Double Event Part I: Virtuosi performs 'Four Seasons' by Antonio Vivaldi

Thailand’s leading violinist and pedagogue, Toto, graduated Bachelor of Music in Violin Performance(Honours) from Asia’s most prestigious Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music in Singapore. He succeeded Master Degree in Violin Performance with Distinction from the Royal Academy of Music in London where he also received his teaching diploma, the Licentiate of the Royal Academy of Music (LRAM). Toto’s playing is majorly inspired by the legendary Mayumi Fujikawa, his latest teacher, but he also attended festivals and masterclasses where he got chances to learn from the world’s best violin pedagogues like Zakhar Bron, Miriam Fried, Shlomo Mintz, Pierre Amoyal, Koichiro Harada, etc.

He founded Virtuosi Thailand in 2019. As the ensemble presents the most touching performances of classical masterpieces for the community of music lovers in Thailand, it also provides a platform for younger talented musicians to showcase their craftsmanships. Currently, Toto exclusively teaches at Bangkok String Academy. He plays on Amédée Dieudonné, Mirecourt, 1942 violin

Ekkalak began learning viola at the age of 15 at the Royal Thai Army School of Music under the guidance of SGT. U-Thai Khumchaya. Later, he received a scholarship to study with Miti Wisuttiamporn at the Princess Galyani Vadhana Institute of Music, where he graduated with first-class honours. He participated at the Silpakorn Summer Music School, where he had the opportunity to play in a masterclass with Prof. Richard Crabtree, and also joined the Summa Cum Lauder International Music Festival 2017 in Vienna, as well as the 2018 International Alicante of Youth Orchestra in Spain. Ekkalak served as the principal violist of the Royal Thai Army Orchestra and as a viola faculty member at the Royal Thai Army Music School between 2016–2020. He has won first prizes at the Princess Galyani Vadhana International Music Competition in 2018 and the Valaya Alongkorn String Ensemble Competition (Royal Trophy) in 2024. Currently, he is a violist with both the Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra and the Bangkok Metropolitan Orchestra.

Began learning the violin when she was 8, Tanika secured her Bachelor degree with first-class honors at Princess Galyani Vadhana Institute of Music under Hayne kim. She won prizes from Princess Galyani Vadhana International Ensemble Competition in 2018 and 2021 and Sugree Charoensook International Music Competition. Tanika pursued her Master degree in Music Performance at Zürich University of Arts under Professor Rudolf Koelman where she also studied viola as a minor instrument under Professor Wendy Champney. Moving back to her home-country, she performed with Bangkok Metropolitan Orchestra, Thailand National Symphony Orchestra, Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra, Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra.

Current Principal Double Bass of the Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra, Nattawut is a native of Chumphon, Thailand. He joined Thai Youth Orchestra as principal in 2015-2016, Princess Galyani Vadhana Youth Orchestra as principal in 2017, and joined Hong Kong Double Bass Camp study with Catalin Rotaru in 2016 and Jeff Bradetich 2017. He won the second prize of Beethoven Competition Thailand in 2016 and won the first prize of Princess Galyani Vadhana International Ensemble Competition in 2018. Jay attended International Summer Academy of the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna with a full scholarship. In 2021 got the Scholarship’s Princess Sirivannavari Cultivated Arts Foundation. He participated in many masterclasses and took private lessons with Dong Hyuck Ahn, Guennadi Mouzyka, Jiří Hudec, Edicson Ruiz, Janusz Widzyk, Sławomir Grenda. He graduated double bass performances with Prof. Josef Niederhammer at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna and Bachelor of Music Program at Princess Galyani Vadhana Institute of Music with First class honors.

Varissara has been teaching since 2009 and continuously working on her professional development through workshops, seminars and courses from around the world. Notably, she has won the Trinity Award for Excellence in Music Teaching. She is a Suzuki Association of the Americas (SAA) Certified Teacher for Suzuki Violin Method Books. Varissara holds a Bachelor of Music in Violin Performance from the College of Music, Mahidol University (Thailand) and two Master’s degrees: in String Pedagogy, from the University of Louisville, and in Violin Performance from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. During her graduate studies at the University of Louisville, she was awarded an assistantship in music history and viola where she performed with the graduate string quartet. She teaches in international schools, music schools and academies across Thailand, and United States of America.

An accomplished Thai cellist, recently earned Master’s degree wit distinction from the Institut royal supérieur de musique et de pédagogie in Namur, Belgium, under the guidance of Joachim Eijlander, Chayuth holds a Bachelor of Music degree with First-Class Honors from Mahidol University, studying under Juris Lakutis. He honed his musical skills through masterclasses with Eleonora Testelec in Latvia, Danjulo Ishizaka at the Mozarteum Summer Academy in Austria, and Xavier Gagnepain whom he performed in a concert with Chayuth also played with the Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra (TPO), the Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra (BPO), and the Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège in Belgium.