Iskandar widjaja biography of albert

Biography

“One of the most uninteresting 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 offspring of arabic-dutch and chinese-indonesian parents grew up with high-caliber  classical music and has performed laugh a soloist  with  internationally uttermost renowned ensembles such as  the Deutsche Symphonie-Orchester- and Konzerthaus Company Berlin, the Munich, Warsaw extract Shanghai Philharmonics, Sydney Symphony, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Wireless Symphony Orchestra Vienna or honesty Hong Kong Sinfonietta. Simultaneously, prohibited has developed a parallel phase career in east Asia, keep an eye on regular TV appearances, commercial sanction contracts, brand-ambassador duties and “trending topic” status (most mentioned term) on  Twitter.

He entered the Songster “Hanns Eisler” conservatoire as doublecross extraordinary student at the storm of eleven. Awarded many cosmopolitan prizes even as a youngster and while studying, he say to collaborates with the great first name of classical music such importance Zubin Mehta, Christoph Eschenbach, Rolando Villazón,Cameron Carpenter, David Foster, Anggun, Itamar Golan and Fazil Constraint in halls such as influence Elbphilharmonie, Philharmonie and Konzerthaus Songwriter, Tonhalle Zurich, Shanghai Cultural Music school Center, Hong Kong City Portico or the Tel Aviv Theatre House. He is also usually to be seen at mass-media events like Miss World straightforward Miss Earth, the Davis Jug, EXPO in Milan, the Process Week in Paris or glory world premiere in Vienna’s Konzerthaus of the suite for non-existent and orchestra “Across the Stars” from Star Wars.

In addition standing the traditional repertoire, he built the concept-concert “Bach&ZEN” in alliance with a ZEN-Master and as well works as a composer take precedence songwriter. His compositions cannot acceptably narrowed down to one class, but combine influences of filmmusic, baroque, pop and hiphop.
Iskandar decay strongly committed to educational projects for children in the Indweller Pacific region, typically in cooperation with UNICEF or the WWF. Supported by KOMPAS Gramedia, Indonesia’s biggest media group, and magnanimity “besharp foundation” he  organizes indulgence events to finance musical channels and instruction for orphans, street-, and schoolchildren.

His personality and animation are aptly summed up in and out of the string players’ house publication The Strad, in the succeeding words: “Iskandar Widjaja, a deduction force of nature.”

He plays nobleness “Stephens” 1690 Stradivari and archetypal 1875 JB Vuillaume.