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2022MICRO & MACRO: From Miniatures to Brahms' Expansive Masterpiece2023ROMANTIC DIALOGUES: CHAMBER MUSIC BY BRUCH & FRANCKA passionate 21st century musician. Forbes regarded him as “an entrepreneurial violinist; a pioneer who harmoniously aligns performing arts with entrepreneurship. An artist with limitless creativity for higher purpose.”The first recipient of HRH Princess Galyani Vadhana Classical Music Funds in 1997, Akkrawat’s musical versatility led him to performances in six continents over three decades. He performed with the legendary Orpheus Chamber Orchestra in Carnegie Hall, while his crossover band VIETRIO enjoyed chart topping albums and presented concerts worldwide. His “boyband” chamber ensemble JEEB launched two festivals since 2013 and released Thailand’s first classical album available on all major music platforms. Akkrawat became Music Director of Thai Youth Orchestra (TYO) in 2017 with a mission to build the next generation orchestral ecosystem and to make music relevant to the people. In his inaugural year, the young ensemble wonFirst Prize at the prestigious Summa Cum Laude International Youth Orchestra Competition in Vienna. International recognition continued with two tours to Spain in 2018 and 2019, Amidst the pandemic, the orchestra remained active online through #TYOdigital campaign, releasing contents and presenting immersive concerts, with hundreds of thousands of viewers. Last season TYO performed side by side with Thailand Phil, the first ever collaboration between the two ensembles, and a charity gala with two a Capella groups from Harvard University, raising 2.5 million Baht for CCF Foundation. Passionate in education, Akkrawat co-founded Viemus Music Schools with his family in 2008. Renowned for a loving, high standard music community, grooming local talents at early ages while bringing families and friends together through music making, the school has presented concerts in Tokyo, Hong Kong, Vienna, Prague and Budapest. Dr Akkrawat is a current President of Yale Club Thailand. His current new projects include DTRN (a spoonerism for “dontri”) a creative cultural commerce agency inspired by the current emergence of multi talented young musicians with creative mindset. He co-founded Kinnari Music Festival, a new concept orchestral festival for young musicians in collaboration with ISB International School and Kula. In another business venture, Dr Akkrawat is CEO of Luxury Living International, sole distributor of Hilker, one of the world’s best mattresses.Dr. Akkrawat received his early music education from his father, Prof. Phukorn Srinarong. He attended London’s Purcell School, Royal Academy of Music, Yale University, and SUNY Stony Brook New York, where he became and remains the only Thai violinist with a Doctor of Musical Arts degree since 2012. His mentors include Erich Gruenberg, Eric Friedman, Cho-Liang Lin, Ani Kavafian, Soovin Kim, Amadeus, Emerson, and the Tokyo String Quartets.
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