I Wayan Pande Widiana (b. 1993) is a Balinese musician, composer and gamelan researcher. His interest in gamelan was inspired by traditions in Banjar Adat Pande Tunggak. He began to deepen his interest in gamelan while attending SMK N 3 Sukawati (2011) and seriously explore gamelan culture and composition while studying at ISI Denpasar (2015). The latter was supported by a Beasiswa Bidik Misi from the Ministry of Education and Culture. After graduation, he moved to Surakarta (Central Java) to continue his education and pursue a Masters of Arts degree at ISI Surakarta (2019) with assistance from a Beasiswa Unggulan from the Ministry of Education and Culture. There he broadened his perspective on Indonesian music culture and prepared a thesis titled Analysis of Wayan Darya’s Lelambatan Tabuh Dua “Taru Kencana.” After almost three years in Java he returned to Bali and continued his work as a composer, actively contributing to the Bali Arts Festival, while also collaborating and participating in other events. Today, he focuses on Selonding Bali Aga, a research program and forum for learning and publishing texts. He also established a selonding production center, called Prapen Balung Wesi. His passion for selunding music was inherited from his relative, Pande Wayan Tusan (after his consecration Sira Mpu Sri Dharmapala Vajrapani) of Bebandem, who passed away in 2021, and, together with his father, Wayan Widia, he now works to restore broken or lost selunding orchestras, mainly in Karangasem. He has performed with various gamelan gong (kebyar) and selunding ensembles, in a wide range of occasions, including the 2003 and 2011 Bali Arts Festivals. In 2021 he organized the Bali Aga Selunding Festival and a seminar and workshop on selunding music in Amlapura. He has also published several videos of selunding music in Tenganan and Bebandem.
