I Made Arnawa initially did not intend to make gamelan his career choice. Started learning gamelan at the age of seven, but decided to continue his secondary school in agriculture and work as an agricultural extension worker. But at a turning point when hearing Adi Merdangga directed by ASTI Denpasar made his passion for gamelan re-emerge and continued his education at STSI until finally completing his formal education in the Karawitan department at STSI Denpasar and ISI Surakarta. Since then Arnawa has become a well-known gamelan composer and teacher and is often invited to teach and create works in various places in the world including Taiwan, Germany, the United States and others.
Desa Tunjuk, Kab. Tabanan, Bali, Indonesia
