Opus Group Asia
Opus Solutions has joined Universitas Pattimura (Unpatti) in Ambon to promote the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to build a digital archive of Maluku music. The archive gives the region’s songs and traditional instruments a clear, traceable record of where they come from and who owns them.
The work is part of the “Maluku Musical Heritage Intelligence Initiative: Developing a Sovereign Digital Archive and AI-Ready Cultural Heritage Ecosystem to Support Ambon City of Music”. Unpatti leads the initiative with the Maluku diaspora, the Ambon Music Office and the State Christian Institute (IAKN) Ambon. It belongs to the Diaspora Berdampak (Impactful Diaspora) program of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, and it supports Ambon’s standing as a UNESCO City of Music.
Giving Ambon’s music a digital identity
At a public lecture in the Unpatti Rectorate Hall on Tuesday, 6 October 2026, Dennis Tedja, Chairman of Opus Solutions and Global Ambassador (Indonesia) of Cyberport Hong Kong, explained how AI can help build a digital identity for each musical work, so that its origin and its owner can be traced.
He pointed to a gap that affects many of Ambon’s traditional works and instruments: they have not yet been documented in the digital ecosystem. The Ambonese bamboo flute is one example. Without an adequate digital record, searching music platforms for similar instruments can return references from other regions or other countries instead of Ambon.
“This is what we want to emphasize. The original from Ambon is not there yet. Through digitization, it can be used widely and help promote Ambon,” he said.
Digitization, Dennis Tedja added, can also give certainty about the identity and ownership of a musical work before it enters the wider digital ecosystem.
A sovereign archive for Maluku music
Professor Wilma Latuny, Ph.D., Professor of Artificial Intelligence at Unpatti, proposed the program because Maluku’s music had never been held as sovereign, digitally documented data.
“Until now, there has been no sovereign data stored in an archive that could be used to digitize and monetize music. That is why I proposed this program,” she said.
The archive will serve a large and active music scene. Ambon has around 780 music groups, 700 active musicians and 50 music studios, and several schools in the city already teach a music curriculum.
“We hope this music can be properly digitized, with licenses and copyright, so that it can be returned to its owners, to the music itself,” Professor Latuny said.
Opus Solutions’ role
The initiative reflects what Opus Solutions does across the region: bringing AI to traditional sectors and bridging technology firms with Indonesian institutions. Pattimura University is one of Opus’s partners and collaborators. Through the program, Opus will provide AI advisory and draw on its network of more than 200 technology firms. That will help Unpatti and its partners turn the archive into a foundation for licensing and copyright protection.
The collaboration adds to Opus’s work connecting the innovation ecosystems of Hong Kong and Indonesia, from university partnerships to cross-border delegations. It also helps Ambon’s musicians to be found, credited and protected as their work reaches a global audience.
Source: Kompas.com, 7 October 2026.
