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Somtow
@somtow
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Author of "Vampire Junction," "Mallworld," "Jasmine Nights" — composer of operas — conductor of the Siam Philharmonic and Siam Sinfonietta
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2017-07-13 19:40
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movie
2020-02-17 20:05
Somtow does "Psycho"
Yes, I managed to get "Pyscho" into my Valentine's Day concert ... you see, it was about "all the varieties of Love" … and I had a "perverted love" category....
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movie
2020-02-17 19:15
Somtow does "Vertigo"
This is also from our Valentine's Day concert.
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movie
2020-02-17 19:09
Somtow and Bow do "Titanic"
On the 14th we had a Valentine's Day concert — romantic music from 100 years of Hollywood.
somtow
movie
2020-02-02 07:02
The Sinfonietta goes to the Movies
We started work yesterday on a Valentine concert of classic movie love themes. Most of the great romantic classics of course were long before these kids were even born. Thought you might enjoy these snippets
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star-wars
2020-01-28 15:45
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugnaught
Thoughts While Binge-Watching “The Mandalorian” - S.P. Somtow I was finally able to watch The Mandalorian recently in between moments of incredible personal and professional stress. And one of the best
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classical-radio
2020-01-22 10:57
Complete Video: the World Premiere of my Holocaust Opera
Here's a link to the Financial Times story about my opera … and here is the video (with yellow subtitles) of the entire opera I hope you enjoy it Best — Somtow
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classical-radio
2020-01-16 04:56
My New Opera about the Holocaust, Opening Tonight
This is what I wrote in the program book … SIX MILLION AND ONE Helena Citrónová is an opera. That is to say, it is a performance in which we accept the crazy notion that people walk around on a stage singing
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starwars
2019-12-25 19:54
Thinking about Carrie Fisher
I was thinking about how Princess Leia managed to appear in the final movie — reconstituted from unused pieces of celluloid. So I thought I'd post our performance of the Princess Leia theme from a couple
somtow
starwars
2019-12-23 18:51
Forty Two Years with the Force - a Kind of Star Wars review
This essay will not be spoiler-free. A long time ago … and the galaxy might as well be far, far, away because I’m not a quantum particle and so my consciousness is stuck for ever on a swath of spacetime
somtow
classical-radio
2019-12-22 17:21
Our kids play the 1812 Overture
A few glitches here and there but hey, it's live music. And the first concert of the Sinfonietta's Tenth Season. Hope you enjoy!
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classical-music
2019-12-17 15:14
Beethoven's Birthday Big Bang Flashmob in Thailand
Four youth orchestras from Thailand and five conductors celebrated Beethoven's birthday and the launch of a year-long Beethoven celebration with a "reverse flash mob" — one where the music starts
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classical-music
2019-11-24 06:15
Preparing to Avoid Clichés....
Today I took a rehearsal of the 1812 Overture for the first time in my life. (Thank god I found a score of the non-Soviet edition just in time.) Amazing that it would take so long for me to address one
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classical-music
2019-11-19 14:38
Siam Sinfonietta winds play Stravinsky
found this clip which is about 3 years old. It's the Stravinsky "Symphonies of Wind Instruments" - early version from I believe 1910.
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classical-music
2019-11-15 18:37
Video of Helena Citrónová Suite by Somtow
In response to the generous response to my article about the music for my upcoming opera, I'm posting the video of the Prague premiere of the suite. The whole opera will premiere in Bangkok in January
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classical-music
2019-11-03 21:13
My Approach to Musical Language in “Helena Citrónová”
This opera began years ago with an overture: a clanging, elemental, shrieking, painful overture that’s not so much like “music” as like the actual sound of a nightmare train. At that point, I had written
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classical-music
2019-11-01 16:51
An hour with Somtow and the Siam Sinfonietta
Some unusual works here — a new piece by Bruce Gaston and a suite from my upcoming opera, "Helena Citronova".
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classical
2019-10-31 10:19
Somtow conducting Cassandra Black in the last scene of SALOME
More things I have been doing to get in the way of writing novels
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classical
2019-10-31 06:52
My Address to the Beijing Opera Summit
This is what I've been doing lately.
somtow
classical
2019-06-10 11:25
from my latest opera
This is a scene from ARCHITECT OF DREAMS, my latest opera, which premiered two days ago.
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classical-music
2019-02-27 20:58
The Siam Sinfonietta plays Mahler 4
Two weeks after I directed "Jesus Christ Superstar" I had a completely different event - I conducted the kids in Mahler's 4th Symphony. Hope you enjoy this!
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