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Javanese Gamelan music at Dusk, Under a Fall Sky

For the very first time, Nusantara Arts steps outside of the city, inviting you to an evening of Javanese gamelan music and relaxing merriment on a private estate in Aurora, just 20 minutes from Buffalo. The Javanese gong orchestra gathers beneath a grand open-air pavilion with fields and the fall sky as a backdrop. This is a klenengan, the intimate listening tradition of central Java, playing a full cycle of music that carries the evening from dusk into the late hours, joined by incredible guest artists: singer Heni Savitri and master musician Midiyanto. It's a night paced leisurely and beautifully, so come when you want, even late, and settle in.

Add on a Javanese dinner food box and grab a drink from a local Indonesian chefs to make it a full night out. Part concert, part gathering, totally unhurried, and a beautiful way to spend an evening in fall. Scroll down to see the full menu!

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Program highlights:

Joining the Nusantara Arts ensemble are two distinguished guest artists, singer Heni Savitri and master musician Midiyanto, who bring a level of calm beauty to this event. This is a long event meant to be enjoyed leisurely. Come when you want, not necessarily right at the start, and settle in. Or come late! Add on a Javanese dinner food box prepared by a local Indonesian chef to make it a full night out. It's both a concert and a gathering, and totally unhurried, a beautiful way to spend an evening in fall. Enjoy this rare chance to hear gamelan music breathe in the open, far from any stage.

Meet Chef Lucy:

Chef Lucy came to the United States to play chess. But she stayed on as an excellent chef of Indonesian and Asian foods.

Born Maria Lucia Sulistya in Surabaya, East Java, Lucy grew up on the chessboard and arrived in America as a top tournament player where she holds the rank of Women's International Master. Lucy traded one high-pressure game for another and spent the last twenty years cooking Asian foods at restaurants in the Northeast and Buffalo. She has cooked in Chinese, Vietnamese, Thai, and Korean kitchens, but the food that pulls her home is Indonesian cuisine. She has been cooking and catering it in Western New York since the early 2000s and her favorite is still the cooking she grew up on: chili and lemongrass, coconut and tamarind, sweet soy sauces, and a variety of delicious flavors.

Lucy has been in Buffalo since 2001.

She is happiest with a hot wok in front of her or a mountain trail and in nature.

The Food:

Main:
Chicken Turmeric - chicken thigh marinated with herbs, lemon grass, turmeric, galangal, and coconut milk, pan fried until golden brown
Veggie Option:
Sambal Goreng - Potato/celery/tofu , sweet and spicy with Indonesian herbs of galangal, garlic and lemon grass.

Sides:
Orak Arik - green bean, carrots and tempe stir fry with indonesian sauce
Pindang egg - egg cut in half marinated with indonesian spices and palm sugar  
Nasi Liwet - Coconut rice cooked with indonesian spices and coconut milk
Sambal kecap (Indonesian hot sauce)  and sliced cucumber