Electone. Old name, great sound
It was ages ago since the word “electone” get into my ears. It’s the three, yes it’s three keyboards electronic instrument. One of the hardest instrument in my opinion since you have to coordinate your two hands and two feet to fully play it.
A couple months ago when I went to Grand Indonesia, I was stumled on a crowd surrounding a small stage. A young man was playing a keyboard. No, it’s an electone.
He was performing like a pro, with a composition that I never heard before. Must be his composition. It’s rich and dynamic. I was standing in awe. God must be crazy. This kid got talent.
After he performed he was interviewed. No wonder he was that good eventhough just 16 at that time if I’m not mistaken. He was preparing him self for an International competition. No wonder.
Today my brother just sent me a link to a video in youtube. Hey, it’s him. The electone boy. It’s his performance on 2007 electone competition. He got the first prize for Junior section. By the way, his name is Kenan Loui Widjaja.
If you think his performance in this video is fantastic, you’ll gonna be awed even more on his new composition I saw. Btw he just won the first prize 2008 Asia Electone Festival for Open Age three days ago.
Here is his 2007 video competition performance titled “Angin”, the wind. Sorry link only, embed is disabled for this video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MlQfqQXrIg
If you have link for his new video, please share it.