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  RBSO pays tribute to women

  Life, James Keller, Published on 21/03/2024

  » With continuing support from the Tourism Authority of Thailand and B.Grimm, the Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra celebrated International Women's Day in style recently at the Thailand Cultural Centre with a feast of varied music directed by up-and-coming French conductor Chloé Dufresne, alongside spectacular Spanish violin sensation Leticia Moreno.

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  A harmonious blend

  Life, James Keller, Published on 26/12/2023

  » A highly energised Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra rounded off a hugely successful 2023 concert season mid-December with a cleverly conceived and designed programme titled "Orient Et Occident", with each performance alternating between compositions by Western and Eastern composers. By now, frequent visiting English conductor Douglas Bostock certainly knows how to inspire this orchestra to the very best of its abilities, and the opening La Princesse Jaune Overture by Camille Saint-Saëns was duly performed with a delightfully assured élan. The utterly charming faux-exoticism which the composer conjures was played with innocent, abundant joy, whilst a central lush string section showed off those particular ranks in an extremely positive light.

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  A 'goddess of the flute'

  Life, James Keller, Published on 28/09/2023

  » To mark the 145th anniversary of B. Grimm Ltd in Thailand, the Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra (RBSO) paid suitable homage to its chief supporter and benefactor in mid-September with a concert at the Thailand Cultural Centre (TCC), featuring one of today's bona fide classical superstars, the Korean sensation known as the "Goddess of the Flute" -- Jasmine Choi. Formerly Principal Flute of the Cincinnati Symphony at the tender age of 22, and subsequently the first female player to win the same position with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Choi now pursues a successful top-flight solo career which captivates audiences the world over.

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  Musical marvel

  Life, James Keller, Published on 14/09/2023

  » The visit of a genuine classical virtuoso to the Thailand Cultural Centre is guaranteed to tempt a larger than usual audience, and indeed it was most refreshing to witness an almost packed auditorium towards the end of August for the latest concert by the Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra, supported by B.Grimm Group.

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  A melodic tribute to royalty

  Life, James Keller, Published on 27/07/2023

  » In celebration of the 71st birthday of His Majesty King Maha Vajiralongkorn Phra Vajiraklaochaoyuhua on Saturday, the Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra performed a special concert recently at the Thailand Cultural Centre, supported by B. Grimm Group.

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  Zee Zee casts her spell over Bangkok

  Life, James Keller, Published on 13/06/2023

  » Marking the 150th anniversary of Sergei Rachmaninoff's birth, one of today's most exceptionally brilliant pianists recently visited Thailand to collaborate with the Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra in a concert supported by B.Grimm.

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  A jolly night indeed

  Life, James Keller, Published on 01/05/2023

  » As if a continuation of the joy and exuberance of recent Songkran festivities, the Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra's latest concert at the Thailand Cultural Centre on April 21 was a singularly lighthearted and delightful affair, full of playful energy and vivacity.

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  Leaps of joy

  Life, James Keller, Published on 30/03/2023

  » Presented in collaboration with the Tourism Authority of Thailand and B.Grimm, the Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra continued their wonderfully varied 2023 concert season at the Thailand Cultural Centre earlier this month with a programme devoted entirely to the incomparable genius of German composer Felix Mendelssohn.

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  A grand celebration

  Life, James Keller, Published on 02/02/2023

  » A celebratory concert given by the Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra in honour of the 36th birthday of its beloved patron HRH Princess Sirivannavari Nariratana Rajakanya began the 2023 season in splendid fashion.

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  No notes required

  Life, James Keller, Published on 23/12/2022

  » The huge audience at the Thailand Cultural Centre earlier this month certainly knew that they were in for the rarest of treats when the legendary Russian-born Israeli violinist Maxim Vengerov made his first ever appearance in the second half of an utterly unique concert, performing Prokofiev's ravishingly sublime Violin Concerto No.1 In D Major and Ravel's dazzling Tzigane, while his compatriot pianist colleague Roustem Saïtkoulov -- likewise a top-ranking soloist -- was also on the billing with the Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra in the first half for another favourite Prokofiev work from his youth, the scintillating Piano Concerto No.3 In C Major. Meanwhile a delightful, unprogrammed surprise encore of sheer brilliance also awaited the capacity crowd at the end of what turned out to be a most generous musical feast par excellence.

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