Young Artists Music Program

College of Music, Mahidol University

presents

Colours of Chamber Music Series

Tuesday 25th June 2019 19.00 hrs.

PC 807 Recital Hall, YAMP Building
College of Music, Mahidol University
Message from Aj. Kwanchanok Pongpairoj

Welcome everyone! Thank you so much for joining "Colours of Chamber

Music Series". This is actually the first public "theme" concert from my studio. I
do hope you will have a great experience with it!

I have chosen chamber music as a theme for my students because playing with
other people can teach you many things which verbal communication cannot tell.
You can learn naturally about physical sensation, feeling of pulse and response to
sound by having your peers also as your teacher. Learning by doing is one of the
most important part in the learning process and I am happy that my students are
keeping a good track on this.

Apart from music areas, students also have chances to learn about different
skills necessary for organizing a concert. Posters, program notes, MCs and
rehearsal management have been mostly done by the students themselves. This is
not only useful for their career's future but also helpful in building confidence as
they are growing up as an adult. I would like to thank especially to the head of the
student team, Thanakrit M6, for his great work and leadership.

Thank you very much again for coming to support us. We are happy to have
you all here. If you have any comments or any suggestions for future projects,
please feel free to contact me.

Email: kwanchanok.ppr@gmail.com
FB: Kwanchanok Pongpairoj

Hope you will enjoy the concert!

Kwanchanok
 Program

Sonata in C Major for Piano Four Hands, K. 521 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
I. Allegro
Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G Minor Johannes Brahms
Sonata for Piano Four Hands, FP 8 Francis Poulenc
III. Finale

Rew et Zen

Piano Quintet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 81 Antonín Dvořák

II. Dumka: Andante con moto
Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 44 Robert Schumann
I. Allegro brillante

Tung Saomek X YIMPYAMP

INTERMISSION
Serenade for Violin, Clarinet and Piano W. Baussnern
I. Ruhig
Trio for Clarinet, Violin and Piano Gian Carlo Menotti
I. Capriccio
II. Romanza
III. Envoi

Oppihs Trio

Sonata for Piano and Cello No. 5 in D Major, Op. 102, No. 2 Ludwig van Beethoven
I. Allegro con brio
Sonata for Cello and Piano in G Minor, Op. 19 Sergei Rachmaninoff
III. Andante
IV. Allegro mosso

Thai Mancunian Duo

W.A. Mozart: Sonata in C Major for Piano Four Hands, K. 521 – I. Allegro
Born on January 27, 1756, in Salzburg, Austria, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
was a musician who started playing in public at the age of 6. Over the years,
Mozart aligned himself with a variety of European venues and patrons, composing
hundreds of works that included sonatas, symphonies, masses, chamber music,
concertos and operas, marked by vivid emotion.

The first movement of Sonata, K. 521 opens by contrasting a forthright idea

in octave unison with a more delicate response that alternately highlights the
secondo and primo parts. His development section is a fascinating excursion
through new ideas and keys that includes storm and brief melancholy before
winding up to a full recapitulation.

J. Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G Minor

Johannes Brahms was born in Hamburg, Germany, in 1833. He was the
great master of symphonic and sonata style in the second half of the 19th century.
He was a German composer and pianist who wrote symphonies, concerti, chamber
music, piano works, and choral compositions.
The Hungarian Dances are two sets of ten pieces, each of which is based on
gypsy tunes. Hungarian dance No. 1 in G Minor was written in 1869, a year after
the premiere of the German Requiem, and although initially scored for piano four-
hands, in 1873, Brahms orchestrated Dances Nos. 1, 3 and 10.

F. Poulenc: Sonata for Piano Four Hands, FP8 – III. Finale

Francis Poulenc was born in 1899. He was a French composer who made an
important contribution to French music in the decades after World War I and
whose songs are considered among the best composed during the 20th century.

In this Sonata for Piano Four Hands, there is a rough-edged exuberance,

coupled with a melodic simplicity that reveals two of the more important
influences on Poulenc, namely Satie and Stravinsky. The third movement, "Finale"
is a very sprightly dance with occasional reappearances of theme from the first
movement which has pulsing motor rhythm and exuberant melody; crashing
chords giving further rhythmic vitality is also reappeared.
R. Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 44 – I. Allegro brillante
In 1842, Schumann turned to chamber music, taking a self-guided tour
through the great Classical-era masterpieces for inspiration. He produced, in more
than nine months, his three Op. 41 String Quartets, the Piano Quintet, Op. 44,
Piano Quartet Op. 47 and the first of his Piano Trios, published later as Op. 88
under the title Fantasiestücke.
The first movement, marked Allegro brillante, begins with a bold, joyous
first theme. This idea is set against the character of the second theme presented by
a dialogue between the cello and viola which takes over the ensemble. The
development section begins in the key of A-flat Minor on the piano. Fragments of
melodic ideas are passed between players while the music travels through
harmonic changes. The development is then interrupted by the previously heroic
primary theme. Schumann made little changes to his exposition over the course of
the recapitulation. There are only little change in a few bars to make the necessary
harmonic change, with the second theme, as expected, being repeated in the tonic
instead of dominant.

A. Dvořák: Piano Quintet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 81 – II. Dumka: Andante con moto
Fifteen years after the Piano Quintet Op. 5, Dvorak decided to write his
second work for the same instrumental ensemble, in the same key. While the first
of them was the work written when Dvorak was still trying to find himself as a
composer, Op. 81 is the work that shows his experience and intelligence of musical
knowledge as a composer. The main inspiration for writing the work may have
been the fact that, shortly before, Dvorak had been revising some of his childhood
theme, including his first Piano Quintet from 1872.
The second movement is one of Dvorak’s most enchanting dumkas. The
movement is in rondo form with the pattern as A-B-A-C-A-B-A, where “A” is the
dumka main theme in the key of F sharp minor; “B” is more animated secondary
theme; and “C” become a contrasting section with a stirring rhythm, which
maintains all momentum as it heads towards an expression of cheerfulness .
W. Baussnern: Serenade for Violin, Clarinet and Piano
Waldemar von Baussnern was born in Berlin. He studied with Friedrich Kiel
and Woldemar Bargiel at the Berliner Musikhochschule. Afterwards, he made a
career as a conductor and as director of the Musikschule in Weimar and later, of
the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt. Baussnern composed in almost every musical
genre and wrote a fair amount of chamber music. Stylistically, Baussnern stands
out as a maverick to his contemporaries, remaining a composer who defies
classification. Generally, however, his music is rooted in the 19th century, yet
exhibits independence of form, ranging from extremes of conventional tonality to
frequent polyphonic chromaticism, though never entering the realm of atonality.
His Serenade dated from 1905 and is in four movements: Ruhig graziös
(calm and graceful), Möglichst schnell, ausgelassen (as quick as possible,
boisterous), Sehr ruhig (very calm) and Mit grazie und humor (with grace and
humor). The Serenade is marked by authentic melodic inspiration, excellent part
writing and a brilliant use of instrumental color and timbre. It was quite popular
from the time of its publication up until the time of the Second World War.

G. Menotti: Trio for Violin, Clarinet and Piano

Born to a well-off Italian family in Cadegliano near Lake Lugano in Italy,
Menotti studied primarily at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia. He wrote a series
of popularly well-received operas, usually writing to his own libretto in both Italian
and English.
The Trio was written at the behest of the Verdehr trio. The Verdehr Trio's
efforts to get Menotti to write a new work for them began when the violinist,
Walter Verdehr, wrote to Menotti in 1987. He kept trying and in 1989 he finally
got a commitment from Menotti to write such a work. However, Menotti warned
Verdehr to phone him periodically to nudge him into actually doing the work.
The three-movement work lasts about 13 minutes. The work's three
movements are "Capriccio," "Romanza," and "Envoi." The themes of the two outer
movements, which are in fast tempos, have the perky quality of Sergei Prokofiev’s,
while the middle movement is a sad, lyrical song. The Trio is in a clear, accessible,
tonal language that is pleasing to most audiences.
L.v. Beethoven: Sonata No. 5 in D Major, Op. 102, No. 2 – I. Allegro con brio
Beethoven composed the Sonata No. 5 in D Major in 1815. This was the
time many music analysts marked the entry of his 'third' or 'last' period in his
compositional style. The main features of the style centered on the transformation
of musical ideas which can convey deeper meaning of music and reflect on
emotion from the soul. In 1812, Beethoven had suffered badly from his illnesses
and total deafness. These difficulties may point forward to the emergence of his
more developed concept in his writing.
The first movement is energetic and brilliant in its character. Although the
structure is generally still a conventional sonata form, in the development section,
the series of modulations to unexpected key areas and frequent and abrupt
character changes were connected very smoothly as though the music was 'telling
us something was going to happen'. This atmosphere was reminded again in the
coda, yet without any motivic ideas this time - just only long notes on the cello and
bass tremolo on the piano which remains very soft. The movement finally ends
brilliantly in its tonic key.

S. Rachmaninoff: Sonata for Cello and Piano in G Minor, Op. 19

Rachmaninoff composed Sonata for Cello and Piano in G Minor, Op. 19 in
1901. This was the time he just recovered from the depression he had suffered four
years earlier when the premier of his Symphony No. 1 received negative responses.
Despite this failure, the Cello and Piano Sonata and the famous Piano Concerto
No.2 gave him huge success in his career after it was premiered in 1901. Both
works shared some similarities including the way he developed and enriched
Russian melodies to their utmost expressiveness.
The work was titled "Sonata for Cello and Piano" by the composer who
meant the two instruments to be equal in their importance. The work was dedicated
to Anatoliy Brandukov, his cellist friend who play with him at the premier.
Rachmaninoff's writing supported the vocal quality of the cello. Also, his full-
range use of piano register and virtuosic materials including running passages,
expansive arpeggiated figures and large chords make the sound of piano match the
cello singing voice effective.
 Rew et Zen

Papat Lertchanvit, Piano

(Young Artist Music Program, M5)

Papat Lertchanvit was born on 27th February, 2003, starting his first piano
lesson when he was 3 years old. He joined Brand Junior Genius Competition and won the First
Prize at the age of 9. He was also a finalist of the 3rd Trinity College London National Youth
Competition. After that, he enrolled at Young Artist Music Program, College of Music, Mahidol
University and takes piano lessons with Aj. Kwanchanok Pongpairoj. In November 2018, he had
achance to perform in Honor Student Concert at College’s Music Auditorium.

After that he entered 21th SET Youth Musician Competition as a semi-finalist. In 2019,
he joined the Golden Classical Music Award International Competition and received the First
Prize. He was invited to perform at Carnegie Hall, New York on 5th March, 2019
Pimta Kaewsuralikhit, Piano
(Young Artist Music Program, M5)

Pimta Kaewsuralikhit was born on 26th January 2003. She started her
first piano lesson at 4 years old with Bumrungrat Jiravanichakul and later with Sek Thongsuwan
when she was 13 years old. After studying at Pre-College of Music, Mahidol University, she
took private lessons with Kwanchanok Pongpairoj. She entered 21th SET Youth Musician
Competition as semi-finalist in 2018. She won the First Prize from Golden Classical Award
International Competition 2019 and was invited to perform at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
on 5th March 2019.
 Tung Saomek X YIMPYAMP

Yimpyamp String Quartet

(Bachelor of Music, Year 1 and Young Artist Music Program Alumni)

Yimpyamp String Quartet is an ensemble consists of friends who are

willing to make music together. They believe strongly in the ensemble aspect of “Playing
together as a whole.” The ensemble has won a competition “Vienna All Stars Chamber Music
Competition” - First Prize in 2017, "Golden Classical Music Awards International Competition"
- First Prize in 2018 and they passed to the final round of "The 19th Osaka International Music
Competition. Also, they are willing to bring the string quartet genre to a wider audience. The
ensemble is coaching by Dr. Juckrit Charoensook.

Members
Thanatat Sriaranyakul, Violin
Tunwa Rattanapimol, Violin
Teerachoat Eiamvuttikorn, Viola
Chawanvit Vuthikornudomkit, Cello
Saomek Srithongkum, Piano
(Young Artist Music Program Alumnus)

Saomek, classical pianist was born in Chiangmai and started his piano lessons when he
was 6 years old. His former teachers include Tharinee Gunjina, Tanthip Keowkamneord,
Parichart Boonmaseub, Warapop Nopjirakul, Achira Assawadecharit, Remi Namthep. From
January 2015, he has been a student of Asst.Prof.Dr. Nopanand Chanorathaikul . In 2016, he was
accepted at Young Artists Music Program, College of Music, Mahidol University, studying with
Asst. Prof. Dr. Eri Nakagawa after that with Kwanchanok Pongpairoj. He received a Merit
Scholarship from the college in 2018. Since 2019, he has enrolled for his undergraduate studies
at University of Missouri- Kansas City, Conservatory of Music and Dance (UMKC) with a full
scholarship from the conservatory and study with Prof. Dr. Thomas Rosenkranz.

In 2015, he and his friends received His Royal Highness Crown Prince Maha
Vachiralongkorn’s Trophy from Yamaha Music Festival Competition. In 2016, he got a Gold
Medal from Trinity Youth Piano Competition. In 2018, he just won the Jury Favorites Prizes
from Singapore Piano Island Festival Competition and also got a scholarship to perform and
participate in a summer in camp in Germany and Russia.

He has performed lots of concerts both in his country and abroad. Most recently, he was
invited to perform Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with Kostroma Gelburn Symphony
Orchestra under the direction of Pavel Gernstein in Russia. Other important concerts were
Concert at James Hargest Assembly Hall (New Zealand), Performance Festival at Yong Siew
Toh Conservatory (Singapore), Enchanted Evening with Young Pianist Concert Series, Piano
Concerto Extravaganza Concert and Charity concert for Juvenile and many others which were
held in major concert halls in Thailand.
 OPPIHS Trio

Paphawarin Klomjitt , Violin (Bachelor of Music, Year 1)

She was born on 19th September, 2000. Her hometown is in Saraburi province. In
2013, she played the clarinet in the marching band of her school, Saraburi witthayakhom, and
she became interested in classical music since then. She learned the violin by herself in 2014.
Two years later, she got her first lesson at YAMAHA Saraburi and later studied at the Western
music Department of Lopburi College of Dramatic Arts for one year.

In 2017, Paphawarin came to Young Artist Music Program International Boarding

School, studying violin with Dr. Yavet Boyadjiev. During this time, she joined Thai Youth
Orchestra (TYO), Salaya Chamber and Siam Sinfonietta. She joined the competition
“SEAMEX” as a member of WHY chamber orchestra and got a Gold medal. Paphawarin
graduated from Young Artist Music Program in 2019 and is now studying for a Bachelor's
Degree in Violin Performance at College of Music Mahidol University.
Pafa Oonmun, Clarinet (Bachelor of Music, Year 2)

Pafa was born on January 7th , 2000 in Rayong, Thailand. She graduated high school
from Young artist Music Program. She started to learn classical music since 2012. And she also
can play guitar and piano. Now she is a student and clarinetist at College of Music, Mahidol
University. Also, She got Merit Scholarships for 2 years and Talent Scholarship for 4 years to
study at the College.

Thanakrit Amornwetsanti, Piano (Young Artist Music Program, M6)

Thanakrit started his piano lesson since he was 5 years with many teachers.
He has attended in many ABRSM Piano and Theory Examinations and passed all the exams with
second class honor. He also passed TIME Music Theory Exam with first class honor. From 2015
to 2017, He was a saxophonist of Saraburiwitthayakhom School’s marching band.

In 2017, Thanakrit went to the Young Artist Music Program of College of Music.
Mahidol, University and is now studying piano with Kwanchanok Pongpairoj and composition
with Jason Thorpe Buchanan and Bordin Rattanasiri. Thanakrit has performed in various
concerts at the College such as Aj. Kwanchanok’s Studio Recital, Composition Student Concert,
YAMP Piano Student concert and many more.
 Thai Mancunian Duo

Paphanin Sukemoke, Cello

(Young Artist Music Program Alumnus)

Paphanin’s career is building a reputation as one of the new generations of young Thai
cellists. She spends much time performing in the UK and has joined major music festivals in
Europe such as Astona Summer Music Academy, Aboyne Cello Festival and Cadenza Music
Festival. She also played on the Classic FM with the RNCM cello ensemble in the RNCM string
festival.
Paphanin was born in Thailand and started playing the cello at the age of nine with
Panadda Permpanich. She was a student at Young Artists Music Program, College of Music,
Mahidol University, studying with Marcin Szawelski. She later moved to Manchester and
studied at the Royal Northern College of Music where she received her Bachelor of Music
Degree with Honours. After graduating from the RNCM, Paphanin studied with Rebecca
Gilliver, the principal cellist of the London Symphony Orchestra.
Paphanin is currently studying with Tim Lowe and she is soon taking up an offer of a
scholarship to study at the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance for her Postgraduate
Diploma with Bozidar Vukotic. She also got offers from Royal Academy of Music and Royal
Welsh College of Music and Drama for her prograduate studies.
Paphanin plays the cello made by Bernadel, Paris and a bow made by Paul Sadka.
Kwanchanok Pongpairoj, Piano
(Faculty)

Kwanchanok has joined the piano faculty at College of Music, Mahidol University,
Thailand since July 2016. She received her Master of Music Degree in Piano Performance from
Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester and her Bachelor of Music Degree in Piano
Performance with first-class honours from College of Music, Mahidol University. She received a
Licentiate Diploma in Piano Recital together with the Trinity Award for achieving the highest
mark in Thailand in 2014 from Trinity College London.

Kwanchanok was awarded the First Prize in the Piano Trio Category from the Princess
Galyani Vadhana International Ensemble Competition 2014 and the Second Gold Medal Prize
together with a scholarship for lessons with Klaus Kaufmann at Mozarteum University of
Salzburg from the Settrade Thailand Youth Music Competition 2010. She was also selected for
an award from Her Royal Highness Princess Soamsawali for her contributions in music activities
to Thailand by the Ministry of Tourism and Sports of Thailand in 2014.

Kwanchanok’s performance highlights included concerto performances with Thailand

Philharmonic Orchestra over the past few years. She has been invited to perform Mendelssohn
No. 1, Grieg and Ravel Concerto with the orchestra. She also performed with TPO in the concert,
“A Tribute to the Golden Anniversary of His Majesty the King of Thailand’s visit to New
Zealand”, at King’s College, Auckland in 2012 and in the fundraising concert for Prem
Auditorium for General Prem Tinsulanonda in 2013. In January 2017, she was invited to perform
a cello and piano recital with Tapalin Charoensook at Carnegie Hall as a part of Velia Festival
and Classicariano in New York. Most recently in 2019, she performed with TPO in the Amadeus
LIVE Project featuring on-screen film with live music.
Special Thanks to…

…Dr. Narong Prangcharoen for the inspiration you have gave us through your
vision. This inspiration makes us move forward until today when this concert
finally happens.
…Aj. Richard Ralphs for your kind support and assistance which make this project
go through smoothly. Thank you for giving this great opportunity to our college
and students.
…Dr. Onpavee Nitisingkarin for your support to this Piano Department event.
Thank you for giving a performance opportunity to our piano students.
…Assist. Prof. Dr. Eri Nakagawa for all of your suggestions in every step of this
project. Thank you very much for always being a role model to us.
…Khun Piyapong Ekrangsri, PR & Activity Team for being a great help in
promoting this concert through our college media.
…Dr. Juckrit Charoensook for providing lighting for the first round of concert and
for letting YIMPYAMP join this concert.
…Dr. Noppanand Chanorathaikul for your coaching to Tung X YIMPYAMP.
…Aj. Grzegorz Grzeszcyk for your coaching to OPPIHS Trio.
…Aj. Sooksan Ratanapol, Aj. Paris Paraschoudis, Aj. Marcin Szawelski for letting
your students join this concert.
…Paphanin Sukemoke, Pafa Oonmun, Paphawarin Klomjitt and YIMPYAMP
String Quartet for joining this concert. Without all of you, this concert cannot
happen. Thank you for your hard work you have done for this summer break.
…Fai for very beautiful posters and invitation cards. Please feel free to contact her
if you are interested in her work. FB: Fai Stark
…Sky for taking photos in our first concert.
…Aj. Thirabutr Chantararat and Kru A for your help in posting our posters.
…all of you for coming to our concert tonight. This really means a lot to us. You
are the reason why we would like to come up with more interesting projects in the
future. Thank you!