Muna 2012, Siam Sinfonietta vechidiki orchestra yakahwina mubairo wekutanga paSumma Cum Laude Festival kuVienna neMahler's First Symphony uye nguva pfupi yadarika yakahwina Mubairo weGoridhe muLos Angeles. Grompots vanoti orchestra inofarirwa chete nemidzi yayo yekuAsia.
'MuAustria vakahwina mubairo wekutanga', anodaro kondakita Somtow Sucharitkul, 'kwete nokuti vaiva boka retsoko dzinoita mimhanzi, asi nokuti vaingotamba zviri nani kupfuura vokuAustria.'
Izvi ndezvekutenda kune iyo 'Somtow nzira'. Pamberi pemutambo muVienna, Somtow akatora orchestra kuenda kuguta rekumusha kwaMahler kuCzechoslovakia, kusango riri pedyo kuti anzwe 'naturlaut' uye orchestra yairidzwa mumachechi maduku eCzech uye inns 'kuti atore musimboti wemimhanzi'.
Mushure mekugara kwenguva refu muUS, Somtow akadzokera kuThailand uye kwete izvozvo chete: akatsinhanisawo chinyoreso chemunyori kune baton yemutyairi. Mukupera kwemaXNUMX, Somtow, mushure mekudzidza kwake kuEaton neCambridge, akafuratira Thailand nekuti aive Fusion dzenziyo dzeThai nedzekuEurope hadzina kukwanisa kubata maoko.
MuUS akanyora zvinyorwa makumi matatu, pakati pazvo zvakarambidzwa zvisiri pamutemo Ripper weSiam uye semi-autobiographical Jasmine Nights. Akahwina mibairo yakawanda nayo. Asi Thailand yakaramba ichinyengerera. Akadzoka muna 2011. "Ndakaerekana ndave nechiratidzo chekuti ndaifanira kupinda mumonastery." Kurwiswa kweTwin Towers kwakafuridzira requiem yakaitwa neMahidol University Orchstra. Basa paMahidol rakanga risiri sarudzo (jealousy de metier, anodaro Somtow), asi akagara muThailand ndokugadzira Bangkok Opera, Siam Philharmonic Orchestra uye muna 2009 Siam Sinfonietta vechidiki orchestra.
Uye kusiyana neanopfuura makore makumi matatu apfuura, horo dzava kuzadza. Semuenzaniso, mune yazvino vhezheni ye Muchinda Akanyarara. “Mumba mainge makazara nevanhu vainge vasati vamboona mutambo wakadai. Vakabayiwa mwoyo nazvo. Ndave kunyatsokosheswa zvino. Ndosaka ndichiri pano.'
Vaimbi vake vanotiza naye. Nath Khamnark, wechipiri trombonist muSinfonietta: 'Ndiye chidhori changu. Pasi pebaton yake conductor ndinonzwa kuti zvese zviri fresh uye zvipenyu. Tinoita mufananidzo pamwe chete, sokunge zvakadaro.'
Somtow haina kurega zvachose kunyora. Parizvino ari kushanda patriology Matombo eShato, umo mwari wechiHindu anoberekerwa mumusha unochengeterwa nherera weKaturike mudzimba dzezvitangwena dzeKhlong Toey. 'Chinhu chinonyanya kugutsa munyika kugara muimba uye kugadzira chimwe chinhu.'
(Chinobva: Brunch, Bangkok Post, Chikunguru 21, 2013)
Photo: Musi waChikunguru 24, Somtow ichaitisa Mahler's Symphony no 8 (Symphony yeChiuru).
Ndinoyemura zvikuru murume akadai. Thailand inogona kudada neizvi. Ndinofara kuti adzokera kunyika yake uye ndinotarisira kuzopindazve imwe yemakonzati ake.