Siraseth Pantura-Umporn
Komposition
Dr. Herbert Zapp-Gedächtnisstipendium
Herzlichen Dank an Dorothea Zapp für die Finanzierung des Aufenthaltsstipendiums
Born 1982 in Bangkok,Thailand.
Studied music composition with Prof. Narongrit Dhamabutra then his long time advisor, Prof. Weerachat Premananda.
Beside studying with his advisors, he mainly self-taught in contemporary music in which he interested since he was 15 years of age. Moreover, extensive experiences from informal lessons and talks with many composers such as Jack Body, Chinary Ung and Peter Eötvös became significant part as well as inspiration in his compositional life.
His several awards in music composition are The 23rd Irino Prize for Orchestra in Japan,2002 as the first composer from southeast Asian country, with his first orchestral piece, Chromosphere (poem of the sun) for 65 musicians. In 2004-2006, The Young Thai Artist Award in music composition 3 times consecutively. In 2006, Finalist in the Thailand International Composition Competition for Saxophone. In 2014, He has been selected as a finalist in the Toru Takemitsu composition award in Japan. In 2015 He won the first prize in the Asia Pacific Saxophone Composition Competition.
Moreover, he participated the composition course with Stockhausen in Kurten, Germany in the year of 2004. In 2007, received scholarship from Tongyeong International Festival Academy to participate the composition class with Sidney Corbett.
His works have been by various ensemble e.g. New Japan Philharmonic, Tokyo Philharmonic, Orchestra Internazionale d’Italia, Bangkok Symphony Orchestra, Ensemble Kochi, Ensemble TIMF, Luxembourg Sinfonietta, Amigo saxophone quartet, Pan-Pacific Chamber Ensemble. Conductors and musicians Isao Matsushita, Peter Veale, Yoichi Sugiyama, Yoshikazu Tanaka, Keri Mccarthy, Christian Arming, Bundit Ungrangsee, Satoko Inoue, Takeo Tchinai, Akiko Fujita, Jamorn Supapol, Shyen Lee, etc. In Asia, Europe and America.
In search for new consonant materials, The composer blended noise, extended instrumental techniques and complicated rhythm to Thai traditional music. To notate an improvisation of highly decorated melodic line from Thai traditional singing technique in strict pulse and superimpose them in many layer. Heterophonic texture as reminiscence of eastern music ensemble is one of significant compositional option where each other share the same melody but transform into different ways.
In recent works his pieces shown an influence of Buddhist and Zen mindfulness practicing and meditation. As first exploration in his “Awakening/serenity” for orchestra which is less complicate than ever before.
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