One thing we should be proud of as Indonesian is the acknowledgement for our musicians and artists from international scene. The latest one on the list is Dhira Bongs, a female soloist who is surprisingly invited to Kyoto Music Expo 2017 in Kyoto, Japan. The annual event is going to be held on 23 September 2017 at Kyoto Umekoji Park Lawn Square. It showcases 7 performers with the accompaniment of big band/orchestra as well as two soloist which are Tomi Lebrero from Argentina and of course, Dhira Bongs. The singer-songwriter from Bandung could not hold her excitement about performing in the land of rising sun and she decided to make a mini Japan tour with four stops in total. She also told us about how she got invited to the event through a press release. Dhira’s song called “Puncak Pohon Bandung” was discovered by Fan Fan, who is a trumpet player of a Japanese band called Quruli who has a radio show on NHK FM. Youtube helped Fan Fan to discover Dhira and finally Quruli’s manager, Nao, who is also the organizer of Kyoto Music Expo invited her to perform.
