Prach Boondiskulchok Explained

Background:person
Prach Boondiskulchok
Birth Place:Bangkok, Thailand
Occupation:Composer
Instrument:fortepiano

Prach Boondiskulchok is a Thai-British composer and fortepianist.

Education

Boondiskulchok was born in Bangkok, and moved to the United Kingdom to study at Yehudi Menhuin School, and later Guildhall School of Music and Drama.[1]

Career

Whilst studying at Guildhall, Boondiskulchok founded the piano trio Linos Piano Trio with violinist Konrad Elias-Trostman and cellist Vladimir Waltham in 2007.[2] The trio won the RPS Albert and Eugenie Frost Prize in 2014,[3] and the Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition in 2015.[4] They released an album of all Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach's piano trios in 2020.[5]

In 2018, Boondiskulchok, along with Jonathan Dove, Sally Beamish, and Giles Swayne, was commissioned to compose a piece for Endellion Quartet's 40th anniversary concert. The works were premiered in 2019.[6]

Published works

All works published by Composers Edition[7] !Name of work!Instrumentation!Year of composition
Night SuitePiano trio2014
The Devil of SymmetryPiano2017
A Bao A Qu’s StairsPiano2018
The RemoraPiano2018
RitusString quartet2018
Squonk DiptychPortative organ2019
TräumereiPiano trio, clarinet2019
The WorkSATB choir2020

References

  1. Web site: Prach Boondiskulchok Music. 2020-07-13. Composers Edition. en-GB.
  2. Web site: Linos Piano Trio. 2020-07-13. Tashmina Artists. en-GB.
  3. Web site: Linos Piano Trio . 2020-07-13. Royal Philharmonic Society. en-GB.
  4. Web site: Melbourne Chamber Music Competition winners announced . 2020-07-13 . Limelight. en-AU.
  5. Web site: CPE Bach Complete Piano Trios. 2020-07-13. Presto Classical. en.
  6. News: Ashley. Tim. 2019-05-30. Endellion Quartet review – impeccable group celebrate 40 years with striking new music. en-GB. The Guardian. 2020-07-13. 0261-3077.
  7. Web site: Prach Boondiskulchok Music. 2020-07-13. Composers Edition. en-GB.

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