Composer

Biography

William Harsono was born in Taiwan in 1980, and started his musical training at age 4. He immigrated with his family to New Zealand in 1996. After two years study in college, he entered the School of Music, the University of Auckland, where he studied composition with John Rimmer, John Elmsly and Eve de Castro-Robinson. In 2000, he transferred to Victoria University of Wellington and completed a Bachelor Degree with first class Honours in composition the following year. He studied electroacoustic composition with John Young and instrumental composition with Jack Body, Ross Harris and John Psathas. He is now a Masters student and tutor at the Victoria University of Wellington. William is a collaborative composer and has a wide interest in all kind of music and culture. He has collaborated with musicians from Bali, West Java, Japan, the Netherlands, etc. His composition “Music for Agus” was released by Ode Record Company Ltd, and electronic composition “Subconscious” was selected by New Zealand Sonic Art. His recent collaboration with gamelan, saxophone trio and Javanese singer, Waldjinah, was performed in the 7th Wellington International Jazz Festival 2003.