Erwin Gutawa is an award-winning Indonesian composer who received the Anugerah
Musik Indonesia award for his orchestral rock concert Rockestra in 2001. He was
born as "Erwin Gutawa Sumapraja" in Jakarta May 16, 1962. After working as a
sound arranger for the TV show Telerama during the early 1980s, he performed
with the jazz band Karimata during the decade's middle half and remained with
the group through the early '90s. Celebrated for his arrangements, he
contributed to multiple albums by the pop singer Chrisye, including 1997's Kala
Cinta Menggoda and1999's critically-acclaimed...