CHOLAPAT CHONGSTITWATTANA, pianist
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"Cholapat is an extraordinary pianist with good fingers...," said Ivan Davis, a legendary American pianist who studied with Carlo Zecchi and Vladimir Horowitz and in turn taught "Nick" Cholapat Chongstitwattana for three years in the United States, "his inquiring musical mind makes an always interesting performance," he added.
Cholapat is an acclaimed classical pianist from Thailand. Dr. Tretip Kamolsiri reviewed his performance of Liszt Piano Concerto No. 1 with Leonard Atherton conducting the Salaya Philharmonic Orchestra in The Bangkok Post newspaper as follows; "Cholapat performed with virtuosity... [he] showed technical skill and ability to produce beautiful cantabile". Cholapat is not only a notable concert pianist and piano teacher but also a co-founder and artistic director of C-Clef Classics Concert Series, a charity event in Thailand that represents world-leading artists and boost promising young Thai musicians.
Started his first piano lesson at the age of three, he later became a student of Rosrin Tantikarn at Baan Pleang Music School, where he learned all of his foundamental in music.
After finishing his high school at the prestigious Bangkok Christian Collegue, he had become an advanced student and a teaching assistant of Nat Yontararak. He then entered the class of Dr. Suwanna Wangsophon at the Music Department, Faculty of Education, Chulalongkorn University and won a scholarship from Yamaha Music Foundation from Japan. He also received training from Uberto Martinelli and Dr. Paulo Zereu, and masterclasses with Dr. Eri Nakagawa, Margit Haider, Mikhail Solovei, Dominique Merlet, Boris Berman, Vladimir Krpan and Desiré N'Kaoua. He then worked for two years as a piano pedagogue at the head office of Yamaha Music Academy (Thailand). His duty was to give seminars and workshops and to train piano teachers for Yamaha Music Schools throughout the country.
Having won major prizes from local major piano competitions, including third prize from 6th Bangkok Chopin Piano Competition and another third prize from 1st National Piano Concerto Competition, Cholapat was encouraged to boost his skill further. He studied for two years in the professional program at Conservatoire de Lausanne in Switzerland under the tutelage of Jean-Francois Antonioli and studied chamber music with Philippe Mermoud (cellist), Frederic Rapin (clarinetist) and Dag Achatz (pianist).
Cholapat spent three more years in the United States for his Master of Music in Piano Performance at the Frost School of Music, University of Miami (Florida) where he graduated with highest merit (GPA 4.0). Here, his major piano teachers were Ivan Davis and Santiago Rodriguez. He also learned from Kemal Gekic and Tian Ying. He studied musicology and harpsichord with Frank Cooper.
During his last year in the States, he got a full-scholarship offer to study at Lynn Conservatory in a post-graduate professional program where he rendered his piano technique and musicality under the guidline of Dr. Roberta Rust.
Cholapat now resides in Bangkok, Thailand. He is a guest professor in Music Theory at Silpokorn University and gives private piano lessons to promising students.
Cholapat is an acclaimed classical pianist from Thailand. Dr. Tretip Kamolsiri reviewed his performance of Liszt Piano Concerto No. 1 with Leonard Atherton conducting the Salaya Philharmonic Orchestra in The Bangkok Post newspaper as follows; "Cholapat performed with virtuosity... [he] showed technical skill and ability to produce beautiful cantabile". Cholapat is not only a notable concert pianist and piano teacher but also a co-founder and artistic director of C-Clef Classics Concert Series, a charity event in Thailand that represents world-leading artists and boost promising young Thai musicians.
Started his first piano lesson at the age of three, he later became a student of Rosrin Tantikarn at Baan Pleang Music School, where he learned all of his foundamental in music.
After finishing his high school at the prestigious Bangkok Christian Collegue, he had become an advanced student and a teaching assistant of Nat Yontararak. He then entered the class of Dr. Suwanna Wangsophon at the Music Department, Faculty of Education, Chulalongkorn University and won a scholarship from Yamaha Music Foundation from Japan. He also received training from Uberto Martinelli and Dr. Paulo Zereu, and masterclasses with Dr. Eri Nakagawa, Margit Haider, Mikhail Solovei, Dominique Merlet, Boris Berman, Vladimir Krpan and Desiré N'Kaoua. He then worked for two years as a piano pedagogue at the head office of Yamaha Music Academy (Thailand). His duty was to give seminars and workshops and to train piano teachers for Yamaha Music Schools throughout the country.
Having won major prizes from local major piano competitions, including third prize from 6th Bangkok Chopin Piano Competition and another third prize from 1st National Piano Concerto Competition, Cholapat was encouraged to boost his skill further. He studied for two years in the professional program at Conservatoire de Lausanne in Switzerland under the tutelage of Jean-Francois Antonioli and studied chamber music with Philippe Mermoud (cellist), Frederic Rapin (clarinetist) and Dag Achatz (pianist).
Cholapat spent three more years in the United States for his Master of Music in Piano Performance at the Frost School of Music, University of Miami (Florida) where he graduated with highest merit (GPA 4.0). Here, his major piano teachers were Ivan Davis and Santiago Rodriguez. He also learned from Kemal Gekic and Tian Ying. He studied musicology and harpsichord with Frank Cooper.
During his last year in the States, he got a full-scholarship offer to study at Lynn Conservatory in a post-graduate professional program where he rendered his piano technique and musicality under the guidline of Dr. Roberta Rust.
Cholapat now resides in Bangkok, Thailand. He is a guest professor in Music Theory at Silpokorn University and gives private piano lessons to promising students.
