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Victor victorious in putting world film fest on the map
B Magazine, Ezra Kyrill Erker, Published on 18/11/2012
» It has been a busy year for Kriengsak "Victor" Silakong. Fresh from directing the 19-show run of the successful Reya: The Musical, he now has to make sure a 10-day film festival comprising 84 films from around the world _ as well as surrounding functions, visits by international guests and pageantry _ goes off without a hitch.
Transcending death
Life, Published on 15/11/2012
» The Siam Philharmonic, led by concertmaster Olah Vilmos from the Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and conducted by Somtow Sucharitkul, negotiated the complexities of Mahler's last symphony at the National Theatre on Nov 5 to a stunned audience.
Mastering Mahler's unfinished symphony
Life, Published on 10/10/2012
» The Siam Philharmonic Orchestra's Mahler cycle continues on Nov 5 with the enigmatic unfinished masterpiece Symphony No.10, the version completed by Deryck Cooke.
Reya light
Life, Yanapon Musiket, Published on 13/09/2012
» Even though her face is spotted everywhere in the city, from television and billboards to magazine covers, when Araya A. Hargate walked into the room for an interview, her doll-like eyes, stylish dress and supermodel height still had the power to stop every eye in the office.
All shine, no substance
Life, Alongkorn Parivudhiphongs, Published on 13/09/2012
» The name is Reya. Home-wrecking is her repertoire. Her boss dumps her for fear of his jealous wife. Reya meets a rich businessman. He hides her in San Francisco from his well-groomed wife. After two years Reya gets bored, joins a golf club, meets a young single psychiatrist. They speak and sing only in English. The new romance kicks in. Then he leaves Reya. Reya flies back to Bangkok. Reya later finds out he is a nightmare from her past.
Sinfonietta surpasses itself
Life, Published on 10/07/2012
» The Siam Sinfonietta has won a top prize at the Summa Cum Laude International Youth Music Festival in Vienna.
The root and fruit of Love
Life, Amitha Amranand, Published on 03/05/2012
» As much of Thailand's classical trove consists of creations from the court, it comes as no surprise that kings in Thai literature are mostly portrayed as exquisite, god-like beings _ the epitome of goodness and wisdom. Some contemporary Thai artists like to mine the canon to create works for the purpose of teaching the accepted set of morals and ethics, rather than to question them.