I Wayan Sadra

I Wayan Sadra (1 August 1953, Denpasar, Bali) is an Indonesian composer and gamelan player. Sadra learned to play gamelan when he was a child. After studying classical Balinese music at the Balinese Conservatory for the Performing Arts in Denpasar, I Wayan Sadra went to Jakarta in 1973 and became acquainted with contemporary art. Sadra left Bali after he met choreographer Sardono W. Kusuma in 1974. That was when he performed his work as an illustration for Dongeng dari Dirah (Dirah’s Tale), a dance drama created by Sardono.