Margaret Kartomi is a specialist on the ethnomusicology of Indonesia and Southeast Asia and the world authority on the music of Sumatra.
Her research output ranges widely over such fields as the music of Indonesia, Jewish Music in the Asia-Pacific Region, organology/musical instruments, Australian Aboriginal Music, Chinese music, and the world’s youth orchestras, especially the Australian Youth Orchestra.
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Professor Margaret Kartomi of the Faculty of Arts was recently in Sumatra to deliver keynote addresses at conferences and meet with other music researchers and educators.At the Second International Conference of Uni Syiah Kuala, hosted by the Syiah Kuala University in Banda Aceh, Professor Kartomi presented her paper on the results of recent United Nations ... Read more
On 17 August 2012, Indonesian Independence Day, Professor Margaret Kartomi was awarded a Certificate of Honour by the Indonesian Consul-General for Victoria and Tasmania. The award acknowledges Professor Kartomi’s assiduity and enthusiasm in promoting Indonesian culture in Australia, including the recent publication of her book Musical Journeys in Sumatra. Read more
Article featured in Monash Memo (6 June 2012): A Monash University staff member and alumna have just returned from their second field trip to Lampung Province, Sumatra, at the invitation of Way Kanan’s Regional Head Bupati Hi Bustami Zainudin S.Pd. Read more
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New book: Musical Journeys in SumatraThis unique book showcases the complex diversity of Indonesian music and includes field observations from six different provinces: Aceh, North Sumatra, Riau, West Sumatra, South Sumatra and Bangka-Belitung. Read more
Getting to know… Margaret KartomiMargaret is interviewed about her background, her career and her current interests Read more
Researcher given rare Indonesian honourThe title of Queen has been bestowed upon a Monash University researcher for her work in reconstructing the origins of the Indonesian province of Lampung’s traditional musical instruments. Read more
Gamolan and its significanceProfessor Margaret Kartomi of the University’s School of Music – Conservatorium, recently presented the keynote address at the International Seminar on the Traditional Lampung Musical Instrument, the gamolan. Read more
A notable appointmentProfessor Margaret Kartomi has recently returned from Berlin where she was invited to join the International Advisory Board for the presentation of the Ethnological Museum and the Museum of Asian Art of the National Museums of Berlin (Prussian Cultural Heritage). Read more
