KEVIN YOSUA

Born in Cirebon October 13th, 1990. Kevin Yosua started playing electric bass since high school. He joined Conservatorium of Music in Universitas Pelita Harapan for his undergraduate degree. In his third year, he found himself passionate to learn playing double bass.   As a very talented bass player, Kevin has joined multiple jazz group competitions during his study and won most of them ie.  Indonesian Open Jazz Festival 2009, Jazz Goes to Campus 2009, Black Cat Jazz Competition 2010, etc.  And he always look for opportunities to learn from great Jazz musicians such as Oscar Stagnaro, Roberto Badoglio, Damian Erskine, Marius Beets, Kris Goessens, Marcel Serierse, etc.

Kevin Yosua participated in many Jazz Festivals in Indonesia and overseas.  He has produced few albums with Nial Djuliarso called “Blues for Willarene” and “Up There”; then another album with Hemiola Quartet called “Oddventure” and in 2014, Kevin composed and arranged his original songs and recorded his first album “Contradiction” with Sri Hanuraga, Robert Mulyarahardja, and Deska Anugrah.