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Vocalist and lyricist Monica Akihary, the winner of the Boy Edgarprize , and guitarist and composer Niels Brouwer, have formed a duo under the name of BOI..
Boi Akih's Moluccan heritage came full circle in , when they performed for thousands at the New Year's Eve celebrations in Ambon, at the Lampangan Merdeka.
Boi Akih
Dutch jazz/world music trio
Boi Akih is a jazz/world music trio based in Amsterdam, Netherlands and composed of Monica Akihary on vocals, Niels Brouwer on guitar.[1] The group combines musical traditions from the Molucca Islands, Bali, Dutch jazz, improvised music, Indian classical music, and traditional African music.
Music is written by Brouwer and lyrics are written by Brouwer and Akihary.
History
Sandip Bhattachraya studied with Pandit Ishwar Lal Misra in the style of tabla musician Pandit Anokhelal Misra and has performed with Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia, Prabha Atre, Lakshmi Shankar, Shujaat Hussain Khan, Ustad Munawar Ali Khan, and Tarun Bhattacharya.
Niels Brouwer studied at the Hilversums Conservatorium (Conservatorium van Amsterdam) Monica Akihary is a graduate of visual arts studies in Amsterdam and Yogyakarta (Akademi Seni Rupa). Both studied classical Indian music in Bangalore (2002) and Mumbai (2004).
Akihary writes and sings in her fa