Master suling player Burhan Sukarma discusses and demonstrates, through live and recorded playing, the role of the Sundanese suling in Gamelan Degung, Tembang Sunda, and Kacapi-Suling.

Burhan is a master suling player known for his deeply moving improvisations. Before relocating to the U.S. in 1988, he built an influential career as a recording artist and principal musician at RRI Bandung. Burhan has directed the gamelan group Pusaka Sunda in San Jose, California for 32 years. His new Kacapi-Suling recording (Banda Manusa, 2020) is a collaboration with master kacapi musicians from West Java.