Chamber recital with Dutch coaching

Theodora Geraets poses for a picture with Korn Roongruanchan (left), Annet Arisa Sosothikul Ho, Run Charksmithanont, and Panatchakorn Ananthothai.

The Nation

 Young Thai for violinists and cellists will on Sunday show what they learned at a 10-day clinic run by Dutch musicians.

 The Bangkok Symphony Orchestra Foundation, the Dutch Embassy, B Grimm & Co and Robinson Piano are presenting the chamber concert "Dutch Artists and Young Thai Talents" on Sunday at 7pm at the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre.

 The clinic's instructors, violinist Theodora Geraets and cellist Huub Nijnens, will perform pieces by Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Wieniawski and others.

 They'll be joined by pianist Jun Komatsu for Mendelssohn's Piano Trio No 1 in D minor and solo pieces for violin by Falla and Sarasate.

 Geraets is a violin professor at the Royal Hague Music Conservatory, and has won prizes at several competitions in Europe.

 Nijnens graduated from the Conservatory of Tilburg, where he studied cello and piano. He began his career as a member of the Overijssels Philharmonisch Orchestra.

 Komatsu earned a master's degree with honours at the New England Conservatory in Boston and is now head of piano studies at the Triniti Music Centre.

 The young talents who will also perform in the concert are Christina Chintannaphol, who will play Bach's violin Sontana No 2 (Grave); Run Charksmithanont, who will perform Accolay's "Violin Concerto"; Annet Arisa Sosothikul Ho, who will perform Mendellsohn's "Violin Concerto in E Minor" (3 rd movement); Panatchakorn Ananthothai, who will play Wieniawski's "Legend"; Korn Roongruangchan, who will play "Mozart Concerto No 3"; and Anik Vepasayanant, a cellist, who will play "Elegie" by Favure.

 Admission to Sunday's concert is free, but seating is limited. To reserve a seat, call the BSO office at (02) 255 6617-8.

 For further details, visit www.BangkokSymphony.org.