Chopin Recial

We had a full house!
Chopin Recial by Cholapat Chongstitwattana at the AUA auditorium on May 7, 2018
There were quite a few young people in the audience , as young as 5 years old, who stayed until the end without fidgeting. The pianist made us love Chopin by his use of different touches and tone colors. 

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 Cholapat Chongstitwattana

MM. in Piano Performance (1st prize winner) University of Miami, USA

B.Mus.Ed (Honor) Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

Guest Professor at: Chulalongkorn University, Silpakorn University & Srinakharinwirot University

 

Cholapat is a highly acclaimed pianist and teacher from Thailand. "Cholapat is an extraordinary pianist with excellent  fingers...," said Ivan Davis, a legendary American pianist who studied with Carlo Zecchi and Vladimir Horowitz and in turn taught "Nick" Cholapat Chongstitwattana for four years in the United States, "his inquiring musical mind makes an always interesting performance," he added.

 

The Bangkok Post published a review of his performance on Liszt Piano Concerto No. 1 as follows; "Cholapat performed with virtuosity. He showed technical skill and ability to produce beautiful cantabile". 

Journal of Yamaha Music Foundation in Japan mentioned him as "Pianist with unique singing tone, a rare gem!" 

His virtuosity was acclaimed three times in the "Bangkok Post" and twice in "The Nation" newspaper. He received important scholarships, awards and prizes from competitions. He traveled, studied and performed in three continents crystallizing his technique, musicality and his unique singing tone. His former teachers and mentors includes Ivan Davis, Santiago Rodriguez, Kemal Gekic, Tian Ying, Roberta Rust, Jean-Francois Antonioli, Rosalin Tantikarn, Suwanna Wangsophon and Nat Yontararak. Also, he studied harpsichord and history privately with Frank Cooper. 

He worked as a piano pedagogue at the head office of Yamaha Music Academy (Thailand). His duty was to give seminars and masterclasses, and to train piano teachers intensively for Yamaha Music Schools throughout the country. More than 200 teachers went on his training

Cholapat now resides in Bangkok, Thailand. He runs the "C-CLEF MUSIC STUDIO", his private institution where he and his colleagues give lessons to promising young artists.