BIOGRAPHY
GITA GUTAWA
Early life
Gutawa was born Aluna Sagita Gutawa – Aluna Sagita meaning "song rhythm" – in Jakarta, Indonesia on 11 August 1993 to Erwin Gutawa, a composer, and Luthfi Andriani. The first child of the couple, she enjoyed watching her father work on his compositions. As a result, he enrolled her in a classical piano course, later sending her to a vocal course to develop her soprano voice. She received full support from her father, who assisted her as an adviser. In Chrisye's 2003 Dekade Concert, Gutawa performed in public for the first time, after Chrisye – who often collaborated with her father – invited her on stage. She later described him as her idol.
Music career
In 2004 Gutawa was approached by the manager of ADA Band, who had heard her practising at her singing lessons from the band's studio next door. She was asked to sing a duet with the band's lead singer; Gutawa, although at the time only singing as a hobby, accepted. The duet, titled "Yang Terbaik Bagimu" ("The Best for You"), was included on ADA Band's 2005 album Heaven of Love, which sold 800,000 copies After singing other duets with different singers, including religious singer Haddad Alwi, Gutawa was asked to record a solo album by Sony Music Indonesia.After a year in production, Gutawa's self-titled debut album was released in February 2007.The album was produced by her father and featured songs written by Glenn Fredly and Melly Goeslaw.Well-received, Gita Gutawa sold 150,000 copies in four months and was eventually certified triple platinum. After the success of the album, Gutawa's previously school-oriented schedule was filled with requests for media appearances and sponsorships. This led to Gutawa's mother stepping in and serving as her manager, in which role she continued until she became pregnant. Other members of Gutawa's family then assisted in managing her, with her mother scheduling Gutawa's media appearances and recording sessions.
Gutawa soon began singing in music festivals to gain experience. In 2008, she won the 6th International Nile Children Song Festival in Cairo with Ria Leimena's "To Be One" which she had previously sung on her debut album. That same year she attended a song festival in Itagly. She later assembled a girl band to support her after several performances had to be cancelled due to an inability to find musicians at short notice.
Education
While in elementary school and junior high school, she was chosen as the best student for five consecutive years.After becoming famous, she continued to attend Al-Izhar Junior High School instead of being home schooled
like most Indonesian child stars because she felt that "attending a
normal school is more fascinating," with more friends and chances to
socialise.She later attended Bina Nusantara Senior High School.In 2009, Gutawa was chosen by the education-oriented Sampoerna Foundation – run by the investment company Sampoerna Strategic – as its first youth ambassador, taking a direct part in the company's initiatives. As one of her first acts, she promised that part of the sales of Harmoni Cinta would be used to send poor Indonesian children to school; every twenty albums sold would be enough for one child.
- 1996–1999 : TK Bakti Mulya, Jakarta
- 1999–2005 : SD Bakti Mulya, Jakarta
- 2005–2008 : SMP Al-Izhar Pondok Labu, Jakarta
- 2008–2011 : SMA Bina Nusantara Simprug, Jakarta
- 2011-2014: University of Birmingham, UK
- 2014–2015 : London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
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