Luluk Purwanto

Luluk Purwanto or Purwanto (born 25 June 1959) is an Indonesian jazz violinist who extends the violin's sound with her voice. She has recorded since the 1980s. She has lived in the Netherlands and in Germany.

Life

Purwanto was born in the Indonesian city of Surakarta in 1959. Her parents were Aysha Gani and Julian Purwanto who were both musicians. She took lessons in classical violin.

She is married to a Dutchman named Rene van Helsdingen and they lived and worked together in the Netherlands. The trio that she played with was called the Helsdingen Trio

In 1985 she appeared at the North Sea Jazz Festival in The Hague in 1985 as a member of the Indonesian band Bhaskara.

Luluk and Bhaskara are credited for composing the iconic theme tune for RCTI's flagship newscast, Seputar Indonesia in 1989, which is Indonesia's first newscast ever carried by a commercial television station. The track, which is titled "Betawi" or "Jakarta", became Seputar Indonesia's opening and closing theme for fourteen years (1989–2003).

She has lived in Munich in Germany.

Selected discography Luluk – Aysha (Luluk Purwanto & the Helsdingen trio), 2007 "Impression of a tour"/ Mahabharata Jazz and Wayang, 2004 Luluk – Brushes the CD & the Clip, 2003 Luluk -Born Free-, FILM2000, 2000 LuLuK PuRwAntO & ThE HeLsdinGeN TriO – The Stage Bus, 1994 Impressions of Indonesia, 1986