Amir Pasaribu

Amir Hamzah Pasaribu was an Indonesian composer, pianist, cellist, cultural critic and music pedagogue. He was one of the first Indonesians to study classical music abroad and was very active in music composition, education and performance during the first two decades of Indonesian independence, and he founded the Indonesian Musician's Union. During the New Order period he left Indonesia for Suriname where he worked as a music teacher and orchestral musician, returning to Indonesia in 1996.