Garuda Indonesia Colours Magazine January 2020 | Page 59

Lifestyle / Interview
Yovie Widianto
Musician on
a Mission
Interview by Vega Probo
Words by Dian Agustino
work, and the remaining 25 per cent
on consulting and cultural research.
For the past 10 years, Yovie has travelled
to remote areas across Indonesia, and
visited more than 550 cultural centres
in the country.
“I do this not for profit, but to make
my contribution to the development
of this country. I’d like to see and
understand the cultural centres not
only for their beauty, but also for
the local wisdom they hold.
This understanding is critical in the
grand design of cultural and tourism
development so that it won’t just be
limited to industrialisation. The concept
of development has to put forward the
local wisdom and true colours of
Indonesia. That is what we have
focused on at the Pusat Studi Indonesia
Cerdas,” explains Yovie, who graduated
from Bandung’s Universitas
Padjadjaran with a bachelor’s
degree in International Relations.
“Through this endeavour, I want to show
my love for Indonesia and inspire the
creative industry to not only focus on the
creative processes, but also to pay
attention to the economic growth side of
creative projects. To focus also on the
people and the environment,” he asserts.
I want to show my
love for Indonesia
and inspire the
creative industry.
Through his music and his commitment
to championing Indonesian culture,
Yovie frequently travels all over the
archipelago and the world. “I have
seen a lot of the country – from Aceh
to Papua. As a result, I have collected
so many GarudaMiles,” he grins.
As a Garuda Indonesia frequent
flyer, Yovie also has plenty of happy
memories with the airline. “I am proud
of Garuda Indonesia. Let me tell
you something that most people
don’t know: I actually wrote the
phenomenal ‘Untukku’ song that
goes, ‘Walau ke ujung dunia, pasti
akan ku nanti’, on a Garuda flight
bound for the United States,” Yovie
reminisces. “I was on my way to meet
someone, and looking down on the
islands as we passed by inspired
me to write the song.”
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