During his music journey, Areza has been played in various jazz event such as Bali Jazz Festival, Java Jazz Festival , Pasar Jazz at Gedung Kesenian Jakarta  and several jazz events in Jakarta, Manchester and London.Besides mastering drums as his main instrument, Areza also playing piano and arranging, orchestrating, and writing original composition.

In order to broaden his musical knowledge, Areza studied at Institut Musik Daya . Some of his notable lecturers at that time are Deviana Daudsjah, Peter O’Leary, Peter Scherr and Aksan Sjuman. Later on, Areza had the opportunity to study at The Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London under the guidance of Brian Abrahams, Trevor Tomkins and Huw Warren.

After his comeback from London, Areza studied film scoring  under the supervision of Indra Perkasa and Aksan Sjuman, and music composition under guidance of Otto Sidharta.

He involved in several movie as an Assistant Composer, such as Sokola Rimba (Mira Lesmana and Riri Riza, 2013), 12 Menit Untuk Selama nya (Hanny Saputra 2014) Tabularasa (Adriyanto Dewo, 2014 ) and Love and Faith (Benny Setiawan, 2015).

As the Composer, he already made score for Princess Bajak Laut dan Alien ( 2014) and Nada Untuk Asa (Charles Gozali, 2015). Areza made film score for several short movie as well, such as Kathang Isip (Short movie from Phillipine by Jops Madarang, 2013) and La Memoire des Sentiments (short movie from France by Rachmania Arunita, 2015 )

Right now, he is one of the Film Scoring lecturer at Sjuman School of Music. He also teach Drum, Piano and Ensemble at Music Republicain.

somewhere beneath the dark side of the moon ...





life is a song, sing it.
listen to another pieces of my music on soundcloud.com/singingwien. 
have fun and let's get lost!

Genres: World Music / Ethnic Jazz / Art / Theater
Label: Rose Records and Publishing - Management: Rose Entertainment

BIO: Yukke Roswenda Heckmann, better known as YUCCA ROSE, is an Indonesian Ethnic Jazz and World Music vocalist / lyricist and contemporary painter from Malang in East Java.

Over the last fifteen years, she performed with a wide variety of jazz bands / solo artists and recorded two albums with her Jakarta based orchestra “Major Seventh” (the self titled "Major Seventh" debut album and the second album named "Eastern Sunrise" - both published by DiscTarra Indonesia). 

She released her first solo album "Tree of Life" in March of 2013 and the second album "Radio Dalam Orchestra - Wir haven Spass" in 2016. All albums and two single releases feature some of the greatest Indonesian jazz performers and include collaborations with European Jazz and World Music artists.

She is produced by her husband, the German musician and audio engineer Peter Heckmann @peterheckmann and now divides her time between Indonesia and Germany.

As a highly regarded contemporary painter and designer, Yucca Rose still finds the time to paint - constantly adding to her extensive collection of artwork. Additionally, she creates larger scale wall murals, unique bamboo toys and wood sculptures and adds her colorful painting style to recycled wood boxes, wardrobes and tea-containers in her Rumah Kreatif workshop in Indonesia.

NOTABLE APPEARANCES:
Nine Muses Club, Jakarta 2007
Erasmus Huis, Jakarta 2008
Goethe House, Jakarta 2009
Java Jazz Festival, Jakarta 2009 and 2010
W-Hotel, Bali 2011
Grand Hyatt, Nusa Dua, Bali 2011
Bali Theatre (Bali Safari and Marine Park), Bali 2011
Jazz Cafe, Ubud, Bali 2011
Jazz Grill, Sanur, Bali 2011
Kudeta, Seminyak, Bali 2011
Denpasar Art Center, Bali 2011
Maneken Pis, Seminyak, Bali 2012
Karma Kandara, Benoa, Bali 2012
Gandaria City Mall, Jakarta 2012
Dia.Lo.Gue Artspace, Kemang 2012
Hakka Republik, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2013
Coast to Coast Radioshow, Tasmania, Australia 2013
(plus many more appearances throughout Southeast Asia in 2013 and 2014)

Yucca Rose also appeared in a leading role as actress, vocalist and announcer in the Cirque Du Soleil style theatrical show “Regalia - The Enchanted Forest” (developed by Raining Heart Productions) at the Bali Theater (Bali Safari and Marine Park) with stunning live performances on May 14th, 2011 and the Gala on June 4th, 2011. For this show, she is also credited as Costume / Stage Designer and Artistic Co-Director.

YUCCA ROSE PERFORMED WITH:

BANDS: Radio Dalam Orchestra, Yucca Rose Quartet, Summermood, Major Seventh, Pitoelas Big Band, Elfa Big Band, Nine Muses, Tropical Transit, Natural Bali, XXX Bali, Balawan /  Batuan Ethnic Ensemble and Raining Heart.

MUSICIANS: Joy Abraham Marantika, Dian Pramana Poetra, Harvey Malaiholo, Nikita Dompas, Titi Syuman, Achmad Ananda, Jefri Tahalele, Indra Aziz, Rieke Roeslan, Tjut Nyak Deviana Daudsyah, Merry Kasiman, Wong Aksan, Mates, Eddy Syakroni, M. Ade Irawan, Helga Sedli, Rio Sidik, Erik Sondhy, Sandi Winarta, Donny Sundjoyo, Masako, Restu Fortuna, Ito Kudhi, Ali Fahrudin, Syadu Iskandar Rasjidi, Stefan Thiele, Philippe Climinato, Syahrial, Julien Meltzer, Ali Akbar Sugiri, Rio Moreno, Beben Jazz, Riwin, Devian Zikri, Wahyu Cahyono, David Widjaja, Balawan, I Nyoman Sura, Eugene Bounty, Tri Agus Mantoro, Hariman Dahuleka, Rudy Hutagaol, Bimo Haryo, Sefrino Ompi, Roy Irawan, Kadek Rihardika, Dion, Disto, Johannes Setiabudi, Koko Harsoe, Ami Rosady, Yuhono Bakti Jaya, Eko Soemersono, Rudi Subekti, Winda Heliawati, Wahyu Hidayat, Al Ismono, Ayi Ecoutez, Edward Slamet, Donny, Sheilla Starlight, Ardiansyah, Iping, Iwan, Metta Legita, Tiwi Sakiguchi, Enggar Widodo, Peter Heckmann, Hakeem Luqman and more.

Born in Jakarta, Indonesia on November, 25th in 1990. Playing and listening to music is one of her hobby since childhood. She started to learn music by playing classical piano since 8 years old and decided to learn classical guitar with Rudy Hamid at 12 years old.

In 2008, she continued her jazz and classical study at Institut Musik Daya Indonesia (IMDI) on Certification Program, majoring on guitar with Ali Fahrudin, Dion Janapria, and Nikita Dompas until 2010. Then she continuing her musical study at Sjuman School of Music on Professional Program in 2011, majoring on guitar with Nikita Dompas and Johanes Radianto.

Besides her formal study, she also actively participate in many workshops and masterclasses such as Jazz Vocal Workshop by Veronica Nunn, Forum Musik Klasik Kontemporer I by Suka Hardjana, Forum Musik Klasik Kontemporer II by Slamet Abdul Sjukur, Contemporary Music Class by Slamet Abdul Sjukur, Ensemble Workshop by Tjut Nyak Deviana Daudsjah, Jazz Improvisation Master Class Program by Indra Lesmana, Guitar and Ensemble Workshop at Serambi Jazz by Kai Bruckner, Vocal Workshop by Nya Ina Raseuki or usually called Ubiet, and many more.

Her influences are so various, from Medeski Martin & Wood, Keith Jarrett, Brad Shepik, West Montgomery, John Scofield, Brad Mehldau, Fiona Apple, Feist, Aksan Sjuman, Joe Rosenberg, Tony Prabowo, Slamet Abdul Sjukur, John Williams, Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky, and others.

Migi pretty much involve as a guitar player in various band, from rock to jazz genre. She also active being a composer, one of her work entitled “Mery dan Leak” was selected as one of the finalist in “Sayembara Komposisi Musik Baru Bedasarkan Musik Nusantara” that organized by Komunitas Salihara in 2011.

And now this time, she is active as a composer for aural and visual art, with pleasure.

Hi it's Winny! 
I'm here to listen, to learn and to enjoy music! Please leave a comment if you hear something you like and you can download some of my sounds too! MUCH THANKS !!! ^^

BIOGRAPHY:
Winny Jessica Setiawan was born in Jakarta, Indonesia on 10th of June 1984. Her interest in music began at 3 years old. Winny came from a musical family, where the house provide the likes of vocal harmony, pop, and gospel tunes especially from her dad who was a choir conductor at his church. Her mom was also a member of this choir.

During her childhood, her dad always taught her to sing with a good technique, so that she can achieved 2 awards at the singing competition in 1991 and 1997. Since that time, she was often asked to sing as a soloist regularly in churches.

Winny began her singing carrier when she was sixteen years old and started her hobby in singing jazz-pop since 2005. As a gospel singer, songwriter, and vocal arranger, she started with her ministry in 'Oxygen True Worshippers Youth' and 'JPCC Worship - True Worshippers' (one of the gospel music team in Indonesia) since 2006 until now. Recently she has a contract with Universal Music Indonesia for her some songs. She wrote song called "Movin' From Your Love" for Regina Indonesian Idol's album. Regina was the 1st champion of Indonesian Idol 2012. Another song for Regina's album she wrote with her music partner Andre Hermanto and Andriyanto. This song called 'Smile (LDR/Long Distance Relationship)'.

As a singer in Indonesian music industry, she began her career by singing at weddings, and make an entertainment organizer called 'Bebop Entertainment' with her partner, Sheila Permatasaka who is a bass player. Now, her passion and talent in vocal harmony brought her as a singer, backing vocal, and vocal arranger for some music projects either concert, OFF AIR or ON AIR.

Now she continues to gain confidence in singing, especially after seeking professional guidance from Goosye and Indra Aziz.

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