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Bringing classical music to the masses
Life, Michael Proudfoot, Published on 09/04/2024
» In last year's award-winning film Tár, Cate Blanchett is an orchestral conductor at the peak of her fame, celebrated worldwide and powerful within the industry. But a scandal brings her downfall, and a final scene shows her exiled to a (non-specified) Southeast Asian country, recording video game background music with a local orchestra.
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Thai pop singer 'Bird' named as national artist
News, Post Reporters, Published on 24/08/2023
» Singer Thongchai "Bird" McIntyre has been awarded national artist status alongside 11 other renowned Thai artists.
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What is love?
Life, Michael Proudfoot, Published on 08/11/2022
» Thai composer Somtow Sucharitkul's opera Helena Citronova had its European premiere in Hof, Germany, late last month, and it was a stunning success.
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Siam Sinfonietta presents anti-war piece
Life, Published on 16/06/2022
» As part of Siam Sinfonietta's regular "Mozart And More Mini-Festival", now in its 10th outing, Somtow Sucharitkul has chosen to conduct a rare and beautiful work, Joseph Haydn's Mass In Time Of War, at the Thailand Cultural Centre's Small Hall, Ratchadaphisek Road on Saturday and Sunday at 8pm.
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Siam Sinfonietta to perform Mahler's 4th
Life, Published on 12/05/2022
» Siam Sinfonietta under the baton of Somtow Sucharitkul will return to the Ballroom of Banyan Tree Bangkok for a performance of Mahler's Symphony No.4 on Sunday starting at 7.30pm.
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A night to remember in Phuket
Life, Published on 28/04/2022
» When I think of Phuket, I think about the beach -- nearby Koh Phi Phi with swimsuit and G-string clad partying 20-somethings trying to experience every excitement that life has to offer. That was until I was fortunate enough to attend the sold-out gala and premiere performance of the new Asian Sinfonietta Symphony.
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Music and madness
Guru, Suthivas Tanphaibul, Published on 18/02/2022
» Breaking out in cold sweat more than watching mad scientists' eerie experiments in horror films is witnessing the ruthless ambition of Dr Arun, the mad conductor played by Somtow Sucharitkul in The Maestro: A Symphony Of Terror in which the pandemic has driven the music master/madman up the wall.
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Remembering Bruce Gaston
Life, Published on 20/10/2021
» There are many people who claim to personify the "origin story" of contemporary music in Thailand, but when the actual history is finally written it will be shown that it was a group of three people working together in the 1970s who laid the groundwork for everything that was to come. A paper in Hong Kong called this group "The Holy Trinity".
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Somtow makes good use of island stay
News, Published on 27/09/2021
» Fresh from winning an award in Germany, renowned film director Somtow Sucharitkul decided to optimise his quarantine period in Phuket to carry out social activities.
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Somtow's Symphony Of Terror to premiere at German Sundance
Life, Published on 02/08/2021
» The Maestro: A Symphony Of Terror, a new Thai film, is scheduled to make its gala premiere at the prestigious Oldenburg International Film Festival in Lower Saxony, Germany, on Sept 19.
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