A featured presentation of the 2026 Annual Meeting of the Northern California Chapter of the Society for Ethnomusicology (NCCSEM)
Pusaka Sunda is a 12-member West Javanese performing arts group, led by Burhan Sukarma and based in the San Francisco Bay Area with strong collaborative connections to Bandung, Indonesia. Members of the group are accomplished musicians who have spent most of their lives learning and performing gamelan music. Founded in 1988 by Burhan and Rae Ann Stahl, Pusaka Sunda provides a voice for Burhan’s own compositions as well as a means for promulgating the traditional music of West Java. The group has performed all over the United States, toured West Java and produced multiple recordings of traditional and original music to great acclaim.
February 21, 2026
4:00–5:00 pm
San José State University
School of Music Recital Hall