Viky Sianipar is a young Talented Musician and Music Arranger from Jakarta, Indonesia. Though he played music profesionally since high school (in the begining of 90s), he started his carrier as a solo Artist who played, arranged and produced his own album in 2001. This Batak native started studying music when he was six years old. After studying classical piano and guitar into his teen years, he discovered his true love of new age and world music. He ditched his job in the family business and in 2002 began dedicating himself to music full time. In his last four albums, the multi-talented composer has created music inspired by the music of north Sumatra, the birthplace of his ancestors. He is driven to learn and experiment with Batak music and instruments while updating their sound with modern keyboards and electronics. He continues to collaborate with musicians on other ethnics such Javanese, Sundanese, Malay, etc, and produce his latest album called INDONESIAN BEAUTY in 2006. He experiment and produce all of his music in his state of the art studio complex in Jakarta called VIKY SIANIPAR MUSIC CENTER, where he hopes to produce other groups dedicated to promoting and modernizing the traditional sounds of Indonesia. His first album called TOBA DREAM claimed as the best selling World Music Album in Indonesia The album was also awarded by Indonesian Music Academy (AMI) Award as the nominee of The Best World Music Artist. His singles like PISO SURIT and BETA HITA stays on MTV and local radio charts for weeks, also was known as the first ethnic new age music that was able to enter media's chart ever. He is, then, claimed as the youngest best selling Indonesian World Music artist that make him the icon of Indonesian World Musicians.
