Ebiet G. Ade
Ebiet G. Ade (born in Wanadadi, Banjarnegara, Central
Java, 21 April 1954; age 56 years) is a singer and songwriter of
Indonesian nationality. Ebiet known for his songs with the theme of nature and
the grief suffered marginalized groups. Through songs that were ballad genre,
at the beginning of his career, he was 'taking' an atmosphere of Indonesian
life in the late 1970s until the present. The theme song variety, not only
about love, still there are also nature-themed songs, socio-politics, disasters,
religious, family, etc.. The touch of his music had pushed an update on the
world of pop music of Indonesia.
All the songs he wrote himself, he never sings the song created by someone
else, except God's blessing wading song co-written by President Susilo Bambang
Yudhoyono.
Born the son of Abid Ghoffar Aboe Dja'far in Wanadadi, Banjarnegara is
the youngest of 6 brothers, sons Aboe Dja'far, a civil servant, and Sauda, a
cloth merchant. In the past he harbored a lot of ideals, such as engineers,
doctors, painters. Everything is off the mark, Ebiet even so the singer -
although he preferred to called a poet because of his background in the world
of art which originated from kepenyairan
After graduating
from elementary school, signed Ebiet PGAN (Education Master of Religious
Affairs) Banjarnegara. Unfortunately he did not feel at home so moved to Yogyakarta. Muhammadiyah junior high school at 3 and went
on to SMA Muhammadiyah I. There he was active in the PII (Indonesian Islamic
Student). However, he can not go to college to the Faculty of Economics, University of Gadjah Mada in the absence of cost. He
prefers to join vocal group when his father, who retired gave him an option:
Ebiet enter FE UGM or sister who passed the exam just finishedan undergraduate
at the University
of General Sudirman,
Purwokerto