ABOUT US
“Rumah Budaya Indonesia in Rome ETS” is a non-profit cultural association and art space based in Rome, Italy. Founded in April 2025, it serves as a place where Indonesian and Italian communities can come together. With the support of the Indonesian Embassy in Rome, we share the beauty and diversity of Indonesian music and culture in a way that is open and interactive.
MISSION & ACTIVITIES
“Rumah Budaya Indonesia in Rome ETS” aims to promote the knowledge and dissemination of Indonesian culture in Italy through the organization and management of cultural, artistic, editorial, and recreational activities. In pursuing these goals, the association carry out a variety of activities:
- Organization of seminars, workshops, and presentations on music and performing arts, visual and cinematic arts, and Indonesian language and literature;
- Offering logistic support for the international mobility of Indonesian artists and experts in visual and performing arts;
- Organization of concerts and artistic festivals;
- Audiovisual documentation of activities carried out and production of multimedia materials for educational and promotional purposes;
- Management of a website and an online archive for collecting multimedia documents created in-house or acquired/donated by other individuals or entities.
OUR MUSIC INSTRUMENTS & ENSEMBLES
Visit our art center to study and play a variety of Indonesian musical instruments, including:
– Traditional angklung (pentatonic bamboo shakers);
– a variety of bamboo musical instruments from different regions of West and Central Java, including a complete calung ensemble from Banyumas;
– an arumba band from West Java, consisting of diatonic bamboo instruments and a drum set;
– a Sundanese gamelan degung, which underwent aesthetic and functional restoration at our center between March and April 2025;
– a kecapi (zither) and several suling (pentatonic flutes) from West Java;
– the only complete Balinese gamelan gong kebyar available in Italy, restored and re-tuned at our art center in July 2025.
Our archive preserves multimedia documentation of activities – audio / video recordings, photos, programs, teaching materials – and includes in-house productions and items donated by individuals or institutions. Press coverage about the center is also catalogued. Access to the archive is managed through our website.
ARCHIVE
Follow our social media and contact us for further information and collaboration inquires!
Instagram account: rbi.rome
Email: rbindonesiarome@gmail.com / rumahbudayaindonesiarome@pec.it
Address: via dei marsi 59, 00185 – Rome
