Angela Astri Soemantri was born in Bandung, Indonesia, in 1982. She began her music activity by learning piano at the age of 5, and since 1998 she has actively involved in choir activities and seriously studied in vocal as well as choral and orchestral conducting. She attended training for music conducting in Cathedral-Jakarta in 2002 under the supervision of Ms. Hanna P., Mr. Ernest Mariyanto, and Mr. Dirjoseputro. She attended the 2nd and 3rd Symposium on Church Choral Music workshop and masterclass under the guidance of Jonathan Velasco (The Philippines), Jennifer Tham (Singapore), Grace Oey (Singapore), and Stella Zhou (Singapore). In September 2009 she attended the 8th Rimini International Choral Workshop in Rimini, Italy, under direct supervision of Peter Philips (England), Ghislaine Morgan (England), Andrea Angelini (Italy), and Vytautas Miskinis (Lithuania) on Renaissance and Modern choral composition as well as music conducting. In 2010 she attended Workshop on Venetian Renaissance Choral Music under supervision of Prof. Andrea Angelini (Italy) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She also learned vocal lessons from Avip Priatna, also vocal and music conducting from Tommy Prabowo.
Since January 2009 she became the music director of Orcaellae Vox Sacra (now became Monarch Orcaellanum Luminare). She is also the founder of Tarumanagara Angels Orchestra (TAO). She is the conductor of Lentera Simfonia. She has Bachelor in Psychology and Master in Educational Psychology from the Department of Psychology, Tarumanagara University.
She has written 3 articles that are published internationally in 4 languages (English, French, German, and Spanish) about "Indonesian Folk Choral Music" (with Michael Mulyadi), "Choral Education in Indonesia" (with Dr. Monty P. Satiadarma), and "The Voices in The Brain" (with Prof. Aurelio Porfiri) through International Choral Bulletin (ICB) which is the official journal of the International Federation for Choral Music (IFCM). Her paper based on her research on Vivaldi’s music for emotional regulation of babies has been presented at the Asian Conference on Arts and Humanities in Osaka, Japan in 2012 and this year she's being invited by the same organizer to give a workshop about The Power of Singing.
Since January 2009 she became the music director of Orcaellae Vox Sacra (now became Monarch Orcaellanum Luminare). She is also the founder of Tarumanagara Angels Orchestra (TAO). She is the conductor of Lentera Simfonia. She has Bachelor in Psychology and Master in Educational Psychology from the Department of Psychology, Tarumanagara University.
She has written 3 articles that are published internationally in 4 languages (English, French, German, and Spanish) about "Indonesian Folk Choral Music" (with Michael Mulyadi), "Choral Education in Indonesia" (with Dr. Monty P. Satiadarma), and "The Voices in The Brain" (with Prof. Aurelio Porfiri) through International Choral Bulletin (ICB) which is the official journal of the International Federation for Choral Music (IFCM). Her paper based on her research on Vivaldi’s music for emotional regulation of babies has been presented at the Asian Conference on Arts and Humanities in Osaka, Japan in 2012 and this year she's being invited by the same organizer to give a workshop about The Power of Singing.