Soimah Pancawati (born September 29, 1980) is an Indonesian comedian, singer, pesindhèn, and presenter from

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. Biography of Soimah
retrieved on 2011-09-29 She sings in several genres, including

campursari Campursari in Indonesian refers to a crossover of several contemporary Indonesian music genres, mainly Javanese Langgam Jawa and Dangdut. The word ''campursari'' was coined from the Javanese language, and literally means "mixture of essences ...

, pesindhèn,

ketoprak ''Ketoprak'' ( jv, ꧋ꦏꦺꦛꦺꦴꦥꦿꦏ꧀, Kethoprak) is a theatrical genre of Java featuring actors who may also sing to the accompaniment of the gamelan. It draws its stories from Javanese history and romances and in this differs from ...

, Java pop, hip-hop, and dagelan. She grew up in a coast village at Tayu, Pati,

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Career

After graduation from

junior high A middle school (also known as intermediate school, junior high school, junior secondary school, or lower secondary school) is an educational stage which exists in some countries, providing education between primary school and secondary school ...

school, Pancawati decided to continue her education at SMKI (Indonesian Musical High School). She won several singing competitions, including Bintang Karaoke Dangdut in

, Bintang Televisi, and Dara Ayu. She joined the group Jogja Hip Hop Foundation as a pesindhèn singer, and has appeared as a singer on the ANTV television show ''Seger''. On January 9, 2012, she joined the talk show ''@Show_Imah''. She has also appeared on ''Indonesia Mencari Bakat'', ''Comedy Project'', '' D'academy Asia 2'' and ''

Opera Van Java ''Opera Van Java'' (abbreviated as OVJ) is an improvisation comedy show broadcast on the Indonesian TV station Trans7. The show's concept is of ''wayang orang'' performances in a modern setting. As such, all positions are referred as ''wayang''.< ...

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Personal life

Soimah Pancawati was born on September 29, 1980, in Pati,

. She is the fifth of seven children of Hadinarko and Kasmiyati. She married Herwan Prandoko (also known as Koko) on December 27, 2002, and they have two sons.

Discography

Single

Filmography

Television

Awards and nominations

References

External links

Biodata Soimah di Wow Keren
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pancawati, Soimah 1980 births Living people People from Yogyakarta 21st-century Indonesian women singers Javanese people Muslim female comedians Indonesian women television presenters