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Jubing Kristianto (Indonesia) Jubing Kristianto studied the classical guitar seriously with Suhartono Lukito and Arthur Sahelangi at Yamaha Music School in Semarang and Jakarta, Indonesia. His formal education was in Criminology from Universitas Indonesia. He decided to be a guitarist in 2003 after working as a journalist for 13 years. Since then, he has been working together with the prominent musicians/vocalists in various genres --both in recording and live performance. Jubing has released five solo guitar albums: Becak Fantasy (2007), Hujan Fantasy (2008), Delman Fantasy (2009), Kaki Langit (2009), and Pagi Putih (2015) produced by IMC Record. His mostly plays a repertoire of solo guitar music of his own arrangements and compositions using of his favorite material: children’s songs, folksongs, and pop songs. His performances and albums have received critical acclaim from music-lovers and media in Indonesia. Rolling Stone Indonesia magazine enlisted his Becak Fantasy as one of "The Best 20 Indonesian Albums of 2008". Jubing has been an artist-endorser for Yamaha Music Indonesia since 2009.