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A global meeting for music buffs
Life, John Clewley, Published on 30/07/2019
» The 45th International Council for Traditional Music (ICTM) was held at Chulalongkorn University earlier this month. The premier global meeting for ethnomusicologists was held in Southeast Asia for the first time in its history. As the secretary-general of the ICTM Prof Ursuka Hemetek said: "This is a special occasion for us to be in Southeast Asia for the first time."
Every molecule of Marina
Life, Published on 31/10/2018
» Marina Abramovic, sitting in the tearoom of a Bangkok hotel, was talking animatedly about the first time she learned to cook Thai food in the early 1980s.
Contemporary mission
Life, Published on 10/04/2018
» A few months prior to its 10th anniversary, the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC) made a major announcement: a new director. As of March 1, Pawit Mahasarinand has taken the helm of the city's main art venue and the largest public-funded art centre in the country, a surprising choice to many, though an entirely welcoming one.
Asean stories on the silver screen
Life, Published on 18/08/2017
» The slums of Manila, a factory in Bangkok, the colonial wound of Indonesia: Southeast Asian stories are ready to be told this weekend at Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre's Asean Film Festival, which runs from tomorrow to Aug 23. All screenings are free and after each film there will be a discussion with critics, Asean experts and the cast of the film.
Fatherly wisdom, through song
Life, Published on 20/12/2016
» Tomorrow at 8pm every patron filling the 2,000-seat Thailand Cultural Centre will be bathed in the soothing, reconciliatory strains of Gabriel Fauré's beloved Requiem, as the Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra -- under the baton of its long-serving principal trumpet Vanich Potavanich -- joins forces with renowned singers and musicians for "A Tribute To The Supreme Artist".