About IMS
“The essence in learning an instrument
lies with discipline, understanding of the music,
and the development of personal touch. “
-Dr. Christine Utomo
Executive Team
Lindawaty Angkasa
Founder and CEO
Dr. Christine Utomo
Music Director
Why Study Music
"Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent." ~Victor Hugo.
"Ah, music. A magic beyond all we do here!" J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, 1997
World-renowned musicology Howard Garnder, stated the theory that people “have not just one intelligence but rather multiple intelligences. These intelligences are identified as linguistic, musical, logical-mathematical, spatial, bodily kinesthetic, and personal.” This statement undelies the importance of early music education in life!
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
“Christine Utomo gave very outstanding performance, audience was thrilled..” (Medan Daily News, Indonesia). “Her Charity Recital was A Success” (Analisa Daily, Indonesia). Norman Krieger, the faculty of piano of the University of Southern California, USA, describes Christine as the pianist who exhibits “ world class talent whose intense musicality and serious devotion to the highest standard of excellence are evident in everything she performs.”
Indonesian pianist Christine Utomo recently performed Schumann piano concerto and Beethoven piano concerto no. 2 with the Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Noorman Widjaja in Dubrovnik, Croatia in May 2010. Her upcoming engagements include debut series of solo piano recitals in Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Her recent highlight concerts in Indonesia featured a tour on six major cities in Sumatra, collaborating with the American cellist Tina Guo. Her other major recitals included a lecture recital series on Ravel’s Miroirs, electroacoustic media recital (a special project utilizing the computer synchronization technology), and the various chamber music recitals at the Alfred Newman Hall in Los Angeles. She has performed solo extensively in Indonesia, as well as in Singapore, USA, Croatia, Italy, and the Netherlands. Her performances were featured at the Cassalmaggiore International Festival, International Holland Music Sessions, Shandelee Music Festival, Aspen Music Festival, and the Wintergreen Music Festival. She has also involved in the premiere of the works of the contemporary composers, among them Paul Kwo and Daron Hagen.
Christine is the recipient of numerous honorary awards, including the Museum Umum Rekor Indonesia award (Jakarta, Indonesia); Joseph D. Feuerstein Memorial Scholarship Award (Shandelee Music Festival, USA); Dean Scholarship, Outstanding Academic Award, and the Graduate Fellowship Award (University of Southern California, USA); Diploma of Licentiateship Award (London College of Music, U.K.), and the prize winner awards of the MTNA Piano Competitions (USA), MTAC Piano Concerto Competitions (USA), the National Indonesia Yamaha Piano Competitions, among others.
Christine earned her piano performance graduate degrees at the University of Southern California, where she worked intensively with Norman Krieger. She has also worked with Mikhail Voskressensky, Bernd Goetzke, and Ted Joselson. She has performed in the masterclasses of Anton Nel, Mykola Suk, Arie Vardi, and Jacques Rouvier. Christine is currently the director of Irama Music Studio, a music academy adopting the British music curriculum, based in Medan, Indonesia. She is also the founder and artistic director of Le beau Dussek Piano Society—a non-profit organization that organizes classical music events in Medan, Indonesia.