Mr. Panyaphat Wongwechwiwat

Instrument: Cello

Role at the Festival: Music Instructor, Cello

Current Employment: Soloist & Music Instructor

Background:

Thai cellist Panyaphat Wongwechwiwat has performed in several renowned concert venues including Carnegie Hall in New York City, Royal Festival Hall and Wigmore Hall in London, Musikverein in Vienna, and Suntory Hall in Tokyo. He has had the opportunity to perform and work with conductors such as Valery Gergiev, Alan Gilbert, Leonard Slatkin, Bernard Haitink, and Itzhak Perlman, and played in master classes for Frans Helmerson and Raphael Wallfisch. In May 2016, Panyaphat obtained a Bachelor of Music degree from The Juilliard School in New York City. Currently he is working in Bangkok where he plays as an assistant cellist with Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra and regularly performs with Pro Musica.