Institut Teknologi Bandung

This annual concert series is divided into guitar, and piano performances held on October 16, 2021, while the second concert contains chamber orchestra performances held on October 30, 2021. Fantasie Cinemucika was opened by the ITB Student Orchestra supervisor, Ir. Baskoro Tedjo, Ph.D (AR '76) and Chairman of the ITB Alumni Association, Gembong Primadjaya (MS '86).

“Fantasie Cinemucika, comes from the words fantasy, cinema, and musica. Through this concert, we will explore famous films of all time through their symphonies of songs,” said Joddi Jonatan Prasetya Rahaju, Chair of the ISO 2021 Annual Concert “Fantasie Cinemusica”.

This time, the ITB Students Orchestra collaborated with Tohpati, a well-known Indonesian guitarist. Musical instruments brought the audience from various films in two hours, divided into two sessions. The first session consisted of seven songs using guitar instruments, both solo and in groups, while the second session consisted of eleven single, duet, and group piano performances. All songs played are divided into three eras: the modern era, romantic era, and classic era.

In the first session, the musicians performed the song Where Do I Begin from the film Love Story (1970); Ghibli Medley (1986-2008); The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966); Light the Fuse from Mission: Impossible (1967); Star Wars Medley (1977); The Avengers (2012); and Waltz of the Flowers from the film Known from The Nutcracker (1993).

Before entering the second session, there was an explanation about this concert in more detail from Devina C. Tambunan (TF ‘17), the music director of the ITB Students Orchestra 2020/2021 piano, and Vincentius Ian W.N., the guitar music director of the ITB Students Orchestra 2021/2022. They emphasized that Fantasie Cinemucika features soundtracks from various films and works of a cinematic nature.

In the second session, there were eleven piano performances in order according to the times, namely classical, transitional, and modern, with the order of Danse de la Fée Dragée (Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy) from the film Muppets Most Wanted (2014); Waltz in D-flat major, Op. 64, No. 1, Minute Waltz from Greta (2018); Aquarium from The Carnival of the Animals from the film Days of Heaven (1978); Sleeping Beauty Waltz from the film Sleeping Beauty (1959); Time Travel from the film Secret (2007); One Summer’s Day (2001); Bella Ciao (2017); Once Upon A December (1997); Take a Closer Look (2000); Those Who Fight (2005); and Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major, K. 331/300i. The interpretation and explanation of each song can be seen at https://isoannualconcert.com/booklet.pdf

The comments column at the premiere was filled with congratulations, admiration, and hopes that the next annual ISO concert could be held offline again. On the other hand, the ITB Students Orchestra, through the Fantasie Cinemucika concert, proved that the pandemic was not a barrier. Still, a challenge to musicality and organization in classical music, so that various adaptations and hard work were needed to implement it. Repeated evaluations in the process of practicing, recording, editing and mixing, to online performances prove that hard work and passion for classical music can still be presented online.

Reporter : Mirmanti Cinahya Winursita (Region and City Planning, 2019)
Translator: Billy Akbar Prabowo (Metallurgical Engineering 2020)