Dr. Herry Rizal Djahwasi is a lecturer at the Faculty of Music and Performing Arts, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI), Malaysia. Specializing in classical and modern guitar, modern piano, and composition, Dr. Djahwasi holds a PhD in Music Performance. He is actively involved in artistic research, music pedagogy, and performance studies, with a particular focus on guitar transcription, spectrographic analysis, and cross-cultural repertoire development. Dr. Djahwasi has published widely in SCOPUS and ERA-indexed journals and is recognized as a supervisor for numerous PhD and Master’s research projects internationally. His collaborative research extends to comparative arts education, the integration of Malaysian and Indonesian folk music, and technological innovations in music learning. He regularly serves as a reviewer and consultant for academic journals and cultural institutions.