Après un rêve ... After a dream

Tickets:

- 1000+ THB

- 500+ THB Discount price for students

*Please use the code "STUDENTS"*

(Please show your student ID at the door.)

Programme:

Gabriel Fauré : Sonata for violin and piano no. 1 in A major, Op. 13

- Allegro molto

- Andante

- Allegro vivo

- Allegro quasi presto

Lili Boulanger: Nocturne

César Franck : Sonata for violin and piano in A major, FWV 8

- Allegretto ben moderato

- Allegro

- Recitativo-Fantasia. Ben moderato-molto lento

- Allegretto poco mosso

Gabriel Fauré: Après un rêve, Op. 7/1

Yada Lee:

Violinist Yada Lee has performed as a guest violinist with Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Canadian Opera Company, Dubrovnik Symphony and Charleston Symphony to name a few. She was a member of Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra since 2008, and now a member of Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra. Dedicated to the betterment of society, she has given countless benefit concerts for charitable organisations in Thailand, such as Operation Smile Thailand, The Gift of Life Bone Marrow Foundation, Wheelchair and Friendship Centre of Asia, Wishing Well Foundation,

Thai Red Cross Society, and more.

Ms. Lee has recently completed her orchestral fellowship at New World Symphony. Winner of numerous awards and competitions, Ms Lee has been a winner at the Concerto Competition at Mannes School of Music, first prize at the Beethoven National String Competition Thailand, and is a grant recipient from the New York Foundation for the Arts, Peter M. Gross Fund, and the Late Princess Galyani Vadhana Foundation. She made her New York solo debut at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall in 2014, performing Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 1.

Born and raised in Bangkok, Thailand, Ms. Lee holds a Master’s degree from Mannes School of Music, a Bachelor’s degree in Violin Performance from Oberlin Conservatory of Music, and an Artist Diploma from The Glenn Gould School of The Royal Conservatory. Ms. Lee studied with Paul Kantor, Barry Shiffman, Laurie Smukler and David Bowlin.

Kant Lormsomboon:

Kant Lormsomboon is a versatile musician with a passion for music and a heart for giving back to the community. He began his musical journey at the age of five, studying piano at Nat Studio Piano Institute with Prof. Nat Yontararak, Thai-Contemporary acclaimed artist, and Prof. Wanchana Sompakdee. Throughout his youth, Kant helped with various charity projects, including the "Gift of Life Foundation" by participating in the album "Giving the Gift of Life from Students of Nat Studio." The proceeds from this album went towards helping needy blood disease patients.

Kant has made a name for himself as a solo recitalist, chamber musician, and orchestral keyboardist, performing in some of the world's most prestigious concert halls such as Walt Disney Concert Hall, Konzerthaus Berlin, Carnegie Hall (Stern Auditorium), Wiener Konzerthaus, and Sala Sudasiri Sobha. He has made appearances at major music festivals such as Festival Junger Künstler Bayreuth, Young Euro Classic Berlin, and the Los Angeles International Music Festival.

Recently, Kant made an appearance in a recital with the Grammy-awards winner, an American operatic tenor, Kenneth Tarver in celebration of the HRH Princess Galyani Vadhana Classical Music Funds at the Phayathai Palace. As a concert soloist, he was invited to perform Somtow Sucharitkul “Queen Sirikit” Piano Concerto with Siam Sinfonietta under the baton of Trisdee na Patalung in celebration of the birthday of HM the Queen Dowager of Thailand. He also performed L.v. Beethoven Triple Concerto with Chulalongkorn University Symphony Orchestra.

In 2020, alongside the COVID-19 pandemic, Kant participated in two episodes of “Sala Digital Concert Series” by Sala Sudasiri Sobha concert hall, an online concert series in a collaboration with his piano trio and the FIVERA band, the donation from the concert series went towards the “ART for CANCER” foundation to helping cancer patients with treatment funds, encouraging and creating the living inspiration to the patient through art.

Kant continues to be an active performer and constantly looking for new opportunities to collaborate with other performers and industries in order to further his growth and education in entrepreneurship as a contemporary artist.

Since 2022, Kant has been teaching as Assistant Artist at the Piano Academy of Bangkok and pursuing his Doctoral degree at Chulalongkorn University.