National Music Day, Ferdy Element: May It Be A Moment For The Rise Of Indonesian Music In The Middle Of A Pandemic

JAKARTA - National Music Day is celebrated every March 9. Today, a number of Indonesian musicians expressed their hopes.

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has caused stage activities to stop, of course musicians have hope and prayers.

They want the future of the Indonesian music scene to be even better, concerts will be active again and everything will return to normal.

Ferdy Tahier, vocalist of Element, is one of them. He hopes that all musicians will rise in the midst of the pandemic.

"All my life, I have just felt that the music is turned off, the musicians are turned off and this has only happened in this pandemic era," Ferdy told VOI.

"Hopefully this National Music Day will be a moment for the revival of music in Indonesia and keep the enthusiasm for my musician friends," continued the man who is also the vocalist of the Kasarunk Rocker band.

"Happy National Music Day."

March 9 is designated as National Music Day because it coincides with the birthday of Wage Rudolf Soepratman.

This commemoration is stipulated in Presidential Decree (Keppres) Number 10 of 2013.