Profile Of Yovie Widianto, From Musician To Presidential Staff

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YOGYAKARTA Profile of Yovie Widianto began to be highlighted by the public since he was summoned by Prabowo Subianto to come to his residence on Jalan Kartanegara, South Jakarta, Monday (14/10). In the aftermath of the summons, it was later discovered that Yovie Widianto was appointed to fill the special staff seat (stafsus) of President Prabowo for Creative Economy in the Red and White Cabinet.

Yovie Widianto is an Indonesian musician who was born on January 21, 1968 in Bandung, West Java. Yovie's interest in music has indeed emerged since childhood. In fact, he began to be familiar with Jazz since the age of 5. This happened thanks to his uncle, Hasbullah Ridwan, who is a composer and musician for senior Indonesia.

Stepping on teenagers, Yovie continues to be consistent in music starting from writing songs, forming bands, and often appearing at various music festivals and even international levels. On the other hand, Yovie did not study music from college considering that he graduated from the Padjadjaran University International Relations Department (HI).

During his career in the music industry, Yovie's works were quite widely known to the public. The work that Yovie managed to produce in the form of songs sung by other singers, or music he played with his group.

It is noted that Yovie once founded a music group Kahitna. In the group, Yovie is positioned as a pianist or keyboardist. Kahitna itself was formed on June 24, 1986.

This group always carries romance-themed songs in the lyrics. In addition, Kahitna is also considered one of the bands that has succeeded in combining various musical genres ranging from pop, jazz, fusion, even ethnicity.

As a musician, Yovie Widianto not only succeeded in working but managed to win various awards. Some of these awards are as follows.

Yovie Widianto is known to have been inaugurated by President Prabowo Subianto to become the President's Staff for Creative Economy at the State Palace. The inauguration took place on Tuesday, October 22 at the State Palace.

The task of Yovie Widianto in his position as the Staff of the Creative Economy, he will help the President develop a creative economy strategy or empower the creative economy. According to him, these efforts are not only the task of one ministry but cross-sectoral.

"Maybe not far from my experience, my job so far," added Yovie.

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