Nationality Indonesia
Academic Director
Jakarta Conservatory of Music
Iswargia Renardi Sudarno was born in Bandung, Indonesia, and started his piano lesson there at the age of eleven. After finishing his bachelor degree in architecture at the Bandung Institute of Technology, he continued his musical education at the Manhattan School of Music in New York, USA, and completed his study with a Master of Music degree, under the tutelage of renown pianist and pedagog, the late Karl Ulrich Schnabel. During summers he also worked with Bela Siki at the Johannesen School of the Arts (Victoria, Canada), Gabriel Chodos and Rita Sloan at Aspen Music School (Aspen, USA), and Robert Levin at Mozarteum International Summer Academy (Salzburg, Austria).
Mr. Sudarno received a full scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Services (DAAD) to study as an exchange student at the Staatliche Hochschule fuer Musik Freiburg, Germany, under the guidance of the late Hansjoerg Koch. Other awards received include the Aspen Music School Scholarship and Norman Stanley Smith Award from the Manhattan School of Music (for the best achievement in piano pedagogy learning).
Mr. Sudarno has performed as a soloist with leading orchestras in Indonesia, among others the Jakarta Concert Orchestra, National Youth Orchestra of Indonesia, Indonesian Arts Institute Symphony Orchestra. and Nusantara Symphony Orchestra. As a chamber musician he has appeared with many international experienced musicians in five contingents.
Beside being a pianist, Mr. Sudarno is also a conductor. Currently he serves as the music director of Jakarta Sinfonietta and Jakarta Conservatory Chamber Orchestra.Along with other leading Indonesian musicians, he founded the Jakarta Conservatory of Music, and currently is appointed to be the conservatory's director. Besides teaching at the conservatory, he is in frequent demand for masterclasses, conferences and competition throughout Indonesia and Asia. His students have won many national and international piano competition.