Pak Tjokro, Mantle Hood, and Cal-Arts
August 3, 2004
KI TJOKROWASITO. It is by this name that he is much better known as a gamelan maestro from Yogyakarta than by the new name he has acquired: K.P.H. (short for the Javanese royal title that is the equivalent of `His Highness Prince') Notoprojo. Now in his 12th year of retirement, since July Pak Tjokro, as he is affectionately referred to, can happily say that he has reached the age of one century.
After crisscrossing the world on tours with I
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