Ebony and ivory

Both are being held at the Prince Mahidol Hall of Mahidol University, Salaya, Nakhon Pathom, the first on June 9 at 7pm and the second the following afternoon at 4.    Natnaree started to learn piano at the age of four. A former student of the University of North Texas, she has won many prizes from Thailand’s national music competitions including piano solos, piano four-hands, and electrone ensembles in the Yamaha Thailand Music Festivals. In 2008, she received the special prize award from the Bangkok Chopin Piano Competition and a gold medal from the Ministry of Education. She later won the Silpakorn Summer Music School Piano Competition. 
In 2010, she won the first prize gold medal from the Settrade Youth Music Competition and later that year performed Grieg’s Piano Concerto with the Southeast Asia Youth Orchestra. She received a full music scholarship to study at the Harrow International School from 2010-2012 and became a soloist for school’s orchestra concert. The Ministry of Social Development and Human Security awarded her the 2011 Outstanding Youth of Thailand under the category “Arts and Culture”. 
Natnaree came second in the 2013 American Protege International Competition of Romantic Music and performed in Carnegie Hall, New York City the following year. In 2014, she was the youngest contestant to make it into the semi-final round of the Dallas Chamber Symphony International Piano Competition and the Young Texas Artists Music Competition. She also plays the flute.
    The programme for the TPO concert includes Ravel’s “Le Tombeau de Couperin”, “Piano Concerto in G Major”, and “Daphnis et Chloe Suite No 2”, Steven Stucky’s “Jeu de Timbres for Orchestra”, and Debussy’s “Nuages and Fetes from Nocturnes” as well as Thai traditional music.
    Tickets are Bt300 and Bt500 available at Thai Ticket Major. Call (02) 262 3456 or visit www.ThaiTicketMajor.com.