Many know I Wayan Sinti as a classical artist, but he is also a top innovator, composer, teacher and artist in Bali. Sinti was born in 1943 in Ubung Village and started studying vocals and gamelan in 1957. His interest in art led him to continue his studies at KOKAR. Because he was the best graduate at that time, the school where he studied hired him as a teacher. Apart from teaching in Bali, Sinti has also been invited to the Center for World Music in Berkeley, America and continued his ethnomusicology education at San Diego State University and graduated with an MA in music. Besides being active in teaching, Sinti also makes innovations in Balinese gamelan, such as making several new gamelans, Manikasanti and Shiwa Nada. As for some of I Wayan Sinti’s works, Lokarya, Ajnyaswari, Wilet Mayura, are still favored by the gamelan community because they are innovative but still have strong roots in Balinese artistic traditions.
