Erwin Gutawa | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | Erwin Gutawa Sumapraja |
Born | Jakarta, Indonesia | 16 May 1962
Occupation(s) | Arranger Bassist Conductor Composer Producer |
Years active | 1985–present |
Erwin Gutawa Sumapraja (born 16 May 1962) is an Indonesian composer. In 1985, he started his professional music career by joining the jazz band Karimata, later becoming an independent composer in 1991. As a composer, he won the 1992 Midnight Sun Song Festival in Finland, together with Ruth Sahanaya. In 2001, he won the Anugerah Musik Indonesia award for best music arranger for his concert Rockestra.