Desak Made Suarti Laksmi | dancer (Sampih's mother) Desak Made Suarti Laksmi is a performer of Balinese dance, arja (opera) and gamelan, and is one of only two internationally performed female composers from Bali. She received degrees from the National College of the Arts (STSI) in Denpasar. Her innovative compositions for gamelan and chorus have been featured annually at the Bali International Arts Festival since 1986. She has toured extensively in Australia, Europe, India, Japan, Canada and the United States. Since 1985 she has been on the STSI faculty; she has also taught classes at Clark University, Emerson College, Eastman School of Music, and MIT, where she co-founded Gamelan Galak Tika in 1993.