Syahrial & Grup

Syahrial (Sumatra, 1967) began making music at an eary age. At the same time he learned to make tradiotional Sumatran wind instruments, such as the saluang, bansi sarunai and rebab pesisir. Since 1998 Syahrial works as a composer for one of Indonesia's best dance companies, Gumarang Sakti. Alongside this, he works as a freelance composer and designer of new wind instruments that enrich his music. He performs with a group of five Sumatran musicians.