Gamelan Padhang Moncar (New Zealand Javanese gamelan)

Gamelan Padhang Moncar is a Central Javanese-style gamelan. In 1980, the Indonesian Embassy presented a pelog-mode set of instruments on permanent loan to the Victoria University of Wellington School of Music. A complementary slendro set was later purchased by the university, thus creating a complete pelog-slendro gamelan.

Contrary to traditional Javanese use, we use the name Padhang Moncar to denote our group of musicians.