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Masterpieces of the Magyar
Life, James Keller, Published on 14/05/2024
» Supported by B.Grimm, the Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra (RBSO) gave a dedicated concert late last month at the Thailand Cultural Centre to mark the 155th anniversary of formal diplomatic relations between Thailand, Austria and Hungary. Many ambassadors were in attendance for this important historical event in the social calendar, including HE Dr Sándor Sipos of the Embassy of Hungary. The emphasis was, in fact, wholly on the music of the Magyar people, featuring top-drawer Hungarian violinist Vilmos Oláh and compatriot conductor Andrea Daru from Budapest. That culture certainly boasts earthy music of the most profound emotional depth, and indeed, the programming for this concert was an absolute delight for the aural senses, opening with the glorious Les Préludes by Franz Liszt.
Musical exchanges
Life, Published on 02/04/2024
» A completely packed Thailand Cultural Centre (TCC) was witness to a truly awe-inspiring concert on March 22, as a top visiting orchestra, the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra (TSO), took to the stage to officially mark the opening of its brand new, brave initiative called "Asia Project".
Leaps of joy
Life, James Keller, Published on 30/03/2023
» Presented in collaboration with the Tourism Authority of Thailand and B.Grimm, the Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra continued their wonderfully varied 2023 concert season at the Thailand Cultural Centre earlier this month with a programme devoted entirely to the incomparable genius of German composer Felix Mendelssohn.
Showtunes delight TCC crowd
Life, James Keller, Published on 25/10/2022
» Conducting maestro Vanich Potavanich and the Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra demonstrated most emphatically just how to fill every single seat of the Thailand Cultural Centre earlier this month.
A poignantly brave opening to 2021 concert season
Life, James Keller, Published on 21/01/2021
» The Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra presented an extremely inspired evening of music earlier this month in the Main Hall of the Thailand Cultural Centre, a welcome relief for many who suspected that live performances might be put on hold indefinitely at the start of this new year.
Baroque in the spotlight
Life, Published on 06/10/2020
» Two shining lights of Bangkok's ever-blossoming violin fraternity were given the spotlight at the Ballroom of the Anantara Siam Hotel last month, in a sumptuous evening of choice string music entitled "Beauty of the Baroque – RBSO 2020 Classical Concert No.3".
Genial atmosphere amid HRH's birthday celebration
Life, Published on 21/01/2020
» The Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra entered the new decade in spectacular fashion earlier this month, when it gave a wonderful performance in honour of the birthday celebrations of the orchestra's royal patron, HRH Princess Sirivannavari Nariratana Rajakanya.
An evening of German drama
Life, Published on 06/11/2019
» The "Germanic Heroism -- Austrian Charm" concert offered by the Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra last week proved to be a most enjoyable evening of classical music.
Revolutionary Dreams
Life, Published on 15/04/2019
» In the presence of HRH Princess Sirivannavari Nariratana, it was a refreshing delight to hear the Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra (RBSO) perform Prokofiev's brilliant Piano Concerto No.3 at the Thailand Cultural Centre late last month, with Bulgarian pianist Dora Deliyska rising commendably to the considerable challenges present in this undisputed pinnacle of the literature. It represents an imposing challenge for even top level performers.
Sounds of Shostakovich and Sibelius fill TCC's chambers
Life, Published on 06/03/2019
» British-born conductor Douglas Bostock made a hugely positive impression on the entire ensemble of the Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra instrumentalists when he conducted them for the first time in 2018, and his return visit this year for "Li-Wei Qin Plays Shostakovich" at the Thailand Cultural Centre last month was no less inspiring.