develop the relations between the two peoples through cultural activities, Indonesia`s Ambassador to Cambodia Ngurah Swajaya said.
On the occasion, Albert Wisnu who was runner up 1 of a national radio and television song competition in 1992 carried 10 classical songs which are the works of Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann and Johannes Brahms and four Indonesian classical songs created between the 1950s and 1960s by Sudarnotho, Ismail Marzuki, G.R.W. Sinsu and Syafii Embut.
The Song Recital event was made possible thanks to a collaboration between the Indonesian embassy in Phonm Penh and Tembi House of Culture, Yogyakarta, and Art+Foundation, Phom Penh.
During his stay in Phnom Penh, Albert Wisnu also appeared at Almond Hotel on April 25, 2009, and Art Cafe on April 26, 2009.
The event was the second cultural activity organized by the Indonesian embassy in Phnom Penh this year. The previous event was a puppet show with narator Ki Aneng Kiswantoro from Yogyakarta on February 18, 2009.
The Indonesian embassy in Phnom Penh also has an Indonesian cultrural centre which introduces national cultures through books, films, dances and music besides courses in Indonesian Language.
The event which was attended by Cambodian diplomats, officials and international organizations as well as the mass media was held as part of the embassy`s efforts to set up and develop the relations between the two peoples through cultural activities, Indonesia`s Ambassador to Cambodia Ngurah Swajaya said.
On the occasion, Albert Wisnu who was runner up 1 of a national radio and television song competition in 1992 carried 10 classical songs which are the works of Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann and Johannes Brahms and four Indonesian classical songs created between the 1950s and 1960s by Sudarnotho, Ismail Marzuki, G.R.W. Sinsu and Syafii Embut.
The Song Recital event was made possible thanks to a collaboration between the Indonesian embassy in Phonm Penh and Tembi House of Culture, Yogyakarta, and Art+Foundation, Phom Penh.
During his stay in Phnom Penh, Albert Wisnu also appeared at Almond Hotel on April 25, 2009, and Art Cafe on April 26, 2009.
The event was the second cultural activity organized by the Indonesian embassy in Phnom Penh this year. The previous event was a puppet show with narator Ki Aneng Kiswantoro from Yogyakarta on February 18, 2009.
The Indonesian embassy in Phnom Penh also has an Indonesian cultrural centre which introduces national cultures through books, films, dances and music besides courses in Indonesian Language.
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