Susan Piper berpose bersama saya di

Susan Piper berpose bersama saya di Taman Budaya Jatim di sela-sela latihan menjelang konser Sawung Jabo di Surabaya, 15 Agustus 2006.


Dia satu-satunya orang kulit putih yang berada di atas panggung. Juga satu-satunya perempuan di antara 13 musisi pendukung konser ‘Antologi Sawung Jabo: Satu Langkah Sejuta Cakrawala’ di Gedung Cak Durasim, Surabaya, Selasa (15/8/2006) malam.

Rambut pirang, perawakan tinggi, membuatnya mudah dilacak mata ratusan penonton. Bukan itu saja. Suara soprannya yang lembut, sekali-sekali membawakan nyanyian ala tembang jawa, membuat konser Sawung Jabo di kampung halamannya ini terasa lebih lezat.

Tak salah lagi, perempuan itu Susan Piper (54). Dia istri pemusik Sawung Jabo yang setia mendampingi perjalanan karier dan hidup Sawung Jabo hampir selama 30 tahun terakhir. "Saya mengenal Sawung Jabo sejak 1978, waktu di Bengkel Teater, Jogja. Kami menikah satu tahun kemudian," ujar Susan Piper dalam percakapan khusus dengan saya.

Bengkel Teater yang dibina WS Rendra merupakan teater paling top di Jogja pada awal 1970-an, dan telah menelurkan seniman-seniman besar di Tanah Air. Sawung Jabo salah satunya.

Sambil bercerita tentang masa lalu, karier, pandangan musikal, Susan terus menikmati nasi kotak, lauknya ayam goreng. Perempuan kelahiran Romford, Inggris, 19 Juni 1952, ini menikmati makanan itu dengan lahap.

"Kebetulan saya sedang lapar hehehe…"

Sebelum mengenal, kemudian menikah dengan Sawung Jabo, Susan mengaku sudah tertarik dengan kebudayaan Asia Tenggara, khususnya bahasa. Maka, saat skripsi dia secara khusus melakukan studi di Jogja. Tak hanya belajar bahasa Indonesia dan bahasa Jawa, Susan pun belajar wayang kulit, tembang jawa, tarian… langsung di keraton.

"Cukup lama saya bergabung dengan kelompok wayang kulit di keraton (Jogja)," ceritanya.

結果 (英語) 2:

Susan Piper pose with me in East Java Cultural Park on the sidelines ahead of a concert rehearsal Sawung Jabo in Surabaya, August 15, 2006. He was the only white man who was on the stage. Also the only woman among the 13 musicians concert supporters 'Jabo Sawung Anthology: A Million Steps Horizon' in Durasim Cak Building, Surabaya, on Tuesday (08/15/2006) night. Blonde hair, tall stature, making it easy to track the eyes of hundreds of spectators , Not only that. Soprannya soft voice, occasionally singing style brought Javanese song, make a concert in his hometown Sawung Jabo is even more delicious. No doubt, she was Susan Piper (54). He Sawung Jabo musician wife who faithfully support career and life Sawung Jabo nearly the last 30 years. "I know Sawung Jabo since 1978, the time at the Theatre Workshop, Yogyakarta. We were married a year later," said Susan Piper in a special conversation with me. Theater Workshop fostered Rendra the top theater in Yogyakarta in the early 1970s, and has spawned great artists in the country. Sawung Jabo one of them. As he talked about the past, careers, musical outlook, Susan continued to enjoy the rice box, lauknya fried chicken. Women born in Romford, England, June 19, 1952, it enjoyed the food with gusto. "Incidentally, I'm hungry hehehe ..." Before you know, then married to Sawung Jabo, she claimed to have been interested in Southeast Asian culture, especially the language. Then, when he specifically thesis conducted a study in Yogyakarta. Not only learned Indonesian and Javanese, Susan learned puppets, Javanese song, dance ... directly in the palace. "For a long time I joined the group in the palace wayang kulit (Yogyakarta)," he says.