Mr. Aekkalux Kheiykhao

Instrument: Viola

Role at the Festival: Music Instructor, Viola

Current Employment: Princess Galyani Vadhana Institute of Music Musician, Royal Bangkok Symphony

Background:

Aekkalux, a talented violist, graduated from the Royal Thai Army School of Music and studied viola lessons with SSM Prisit Srikum. He iscurrently a second-year student with a full government scholarship study in Bachelor of Music at Princess Galyani Vadhana Institute of Music or PGVIM with the principal violist of the Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra,Miti Wisuttiamporn. Aekkalux has been the principal violist of the TYO since 2016.

For the orchestral experiences, Aekkalux has been a principal violist at the Royal Thai Army, he won the ensemble competition at Vienna, Summa Cum Lauder International Music Festival 2017, and participated in performing at the International Alicante of Youth Orchertra: FIJO 2018,2019 in Spain. In 2018, as a member of the Siam Sinfonietta, he won the Princess Galyani Vadhana International Music Competition (PGVIEC).

What is your life motto?

Believe you can and you’re halfway there.