SMOOTH – Ijen Summer Jazz Performance 2017 entering its peak, Last Saturday night (7/10). The tickets that had been prepared by the committee were sold out by the audience who came to watch the performance of one of the Indonesian divas, Vina Panduwinata.
Ijen Summer Jazz also features other Indonesian jazz musicians, such as the Tropical Transit and Bintang Indrianto groups who hit the stage of the Jiwa Jawa Resort Amphitheater, Licin District, the place where the event is held.
The gate opened around 12:00 p.m 16.00. The event began with a performance from Banyuwangi Student Jazz. They are selected students from Banyuwangi Regency who have jazz talents that are no less than other national jazz musicians.
Regional arts are also still presented in these jazz performances. The art of Paju Gandrung Dance welcomed jazz music lovers on the second day. After Maghrib prayers and dinner, Quite heavy rain poured down the Licin area.
The committee took the initiative to move the stage to the second floor of the Jiwa Jawa Resort building so that the audience could enjoy the performance of Indonesia's top jazz musicians.
Due to preparations for moving musical instruments and preparing the stage for the event, the event was delayed several hours. “I have watched the jazz festival twice at Jiwa Jawa Resort. Likewise, last year it also rained like this,” said Sovia, 35, audience from Bandung.
Banyuwangi Regent Abdullah Azwar Anas together with Deputy Regent Yusuf Widyatmoko also witnessed the Ijen Summer Jazz event 2017 the. They sat in VVIP chairs that had been prepared by the committee and were accompanied by the owner of Jawa Jiwa Resort Sigit Pramono.
“Thank you to the committee who took the trouble to move the stage due to the unfriendly weather. We hope that the audience will still enjoy the Ijen Summer Jazz event even though the outdoor stage cannot be used due to rain,” said Anas during his speech.
First performer of Ijen Summer Jazz 2017 is Bintang Indrianto. After Bintang Indriarto appeared at the event, MC duet Djaduk Ferianto and Butet Kertaradjasa called the next performer, namely the Tropical Transit group.
The Tropical Transit group's performance was also combined with Zumba dance combined with original Indonesian dance. The spectators who watched were amazed by the dancer's performance.
The atmosphere broke even more when the veteran MC duo called the singer of the song "Seagull"., Vina Panduwinata. After performing eight songs at the event,Vina Panduwinata called The Rock Indonesia drummer Ikmal Tobing and DI Goeslan to come on stage and collaborate with her.
Even though Vina is already over her age 50 year, but his youthful spirit still continues to burn. He combines jazz music with Electric Dance Music (EDM) which is currently hits.
Ikmal Tobing's drum beat made the stage shake even more. When collaborating with Ikmal, Vina sang two of her mainstay songs Love Letter and Seagull. The audience also seemed to be singing and cheering because the song sung by Vina felt familiar to the ears of the audience.
In the performance at Ijen Summer Jazz, Vina performed the entire performance 10 his signature song. Then on that occasion Vina also took a selfie accompanied by Ikmal Tobing with the audience in the background.
As soon as the event is over, Vina was attacked by her fans who took turns wanting to take selfies with their idol artist. “Thank you to the audience for watching Ijen Summer Iazz. I was very impressed with the enthusiasm of the audience who attended this event. Very broken!” tandas Vina. (radar)
