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Diandra Aruna Mahira
(Indonesia)
Hails from Yogyakarta,
Indonesia, Diandra Aruna
Mahira (She was born in
Manchester, UK, 1 March
2005) is a young classical
guitarist.
She first started playing the
classical guitar at 8 years
old with Maestro Anton Asmonodento the Indonesia guitar teacher.
When she was 9, she continued with Cressentia Murniastuti. As she
wanted to pursue more seriously her interest in classical guitar, in 2015
Aruna started to learn from Rahmat Raharjo. She now takes frequent
master-classes with Kevin Loh.
Aruna has joined a number of classical guitar competitions, both national
and international. Among her achievements, she was awarded 1st place
at the 5th Valerio International Guitar Festival and Competition in 2017,
Junior B Category, 2nd place at the Tarrega Malaysia International
Guitar Festival in 2017, Junior Category, 1st place at the National
Classical Guitar Competition (KGKN) in 2017, Junior Category and 1st
place at the 2018 Southeast Asia Young Artist and Performance Awards,
Thailand. Aruna has also performed at several concerts and events; she
was the opening performance for the Jakarta Fundraising Night by Paris
Guitar Foundation with Augustin Pesnon and David Sylvester in
Jakarta, performed as Duo Anantara at the "Amazing 60 Years Indonesia
& Japan - Classical Guitar Concert" in Tokyo, Japan, to name a few.
Aruna has also launched an album titled 12 as a portfolio of the
repertoires she once learnt and played throughout 2014-2016. She has
passed Grade 1, 2 and 5 ABRSM (Associated Board of the Royal Schools
of Music) with Distinction and is also listed has a High Scorer.
Other than guitar, Aruna plays piano and learns vocal, too.