Saputra has been heard on several Dutch stages, including the renowned Concertgebouw, Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ, De Nationale Opera and on NPO Klassiek.
She also co-founded the ‘Rumah’ project with Singaporean pianist Elizabeth Goh, actively performing music by Indonesian and Singaporean composers throughout the Netherlands and Singapore.
In 2023, she won a scholarship from the Eva Kleinitz Opera Europa Competition. She also performed under the direction of Ed Spanjaard, Jeppe Moulijn and Sam Weller.
Madeline Saputra forms a duo with pianist Apollon Kalamenios.
Madeline Saputra, soprano & ukulele
Apollon Kalamenios, violin & piano
The programme Keroncong Anemoia is a journey in which the interwoven stories of the East and the West are embodied through Keroncong and Western art songslied. Keroncong dates back to the 1600s, when freed slaves of Portuguese culture on the Malay Peninsula were brought to Indonesia by the Dutch. The history of its development is mostly elusive, but it was spread among many people from different cultural backgrounds who lived in the archipelago. Fast forward to the 1930s – still in the Dutch colonial era – when it gained a great deal of popularity in Indonesia and the Netherlands. The three Keroncong songslied that we present in this concert have as their themes nature, the longing for and romanticisation of the Solo River, which resembles roots, and reminiscing about a loved one.
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