Jakarta, Indonesia

Nayaka Farrell

Composer, Sound artist

My practice grows through scattered roots, suspended between musical, cultural, and technological lineages while remaining grounded in listening. Working across sound, computation, and performance, I explore the unstable distance between perception and attention through listening, repetition, duration, and transformation. Through instruments and electronics, sound becomes a material that reshapes temporality, unsettles the boundaries between subject and object, and constructs sonic environments where memory, mediation, and human presence continuously shift.

01 / Bio
Portrait of Nayaka Farrell

Nayaka Farrell (b. 2005) is an Indonesian composer and sound artist that is currently studying music composition at Universitas Pelita Harapan under the guidance of Stevie Jonathan Sutanto. He began his musical journey with classical guitar at an early age, but his artistic practice has since branched into electroacoustic music, mixed composition and contemporary music.

His current practice explores the relationship between perception and attention, as well as the distance between them, through experimentation, critical reflection, and interdisciplinary inquiry. Working across acoustic and electronic media, he approaches sound as a reflective and perceptual experience shaped by context, memory, temporality, and technological mediation.

02 / Works

Selected works across sound and performance.

2026

String ensemble and harp

The Fragrance of Memories

Memories continuously shape the present, roots of today, and projection of tomorrow. The fragrance of memories is built around sonic memories that are never fully remembered, continuously shaped shifting across time, This piece was commissioned by Deza A Zakiy for his conducting recital

This piece was commissioned by Deza A Zakiy for his conducting recital

2026

Multichannel fixed media

Listening Room

A fixed media work for multichannel loudspeaker system that explores space as a perceptual condition and compositional material through field recordings and non-linguistic vocal sounds.

2026

String Quartet

Trang

A string quartet exploring brightness as a spatial and perceptual phenomenon through spreading, blurring, focusing, and directional sound.



2026

Interactive Installation, collaborative work with Ivena Chandra

Labuhan Kata

A word spoken in the present may shift in meaning in the future. Every spoken word becomes a temporary harbor: left within a space, heard again, and perhaps reinterpreted by others.

2026

Fixed stereo, collaborative work with Welderahmat

Tekstil

A fixed-media work built entirely from everyday sounds, treating recorded environments as raw sonic material shaped by listening, selection, and arrangement.

2025

Audiovisual

[Un]Familiar

An audio-visual work that re-contextualizes everyday found objects, opening intentional gaps between what is seen and what is heard.

2025

Voice and live electronics

Phenomenoun

A composition that repositions phonemes as independent sound objects, extending amplified voice through subtle electronic processes and spatialization.

2025

Snare drum and laptop

Lost Contact

A work inspired by the social phenomenon of lost contact, using live electronics and snare drum to trace dialogues that dissolve into monologues.



2025

Fixed Stereo (Collaborative Work)

Kertas Yang Menangis

The piece explores paper as its primary sonic and conceptual material, reflecting on the life cycle of paper and how easily it is discarded in everyday life.

2025

Orchestra

Kala Rau

The work reflects on the idea of immortality as something unbound by time. It manifests interpretations of concepts such as suspension, fragmented momentum, and sonic independence.

2024

Orchestra

Swara Raga

The shifts in tempo and musical character are inspired by the contrasting gestures and rhythms of these dances. This composition won the Call for Score Competition held by Orkes Komunitas Concordia, and has been premiered by the orchestra.

03 / Performances & Exhibitions

An archive of performed, installed, and presented works.

2026

Tekstil, A collaboration work with Welderahmat

Radiophernia broadcast, Glasgow


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2026

Tekstil, A collaboration work with Welderahmat

La nas Arvores Ciclo II: Levantar voo / Cycle II: Take-Off - Portugal


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2026

Tekstil, A collaboration work with Welderahmat

ICMC 2026 - Hamburg, Germany


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2026

Trang, performed by J Modern Quartet

Pulsasi, Pelita Harapan University - Tangerang, Indonesia


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2026

Pelabuhan Kata, collaboration with Ivena Chandra

Pulsasi, Pelita Harapan University - Tangerang, Indonesia


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2026

Tekstil, A collaboration work with Welderahmat

Dundee Radio 2026 Listening Festival - Scotland


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2026

Eeeaa, performed by Orkes Komunitas Concordia

Usmar Ismail Hall - Jakarta, Indonesia


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2025

Kala Rau, performed by Orkes Komunitas Concordia

Usmar Ismail Hall - Jakarta, Indonesia


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2025

Lost Contact

Pulsasi, Pelita Harapan University - Tangerang, Indonesia


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2025

Tubuh Revolusi and More or Less by Dua Ketuk

Tembi Rumah Budaya - Yogyakarta, Indonesia


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2025

Swara Raga, performed by Orkes Komunitas Concordia

Usmar Ismail Hall - Jakarta, Indonesia


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04 / Achievements

Awards, selections, residencies, and artistic participation.

2026

AMI Awards nominated — Best Contemporary Production

2026

Selected composer, radiophernia broadcast, Glasgow

2026

2nd Place Winner, The Papandayan International Online Jazz Competition

2026

Selected Composer, La nas Arvores Ciclo II: Levantar voo / Cycle II: Take-Off 2026, Portugal

2026

Selected Composer, ICMC 2026 Hamburg, Germany

2026

Selected Composer, Dundee Radio 2026 Listening Festival, Scotland

2026

Composer in residence at the Concordia Community Orchestra (ongoing)

2025

Assistant for composer and PhD candidate Dion Nataraja (ongoing)

2025

Selected participant, National Talent Management Electroacoustic Music Lab (MTN Lab)

2025

Winner, Call for Score #3 by Orkes Komunitas Concordia

2025

Selected participant, Gardika Gigih's Composition Class

2025

Selected Composer, Immersive Festival, Lisbon, Portugal

2025

Winner, Call for Score #1 by Orkes Komunitas Concordia

2024

Best Competency Test Participant, SMM Yogyakarta

2024

Best Graduate of the Class of 2021, SMM Yogyakarta

2024

Participant, musical theatre Memeluk Mimpi-Mimpi, organized by Kemendikbudristek

2023

1st Place Winner, National FLS2N Competition, Solo Guitar Category

2023

1st Place Winner, The Papandayan International Online Jazz Competition and Best New Young Talent

2023

Selected Performer, Gita Bahana Nusantara Orchestra

2019

1st Place Winner, Udayana Jazz Festival