Young Violinis Asal Surabaya Sukses Brings Russian Components' Work

Lydia Lukito and with Jonathan Chistian held a classic music concert from their study in Russia entitled "Memory of a dear place" at Amadeo Hall Surabaya (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - A young violin player from the city of Surabaya, East Java, Lidya Lukito accompanied by a pianist, Jonathan Chistian Turangan successfully brought a number of Russian composers.

"The most memorable thing for me is Pyotr Tchaikovsky and Igor Frolov, because I myself am a jazz connoisseur, so there is a work like this can enjoy myself," Lydia said as quoted by Antara, Monday.

Lydia explained that she and Jonathan Chistian held a classic music concert from their study in Russia entitled "Memory of a dear place" at Amadeo Hall Surabaya recently.

Lydia is an original young Surabaya violin musician who has completed a Master's (cum law) study at the Rostov State Observatory in Russia. This year, he is still 27 years old. Meanwhile, Jonathan is a pioneer who graduated from the Gnesim Music Academy, Moscow, Russia.

The music concert, he continued, was to share their memories during a study in Russia. The song they performed was also from Russian composers, namely Dmitri Skostakovich, Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Sergai Rachmainoff, George Gershwin/ Igor Frolov.

He admitted that he liked playing violin twenty years ago. The music specialists he brings are classic music.

"Maybe for specialization we are more of a classic, but if I personally interest in the exponents of many other genres, of course our education in classics, so our music specialization is classic," he said.

For this reason, he is determined to hone his skills in order to become a great musician. For his expertise in playing music, Lidya has received awards both from within the country and abroad such as Singapore and Australia.

Lidya was also a Co-Concertmaster in Bandung Philharmonic in 2017. In addition, Lidya participated in the Southeast Asia Youth Orchestra in Thailand and Vietnam in 2013 and became one of Indonesia's representatives.

Lidya has participated in the Korean Symphony International Orchestra Academy which will be held in Seoul, Korea in 2021. After that, he participated in the G20 Orchestra which was held in 2022.

Not inferior to Lydia, Jonathan is also just as great. He has learned to play piano music at the age of 6 years. Now the age of Jonathan is 30 years.

Since taking high school at the Music Education Foundation (YPM), Jonathan has received many awards, including YPM Artist Diploma, YPM Gold Medal of Honor, The 2013 YPM Franz Szabo Prize for Destination (in the context of the 60th Anniversary of the YPM Music School), Award for Most Outstanding Performance, and several other awards.

Jonathan actively participated in various competitions, festivals, masterclasses, and concert performances. Both at the Gnesin Music Academy and on various stages of Moscow City and in various parts of Russia.

Then Jonathan graduated with the title of Master of Fine Arts and the title of Cum Laude of the Gnesin Music Academy in June 2022.

Upon his return to the country, he was given the opportunity to open a series of commemorations of the 70th anniversary of the YPM Music School by holding a Single Resital at Amir Pasaribu Concert Hall, Bintaro.