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Sweet anime symphony: Jakarta Concert Orchestra brings fan-favorite soundtracks to life
With magical soundtracks from Doraemon to Demon Slayer, prominent conductor and program director Avip Priantna pleased anime lovers in his third-time charm concert.
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A taste of hip-hop: A quartet from the Batavia Madrigal Singers (BMS) entertains the crowd with “Bling-Bang-Bang-Born”, the opening theme of the anime series Mashle: Magic and Muscles during the Jakarta Concert Orchestra’s Anime Symphony: Resonance in Jakarta on June 8, 2024. (Courtesy of Jakarta Concert Orchestra) (Jakarta Concert Orchestra/-)
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t was almost a typical start to an orchestra performance: The audience rushed to fill the theater seats, the house lights went dark, and then the choir, instrument players and conductor all came onstage.
In this concert, however, the conductor cheekily put on a famed straw hat worn by the fictional character Monkey D. Luffy from the anime One Piece, drawing thunderous applause from the audience before the show even started.
Such sightings would continue as all the orchestra members emulated a certain anime character during the Jakarta Concert Orchestra’s show called An Anime Symphony: Resonance, which was held on Saturday at the Jakarta International Expo (JIExpo) Convention Center & Theater in Kemayoran, Central Jakarta.
Anime, a term for Japanese animation movies or TV series, has long been a beloved cultural import in Indonesia. Each generation grew up with its era’s specific popular anime shows; some caught them on Sunday morning cartoon programs in the 2000s, while others dived into them through streaming platforms in the 2020s.
This symphony was the third installment in the series of anime symphonies by the Jakarta Concert Orchestra. Like the massive success of the previous two, this one also drew an enthusiastic audience, raking in nearly 5,000 people throughout its two-time slots, at 3.30 and 7.00 p.m.
Going into its third iteration, nationally heralded conductor and the show’s program director Avip Priatna wanted to please more anime fans in the country. The team scrapped the previous shows’ setlist and came up with songs they had not covered before.
