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Dira J. Sugandi

    Genre : Soul

    Performances :
    Saturday October 31, 2009
    RIGHT STAGE

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About This Act :

Born in Bandung,Indonesia on July 29th, 1979. At the age of 9,Dira Yulianti won the second prize of children singing competition. After she graduated from high school she took her first vocal lesson at Elfa Music Studio. She studied there for three years. She began her career as a singer as well as a student at the Music Department of Pelita Harapan, majoring vocal performance. In 2006 Dira Yulianti earned her Bachelor Degree. She has performed in several places with many groups and local musicians such as: SOULMATE, Maestro Big Band, Rieka Roslan, SOVA, Imam Praz Quartet, ARAB Jazz, Pelita Harapan University Big Band, and many more. And also foreign musicians: INCOGNITO (2002) in Bandung, Surabaya, Makasar, Medan (2006) in Bali, Singapore, Jakarta Keith Martin (2005) in Bandung YELLOWJACKETS(2006) in Jakarta and Bandung She has also performed at several jazz events like Java Jazz Festivals, Bali Jazz and Jakjazz. Right now she's recording her first solo album with Bluey from INCOGNITO as the album's producer which will be released this year. She's also involved in a project called World Peace Orchestra with musicians from around the world such as Dwiki Dharmawan, Walfredo Reyes Jr, Roger Burns, Steve Thorton, Andy Suzuki and Tollak Olstad.