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To honour the Queen, The Faithful Son returns
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 02/08/2017
» In honour of HM Queen Sirikit's birthday on Aug 12, Somtow Sucharitkul's opera Suwana Sama -- The Faithful Son will be performed at the Thailand Cultural Centre from Saturday until Aug 7.
Mahler at its finest
Life, Published on 12/07/2017
» On July 6 at Mahisorn Hall in SCB Plaza, Somtow Sucharitkul conducted a combined youth orchestra in a memorable performance of Symphony No.5 by Gustav Mahler (who was born on July 7, 157 years ago).
King Bhumibol's compositions live on
Life, Stan Gayuski, Published on 25/05/2017
» The opportunity to hear the complete compositions of King Rama IX all in one sitting, utilising all the different musical genres from jazz to symphony orchestra, marching band to chamber music, was afforded for the first (and second) time on May 13 and 14, when Opera Siam brought together over 200 artists for a pair of six-hour marathons punctuated by 90-minute dinner breaks.
Musical tribute to the late King Bhumibol
Life, Patcharawalai Sanyanusin, Published on 11/05/2017
» Four of Thailand's most celebrated conductors will be leading more than 200 performers in an epic performance featuring the world's first symphonic rendition of the late King Bhumibol's complete songs this weekend.
In remembrance: ML Usni Pramoj
Life, Published on 04/04/2017
» On more than one occasion over the past several decades, ML Usni Pramoj has said to me: "I'm an amateur. I never forget that. That's why I've never taken a single satang for a musical performance."
Siam Philharmonic serves up a passionate masterclass
Life, Stan Gayuski, Published on 28/02/2017
» For the past few months, the Siam Philharmonic has performed only in events commemorating the late King Bhuminol Adulyadej, notably the performance of the Royal Anthem in Sanam Luang in October. Last Tuesday, the orchestra and its conductor, Maestro Somtow Sucharitkul, emerged from seclusion and presented its first concert of standard classical repertoire in its fifteenth season.
Teaching tolerance is the order of the day
Life, Published on 09/02/2017
» Somtow Sucharitkul's latest production in the Dasjati series, Nemiraj: Chariot Of Heaven, is a sumptuous feast for the senses. Aptly chosen to commemorate the 100th day of the passing of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, last month's premiere at the Thailand Cultural Centre embodied profound spiritual thought, introspection and great beauty.
Wagner, Thai-style
Life, Michael Proudfoot, Published on 25/08/2016
» It was bold of Somtow Sucharitkul to take Opera Siam to Bayreuth in Germany, the spiritual home of Wagnerians, to perform the first opera of a cycle of operas that challenges Richard Wagner's monumental Ring cycle, performed every year in Bayreuth, as the world's longest opera cycle. Sucharitkul's The Silent Prince is the first of the 10 operas of his Dasjati cycle telling the "Ten Lives Of The Buddha", familiar stories in Buddhist culture. Somtow has already composed five of the operas, and hopes to have all 10 finished by 2020, ready for a complete cycle in a sort of Bangkok Bayreuth Festival.
Thai musicians charm Bavarian audiences
Life, Michael Proudfoot, Published on 16/08/2016
» Opera Siam and the Siam Sinfonietta are in Bayreuth, Germany, home each year to the famous Wagner Festival, for the European premiere of Somtow Sucharitkul's opera The Silent Prince, which forms part of the Bayreuth Annual Young Artists Festival. Before the opera opens members of the ensemble have performed concerts in Bayreuth and some small Bavarian towns nearby.
Somtow's The Silent Prince to make European bow
Life, Patcharawalai Sanyanusin, Published on 29/07/2016
» Somtow Sucharitkul will once again make his mark in Europe with four shows of The Silent Prince in Germany and the Czech Republic next month.