Gerald Situmorang was born in Jakarta on May 31, 1989. He began playing guitar at the age of 13. Initially, he studied under Armstrong Pitoi of the New Breeze for 3 years, Nikita Dompas for one year where he improved his skills and grew his passion in jazz, and later he took private lessons at Institut Musik Daya with Dion Janapria for one semester. He has also participated at "Serambi Jazz Workshop" with Florian Ross, Henning Sieverts, Wolfgang Haffner, and Kai Brückner. He also took a Masterclass with Indra Lesmana.
He first started writing and composing his own music at the age of 14. At 16, he composed several songs for his duo "Sketsa".
Gerald won the first prize in eX Jazz Battle 2009 with BAG Trio, and received a special award "Excellent Duo In Jazz" with Gerald & Ryan in 31st JGTC Competition.
Gerald has participated in many of Indonesia's most prestigious festivals such as Jazz Goes To Campus, Java Jazz Festival, JakJazz Festival, ASEAN Jazz Festival, Java Soulnation, PL Fair and many more.
He also participated in World Youth Jazz Fest 2014 in Malaysia.
On January 31st, 2010 he released his debut album with Sketsa "Childhood's Dream". It was nominated for the 2010 Indonesia Cutting Edge Music Awards (ICEMA) "Favorite Jazz Song Category" for "Childhood's Dream".
Gerald and his duo Sketsa was also nominated for an AMI Awards (Anugerah Musik Indonesia) which is the equivalent to the Grammy Awards in Indonesia in 2011 for the category of Best Jazz/Instrumental Performance by a solo artist or duo/group for his song "Childhood's Dream" which is on Sketsa's debut album.
Sketsa's second album, "Different Seasons", was released in May 22, 2013. The album was produced by Tohpati.
Gerald has also released albums with Hemiola Quartet "Oddventure" (November 22nd, 2012) and with Monita Tahalea & The Nightingales "Songs of Praise" (August 21st, 2013, produced by Indra Lesmana).
Besides performing with Sketsa, Gerald is a member of several music groups, including BAG+BEAT, Hemiola Quartet, Dimas Wibisana & His Mates, BARASUARA, Barry Likumahuwa Quintet, & Monita Tahalea and The Nightingales.
Gerald Situmorang has performed with many musicians, including : Tohpati, Indra Lesmana, Riza Arshad, Aksan Sjuman, Barry Likumahuwa, Raisa, Monita Tahalea, Indra Aziz, Nikita Dompas, Mery Kasiman, Calvin Jeremy, Oran Etkin, Dimas Wibisana, Marco Steffiano, Ankadiov Subran, TP. Thomas, Aldhan Prasatya, Dimas Pradipta, Haris Pranowo, Fajar Adi Nugroho, Julian Marantika, Indra Perkasa, Alexander Sheykin, Martin Denev, Matthew Sayersz, Sandy Winarta, Shadu Rasjidi, Demas Narawangsa, Echa Soemantri, and many more.
and he has recorded with :
Sketsa, Tohpati, Indra Lesmana, Raisa, Barry Likumahuwa, Matthew Sayersz, Suddenly September, Monita Tahalea & The Nightingales, Hemiola Quartet, Vonny Sumlang, Ermy Kullit, Rien Djamain, Julian Marantika, Mery Kasiman, and Yuka Dian Narendra.
Discography :
- Sketsa - "Childhood's Dream" (2010)
- Hemiola Quartet - "Oddventure" (2012)
- Sketsa - "Different Seasons" (2013)
- Monita Tahalea & The Nightingales - "Song of Praise" (2013)
- Gerald Situmorang Trio - "Time Is The Answer" (2014)
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