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Naga limited edition highlights Thai culture
Life, Published on 24/10/2025
» Since 2009, a partnership between Chopard and Yamada Heiando has combined haute horlogerie and the art of Japanese lacquer, derived from the sap of the urushi tree.
Exile songs resurface
Life, John Clewley, Published on 27/09/2025
» From the early 1970s to the 80s, Mogadishu boasted one of the Horn of Africa's liveliest night scenes with groups from this "Golden Era" like Dur Dur Band entertaining at clubs and hotels across the city. A coup in 1991 and subsequent civil war put a stop to the music and musicians had to go underground or migrate. Those who went by the latter route took their music and culture across the Somali diaspora (one of Africa's largest).
Concert presents a fresh take on Thai classical music
Life, Published on 02/07/2025
» Contemporary Thai classical music will be reimagined through unique voices of oboe and English horn during "Thai Mai" concert, at Sala Sudasiri Sobha, Lat Phrao 41 yaek 7-2, on Sunday, at 4pm.
Live gem resurfaces
Life, John Clewley, Published on 11/03/2025
» Cameroonian musician, composer and songwriter Manu Dibango passed away in 2020 at the age of 86. His career and life were extraordinary. He was one of the most celebrated African musicians alongside Miriam Makeba, Hugh Masekela, Fela Kuti, Frnaco and Youssou N'Dour. He was known as the most sampled of all African musicians.
Viennese masterclass
Life, James Keller, Published on 20/02/2025
» In what must surely rank as a standout concert in the entire four-plus decades of the Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra, the ensemble was joined recently by acclaimed Austrian violinist Daniel Froschauer at the Thailand Cultural Centre for a resoundingly successful collaborative performance of Beethoven's genial Septet In E-flat Major Opus 20 and Brahms' mighty Symphony No.1 In C Minor Opus 68.
Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra showcases international female talent for royal performance
Life, James Keller, Published on 11/02/2025
» The Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra had celebrated the birthday of HRH Princess Sirivannavari Nariratana Rajakanya two days earlier, but on Jan 9 the musical festivities and tributes to the orchestra's beloved patron continued at the Thailand Cultural Centre, with yet another concert of fine Romantic period Russian masterpieces performed in the presence of the musical Princess.
An evening of Russian tunes
Life, James Keller, Published on 28/01/2025
» On the occasion of the birthday of Her Royal Highness Princess Sirivannavari Nariratana Rajakanya, the Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, Rosconcert, the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Thailand and B.Grimm presented a wonderfully inspiring evening of all-Russian music at the Thailand Cultural Centre to begin its 2025 season in style. Also in attendance for this diplomatically significant occasion was Evgeny Tomikhin, ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Kingdom of Thailand.
A deep dive into music history
Life, John Clewley, Published on 07/01/2025
» In 1965, Joe Boyd was stage manager at the Newport Folk Festival when Bob Dylan plugged in and went electric, shocking the conservative folk world. And having navigated that seismic shock, he went on to produce Pink Floyd, Nick Drake and Fairport Convention in the 1960s and 1970s.
A farewell to icons
Life, John Clewley, Published on 30/07/2024
» Several great music masters made their final journey during the past few weeks, several of whom have been World Beat favourites since the early days of the column back in the 1990s.
RBSO plays Holst for Queen Suthida
Life, James Keller, Published on 18/06/2024
» In honour of birthday celebrations of Her Majesty Queen Suthida Bajrasudhabimalalakshana, and in collaboration with the Tourism Authority of Thailand, Ministry of Culture and B.Grimm, the Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra (RBSO) delivered another high-spirited performance at the Thailand Cultural Centre recently. Directed by Resident Conductor Vanich Potavanich, the first item on the programme could hardly have been any more suitable as a tribute to the universal majesty of royalty.