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The 80 SSMS students are among the best young musicians in the land. Selected after taxing auditions, they come together for a week each summer, at the Rehearsal Camp on the campus of Silpakorn University Hua Hin, two hours south of Bangkok.
Once primed, the ensemble will round off the camp with two chamber concerts in the Lobby of Dusit Thani Hua Hin on April 5 and 6 at 5:30pm, followed by a full orchestral concert in the Napalai Ballroom on April 8 at 7pm. The full orchestra will then pack their bags and instruments before heading back to the City of Angels, where they will perform a closing performance in the Mahisorn auditorium of Siam Commercial Bank Headquarters.
A total of well over 1,000 musicians, ranging in age from 14 to 25, have auditioned for SSMS. Those selected for the full-scholarship and part-scholarship programme study with an exceptional array of principal players from renowned symphony orchestras around the world, including the Bangkok Symphony Orchestra, Hong Kong Symphony Orchestra, NHK (Japan) Symphony Orchestra, as well as those in Italy and the US.
For the second consecutive year, the orchestra's special guest conductor is maestro Hikotaro Yazaki, who will be wielding his baton over a magnificent concert programme featuring Gustav Mahler's Titan, which will prove a challenging composition for the young musicians.
As an added bonus this year, there will be a world premiere of a brand new and as yet unknown number performed by the winner of the 7th SSMS composition competition, while Mozart's Piano Concerto in A Major will also be performed with the soloist being the winner of the 7th SSMS Piano Concerto Competition.
Source: Bangkok Post
