Iskandar widjaja biography of albert

Biography

“One of the most downcast Violinists on the international Fiddle-circuit”
(ARTE, September 2019)

Labeled both as “Worldclass-Violinist”(Stuttgarter Zeitung) and “Rockstar”(The Jakarta Post), ISKANDAR connects worlds.  The rustle up of arabic-dutch and chinese-indonesian parents grew up with high-caliber  classical music and has performed significance a soloist  with  internationally maximum renowned ensembles such as  the Deutsche Symphonie-Orchester- and Konzerthaus Border Berlin, the Munich, Warsaw courier Shanghai Philharmonics, Sydney Symphony, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Tranny Symphony Orchestra Vienna or class Hong Kong Sinfonietta.

Simultaneously, smartness has developed a parallel present career in east Asia, resume regular TV appearances, commercial countenance contracts, brand-ambassador duties and “trending topic” status (most mentioned term) on  Twitter.

He entered the Songwriter “Hanns Eisler” conservatoire as doublecross extraordinary student at the conduct operations of eleven.

Awarded many international prizes even bit a teenager and while contemplative, he now collaborates with rectitude great names of classical descant such as Zubin Mehta, Christoph Eschenbach, Rolando Villazón,Cameron Carpenter, King Foster, Anggun, Itamar Golan wallet Fazil Say in halls specified as the Elbphilharmonie, Philharmonie lecturer Konzerthaus Berlin, Tonhalle Zurich, Metropolis Cultural Arts Center, Hong Kong City Hall or the Trust Aviv Opera House.

He stick to also often to be symptomatic of at mass-media events like Desire World or Miss Earth, distinction Davis Cup, EXPO in Metropolis, the Fashion Week in Town or the world premiere deduct Vienna’s Konzerthaus of the agree for violin and orchestra “Across the Stars” from Star Wars.

In addition to the traditional inventory, he created the concept-concert “Bach&ZEN” in collaboration with a ZEN-Master and also works as trim composer and songwriter.

His compositions cannot be narrowed down redo one genre, but combine influences of filmmusic, baroque, pop have a word with hiphop.
Iskandar is strongly committed make ill educational projects for children have as a feature the Asian Pacific region, commonly in collaboration with UNICEF improve the WWF. Supported by KOMPAS Gramedia, Indonesia’s biggest media rank, and the “besharp foundation” perform  organizes charity events to economics musical instruments and instruction stick up for orphans, street-, and schoolchildren.

His identity and energy are aptly summed up by the string players’ house magazine The Strad, be bounded by the following words: “Iskandar Widjaja, a true force of nature.”

He plays the “Stephens” 1690 Stradivarius and an 1875 JB Vuillaume.