Woratep Rattana-umpawan
Woratep Rattana-umpawan (born August 1, 1969 in Bangkok) is a cl*ical guitarist from Thailand. He is the founder of the Thailand Guitar Society and the Asia International Guitar Festival, Bangkok.
Contents
- 1 Life
- 2 Teaching
- 3 Guitars
- 4 Discography
- 5 Editions
- 6 References
- 7 External links
Life
Woratep Rattana-umpawan began his guitar lessons when he was 12. He was the First Prize Winner of the Yamaha Guitar Festival Compe*ion in Bangkok for three consecutive years from 1985-1987. In 1987 he entered the Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts, Chulalongkorn University and got a B.A. with second cl* honors in Western Music, majoring in Cl*ical Guitar.
With his talents and skills in performance, he was invited to play solo in the "Chao Phraya Concerto" composed by Prof. Bruce Gaston in 1993.
Woratep was once again invited by one of the most famous musical ins*utions in *an to perform in three recitals in April 2000. And in November 2000, he had an opportunity to take a private lesson with Mr. Eduardo Fernandez, the world famous guitarist, when Fernandez was performing a concert in Bangkok.
Woratep performs at international guitar festivals in many parts of the world and often in duo with Leon Koudelak.His works such as Guitar Lai Thai I, II are available on c*ettes and CDs.Woratep is the first Thai cl*ical guitarist who has performed worldwide at International Guitar Festivals is the first Thai cl*ical guitarist to be well known in the world.
Teaching
In 1991 Woratep was Head of the Guitar Department at Chinatkarn Music School.
Woratep Rattana-umpawan is full-time teacher at the http://www.rsumusic.com/ The Conservatory of Music, Rangsit University in Bangkok and also taught at the Thailand Guitar Society. His influence and involvement in education had great influence on the younger Thai guitarist generation.
Guitars
Woratep uses a "Torres" replica by Yuichi Imai.
Discography
- Guitar Lai Thai
- Guitar Lai Thai vol.2
Editions
- Two Thai Traditional Songs
(Soi Saeng Daeng, Kahmane Lai Kwa-ai,Chern Jao)Edition "Homa Dream" HM099
References
External links
- Biography and photo
- http://thailandguitarsociety.com
- http://aigf.weebly.com