• 
• 

Published on February 10, 2008

The concert will be held on February 21 at 8pm at the Thailand Cultural Centre.

Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn will preside.

Music director Hikotaro Yazaki will conduct the orchestra. There will be 125 chorus members from The Voices and the Thai Youth Choir.

The programme includes Bach, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Narong Prangcharoen and John Rutter.

There will be a candlelight procession.

Sopranos Monique Klongtruadroke and Teeranai na Nong Khai will be guest artists.

Monique, an Italian-Thai, gra-

duated from Venice's Conservatorio di Musica Benedetto Marcello. She has soloed in the US, Italy and Thailand.

Teeranai is a leading vocalist. Though classically trained, Teeranai recently had a leading role in the Thai musical "Khoo Kama".

The Voices is a 50-member chorus group. It received a silver at the World Choir Games 2006 in Xiamen, China and a gold at the Asian Choir Games 2007 in Jakarta.

The National Culture Commission manages the 80-strong Youth Choir.

For free tickets phone (02) 255 6617-8 or fax (02) 255 6619.

The Nation