Sandhy Sondoro

Sandhy's love and passion for music. started at a very young age. His music influenced by American and British rock legends like the Beatles and Led Zeppelin. The power of his voice reminds us of Curtis Mayfield, he is sometimes called the Ben Harper of Jakarta. In 1998, Sandhy moved back to Berlin and started singing and playing the guitar in bars, clubs and metros. His famous song “Down on the Streets” was inspired by his experiences in the Berlin metros. In 2005, Sandhy performed in “Berlin for Asia” a charity concert for the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami victims. Not long after releasing his first single “Down On The Streets”, on April 25, 2008 he published his debut album “Why Dont We”. He is well-known for winning 8th in the New Wave International Contest of Young Pop Singers in Jurmala, Latvia, from July 28 to August 2, 2009. Sandhy’s musical talent was spotted internationally when world famous songwriter Diane Warren invited him to sing at the legendary venue The Palladium Theatre in Hollywood for a PBS Special TV Broadcast. On August 2008, the Indonesian Embassy in Berlin bestowed him a medal of honor “Satya Lencana. And again Sandhy Sondoro incised achievement in the international music festival event!. In July, 2017 Sandhy was chosen as The Grand Prix Winner of the International Music Festival "White Nights of St. Petersburg.