About IMS

Founder: Lindawaty Angkasa, Hons.

Founded since 1983 by Lindawaty Angkasa, Hons. and now going on her 29th year, Irama Music Studio is one of the selected best music schools in Medan that adopts the curriculum and qualification exams from the UK’s London College of Music (LCM) and Associated Board of Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM).

IMS strives to provide the best music education to all music lovers, from children to adults, with teaching strategy that is focused on creativity and active participation in live performances, such as concerts, masterclasses, competitions, music festival, etc.

IMS maintains high standard commitment in creating a positive, supportive, and interactive learning environment. The facilities of IMS include teaching studios for piano, violin, guitar, drum, bass, vocal, fine arts; dance studios for ballet and yoga; and an IMS Auditorium with 400 people capacity.

IMS students and faculty members perform actively in concerts, lecture recitals, and outreach music program series.

Music Director: Christine Utomo

Pianist Christine Utomo has performed solo and chamber music in Indonesia, Singapore, USA, and Europe, in venues such as Balai Sarbini Jakarta, Alfred Newman Recital Hall, USC United University Church, Ruïnekerk Bergen, Revelin Fort, The Rector’s Palace, Ratusz Staromiejski w Toruniu, Teatro Comunale di Cassalmaggiore, among others. In her hometown Indonesia, she actively performs outreach classical music concerts and forums on classical music at the local schools, universities, and through various media interviews. She has performed with the Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra and the Torun Symphony Orchestra. Her performances were also featured at the International Holland Music sessions, Wintergreen music festivals, Aspen music festivals, Casalmaggiore Music Festival, etc.

Her past highlight concerts included lecture recital on Ravel’s Miroirs, Chopin Piano Sonata no.3, contemporary music recital, road show duo concerts with cellist Tina Guo on Sumatra Island, Indonesia, and collaborative recitals with international musicians, such as conductors Noorman Widjaja and Przemyslaw Fiugajski, violinists Iskandar Widjaja, cellists Gabriel Schwabe, Tina Guo, composers Paul Kwo, Daron Hagon, among others. Upcoming concerts include debut recitals in Birmingham, UK, solo and chamber music concerts in Indonesia. Her recording project with the American cellist Tina Guo has been released on iTunes, featuring Chopin’s Introduction and Polonaise and Piazolla’s Le Grand Tango.

She received honorary and scholarship awards at the University of Southern California from 2000-2007. She is the laureate of the Indonesian prestigious award “Museum Umum Rekor Indonesia” in 2007, 2008 Shandelee Music Festival, MTNA Piano Competitions, MTAC Piano Concerto Competitions, the National Indonesia Yamaha Piano Competitions, among others.

She began her piano study at age four and completed her London College of Music diploma study at age fifteen, where she worked with Andrew Wilkinson. She continued her study at the University of Southern California, completing her bachelor, master, and doctoral degrees in piano performance with Norman Krieger. Her other teachers include Andrzej Jasinski, Bernd Goetzke, Mikhail Voskressenky, and Mykola Suk.

She is currently the artistic director of Irama Music Studio in Medan, Indonesia, as well as the founder and artistic director of Associazione Musicale Amadeus that organizes series of classical music outreach concerts in Medan, Indonesia.