After his studies, he performed as a concert kacapist around the world. Besides performing, he has created a new learning method for Suling (bamboo flute), and has also published several method books for Sundanese instruments - Suling, Gamelan and Kacapi.
Ade has been a member of professional folk and classical music groups in Bandung, performing on Kacapi and Gamelan. He has recorded Sundanese traditional and contemporary music with well-known composers in West Java.
His travels abroad have taken him to India, South Korea, the Netherlands and the USA. While in the Netherlands, he performed as a kacapi soloist in Utretcht and Den Haag, and also taught Sundanese music in Stichtings Kunskring Siliwangi-Panglipur. He also teaches regularly in Bali for the San Diego-based Center for World Music.
San Diego State University - Workshop and Performance (2006)
International Buk Festival - Taijon Expo (1993)
International Teaching and Performance Highlights
Centre for World Music - Gamelan Intensive Summer Program (2000 - 2010)
Bali, Indonesia
Acadia University - Guest Artist Residency (2011, 2013)
Nova Scotia, Canada
Memorial University - Guest Artist Residency (2013)
Newfoundland, Canada
University of Washington, Seattle - Ethnomusicology Visiting Artist Residency (2012)
Washington, USA
UCLA - Lecture performance (2012)
California, USA
University of North Texas - Performance (2012)
Texas, USA
SMU - Guest Artist Residency (2011, 2013)
Texas, USA
Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music - Lecture and Workshop (2012, 2010)
Singapore
California State University San Marcos (2010)
California, USA
Palomar College - Workshop and Performance (2010)
California, USA
SMU Summer Intensive - Instructor in Indonesian Percussion (2010 - 2014)
Bali, Indonesia
Festival of Asia Pacific Intangible Cultural Heritage - Performance (2010)
South Korea
Sufi Mystic Festival Ruhaniyat - Performance (2010)
Mumbai, India
Performance (2008)
Australia
University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign - Workshop and Performance (2006)
Illinois, USA
San Diego State University - Workshop and Performance (2006)
California, USA
YST Conservatory of Music (Singapore) - Summer Gamelan Intensive (2010 - 2013)
Bali, Indonesia
Centre for World Music - Guest Artist Residency (2011, 2012, 2013)
California, USA
International Buk Festival - Taijon Expo (1993)
South Korea