IWAN GUNAWAN
Bandung, 1. January 1974 – Amsterdam, 16. March 2026

Incredible composer & musician,
devoted teacher,
prominent musicologist,
exceptional interculturalist,
this all on an international stage,
passed away.

Iwan Gunawan has been involved in
many intercultural project in closed cooperation
with Trace21 for nearly 25 years and a personal friend of our curator
PietHein (also known as PH) & Roderik de Man.

Our condolences have to go to
Iwan Gunawans wife and children in  the first place.
His spirit will lead us for many year.
It will not a farewell, but a welcome world in music, never limited to the
few countries who already be aware of his greatness.

(ph, 16-03, 2026)