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Dewa Budjana Shocked to Hear the News of Irianti Erningpraja's Passing, Remembers the Deceased as a Musician Who Studied Music in California

Dewa Budjana Shocked to Hear the News of Irianti Erningpraja's Passing, Remembers the Deceased as a Musician Who Studied Music in California

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Dewa Budjana Shocked to Hear the News of Irianti Erningpraja's Passing, Remembers the Deceased as a Musician Who Studied Music in California

Musician Dewa Budjana attended the wake of senior singer Irianti Erningpraja in the Pejaten Barat area, South Jakarta, on Tuesday (27/5/2025) evening. The guitarist of the band GIGI came with his wife to offer prayers and pay their last respects to the deceased.

The arrival of this Gigi band guitarist was also a moment to reminisce about Irianti, whom he had known since the 1980s. He explained that they both studied music at the same place.

"I met Mbak Irianti in 1985, because we both studied at Om Jack's school back then, and Indra Lesmana. Exactly in 1985. We met there and then it was on and off like that. We met again because she is a songwriter and a singer too," Budjana said at the wake on Tuesday (27/5/2025). Here are the details.

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Although they have known each other for a long time, Budjana admitted that he has never been directly involved in music projects with Irianti. However, he did visit the late musician's house due to the proximity of their residences.

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"But the collaboration was never intense. Maybe because my mom's house is nearby, I’ve been here or she has been to my house. I was surprised, really surprised," he said.

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Budjana also highlighted Irianti's role as one of the Indonesian female musicians who had studied music abroad for a long time. According to him, this deserves appreciation because there weren't many women doing it at that time.

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"As far as I know, she was one of the first women to attend music school, before others went to music school, she had already taken music classes there, in California, that’s what I remember. Because we rarely met in person, not many people knew," Budjana said.

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Regarding the illness suffered by Irianti, Budjana admitted that he did not know anything about it at all. In fact, their houses are quite close in the same complex.

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"I didn’t know she was sick, really. I just got the news earlier and was really shocked. But the other friends already knew, they said she has been sick for a year. I don’t know what the illness is, I just got the news suddenly, so I was quite shocked," said Budjana.

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Previously reported, Irianti Erningpraja breathed her last at RSUD Pasar Rebo, East Jakarta, on Tuesday (27/5/2025) at 14:14 WIB. The body was laid to rest at the funeral home and is scheduled to be buried on Wednesday (28/5/2025).