Karnsiri Laothamatas
Thailand / Canada
24 y.o.
Awards
- 2nd Prize, Birmingham International Piano Competition, 2019
- Special Prize (Prix de l’Academie Musique de Quebec), Concours Prix d’Europe, 2018
- 5th Prize, Shean Piano Competition, 2018
- Winner, McGill Chamber Music Competition
- 3rd Prize, ASEAN International Concerto Competition, 2009
Performances
- Schulich, COC Series, 2017
- Cello-Piano recital, Canadian Opera Company, Toronto, Canada
- Schulich, Bon Pasteur Series. 2017
- Piano trio recital, Chapelle Historique du Bon Pasteur, Montréal, Canada
- George Enescu Festival, 2017
- Piano trio performance, McGill University, Schulich School of Music, Montréal, Canada
- Music for a Summer Evening, 2015
- Solo performance, St Geroge’s-in-the-Pines Anglican Church, Banff, Canada
- Orford on the Road, Concert Series, 2015
- Solo performance, Saint-Patrice Church, Orford, Canada
- NAC Canada Summer Music Institute, Young Artists Program, Chamber Concert Series, 2013
- Chamber performance, Freiman Hall, University of Ottawa
- Canada Rejoice in Music, hosted by the Sooke Philharmonic Orchestra, 2012
- Soloist with the Sooke Philharmonic Orchestra , Sooke Community Theater, Sooke, BC and Victoria Conservatory of Music, Victoria, Canada
- The Romantics and Mozart, 2011, Soloist, the VCM Faculty Orchestra, Victoria Conservatory of Music, Victoria, Canada
Education
- Artist Diploma, Guildhall School of Music and Drama (2018 -current)
- Masters of Music, McGill University (2016-2018)
- Bachelor of Music, McGill University (2012-2016)
Envisaged programme
First round
L. van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 16 in G major, Op. 31 No. 1
F. Morel: Études de Sonorité pour Piano, No. 2
Second round
F.J. Haydn: Piano Sonata in A flat major, Hob. XVI: 46
C. Debussy: Images, Book 2
F. Chopin: Barcarolle in F-sharp major, Op. 60
Semifinal
A. Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 2 in G sharp minor, Op. 19 (“Sonata-Fantasy”)
D. Scarlatti: Sonata in B minor, K. 27
D. Scarlatti, Sonata in D major, K. 430
F.J. Haydn, Piano sonata in B minor, Hob, XVI:32
S. Barber: Piano Sonata in E flat minor, Op. 26
Final
S. Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18