In the temporary venue of Walton Hall Golf Club, Friends of Walton Hall Music present Prach Boondiskulchok from Thailand.

The programme consists:

Haydn Sonata in E flat No 52

Bach French Suite in E major

Bartok Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant Songs,, Opus 20

Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition 

Born and raised in Bangkok, Thailand, where western classical music was not widely practised, Prach Boondiskulchok had to make an important decision to leave home at a young age to pursue music. Soon, he was advised to consider the prospect of studying in the United Kingdom.

At the age of thirteen, Prach Boondiskulchok arrived England in search of a formal musical education. He first attended an alternative boarding school, Brockwood Park School, founded by the philosopher J. Krishnamurti in Hampshire, England. There he received a well-rounded musical education from Peter Norris and Alan Rowlands. Prach then applied to the Yehudi Menuhin School, where he was accepted with a generous scholarship to study with Ruth Nye. It was during these early years in England that Prach Boondiskulchok took a keen interest in composition, and developed his versatile musicianship. Since then, he has been performing in public as both solo pianist, chamber musician, as well as having compositions of his performed both in Thailand and the UK.

Upon graduating from the Yehudi Mehuhin School, Prach Boondiskulchok had the opportunity to perform to the late HRH Princess Galyani Vadhana of Thailand, who was keen to promote classical musicians from Thailand, and had the vision to put Thailand on the map of international music making. Her Royal Highness granted him the prestigious 'Fund for Classical Music Promotion' to further his studies in both piano and composition at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, with Martin Roscoe (piano) and Malcolm Singer (composition).

Currently, Prach Boondiskulchok is pursuing his Masters degree at the Guildhall School under the guidance of Caroline Palmer. He is enjoying an active performing career throughout Europe, Thailand and the U.S. as recitalist and chamber musician with his trio, Lakeside Trio. He has appeared in, among many prestigious venues, the Wigmore Hall, Barbican Hall, Royal Festival Hall, St John's Smith Square, Purcell Room, and the Thailand Cultural Centre. He has participated in many music festivals such as IMS Prussia Cove, Verbier Festival, International Sommer Akademie Wien, and Courchevel. Besides the main tutors, he has worked with Ferenc Rados, Avedis Kouyoumdjian, Valeria Szervanszka, Jeremy Menuhin, Pascal Devoyon, Paul Lewis, Dominique Merlet and Mstislav Rostropovich.

There is a limited supply of Tickets (£10 including refreshments)