ENSEMBLES 2017

Thai Youth Orchestra

Thai Youth Orchestra was founded in 1986 by Dr Saisuree Jutikul, then Head of the National Council for Youth Development. Inspired by the passion and vision of Professor Phukorn Srinarong, TYO's Music Director, the orchestra's initial goals were to nurture young aspiring classical musicians towards professional and international careers, offering high standard orchestral training, and making classical music more accessible to Thai people. Over the past 30 years, TYO have produced over 1,500 professional Thai musicians who excel at home and abroad. Its alumni have continued on to attend major Music Conservatories across the globe including Yale, Juilliard, Curtis, New England, Royal Academy, Guildhall, Hong Kong Academy, Vienna University, Mozarteum, Graz, etc, and presented performances in the world's best concert halls and festivals. The orchestra has performed in many of the world's leaders and royals.

Since 1990, TYO has been operating under the Department of Cultural Promotion and resides at the Thailand Cultural Center. The year 2006 was a milestone as the orchestra became the first and only music ensemble to be granted Royal Patronage by the late HRH Princess Galvani Vadhana, elder sister to the late HM King Bhumibol. Today TYO continues to present major classical concerts, outreach projects nationwide, and performing for world leaders and royals on several occasions. Celebrating its 30th anniversary, the orchestra currently goes through major transformations in music, management, branding, and operation under the guidance of Dr Paye Srinarong, newly appointed Music Director, to work alongside his father.
The Vienna performance marks the orchestra's European debut.

Paye Srinarong

Conductor

Dr Paye Srinarong is the first recipient of the late HRH Princess Galyani Vadhana Classical Music Scholarship.
Well immersed in music ventures in five continents, Dr. Paye is passionate in pursuing all genres of music- he presents exactly just those in concerts, festivals and events all over the world, including at Carnegie Hall, Aspen Music Festival, Music Academy of the West, Spoletto USA, the White House, and Royal Festival Hall London, Italy, France, Hungary, Austria and Poland His crossover band VieTrio has released four chart-topping albums, all available on iTunes. The band performs at home and aboard including Singapore, Taiwan, China, Qatar, Myanmar, Malaysia, Kuwait, Hong Kong, Tokyo, and recently made its debut at the prestigious Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. He made his South American concerto debut in Brazil in 2014.
Dr. Paye's passion for music entrepreneurship is well documented: In 2013 he successfully launched his own chamber music project for the people called JEEBBangkok, where he merge popular culture into chamber music performances, gaining massive public appreciation and create a new vibe of classical music in Thailand and China. His own music school, VIEMUS, has been presenting concerts and camps in Thailand, Japan, Hong Kong, Vienna and Prague. The school has recently launched its second branch, and manufacture their own line of string instruments, which Dr. Paye regularly performs with.
His work as music artist / entrepreneur has been featured in many renowned TVs, newspapers, and magazines such as Esquire, L'Optimum, ELLE, Harper's Bazaar, L'Officiel, HELLO, and Forbes. He was the youngest ever President of the 83-year-old “the Old England Student Association” of Thailand (OESA) between 2014-2016, is Music Director of Thai Youth Orchestra, and also the Chief Editor of Robb Report Magazine Thailand, a luxury lifestyles magazine from the USA.
Dr. Paye now resides in Bangkok after 18 years aboard. He attended London's Royal Academy of Music, Yale University, Stony Brook University, and is currently the first and only Thai violinist with a doctorate. His mentors have included Erich Gruenberg OBE, Erick Friedman, Cho-Liang Lin, Kathleen Winkler, Ani Kavafian, Masao Kawasaki, Naoko Tanaka, Soovin Kim, Amadeus, Tokyo and Emerson String Quartets.
Dr. Paye fanatically supports Arsenal FC.

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