Prof. Dr. Narong Prangcharoen, Dean of the College of Music, Mahidol University, the first Thai person to win a world-class award for The Charles Ives Awards for Music Composition.
On the path of being a world-class artist Must have devoted your whole life to building Have to compete both with themselves And everything in front of you recently. Prof. Dr. Narong Prangcharoen, Dean of the College of Music. Mahidol University Be the first Thai to be awarded The Charles Ives Awards in Music Composition (Charles Ives Fellowship) from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a renowned music and arts organization with a world-class history of 123 years. Has proven to be “Wisdom of the Land” of Mahidol University It does not aim to be the only leading institution of higher education in global health sciences.
Prof. Dr. Narong Prangcharoen described the beginning of his career as a professional music composer since his PhD studies at the University of Missouri at Kansas City, USA. He also met with Master Chen Yi, who was the first Chinese music teacher who gave him advice to try “Think outside the box” and return to the study of Thai. Which is home country And put the charms of Thailand into music As a result, he received the first prize in his life for composing music, namely the Toru Takemisu Award from Japan. Prof. Dr. Narong Prangcharoen was able to win many awards from international contests. The world-class prizes of life are the Guggenheim Fellowship from the Guggenheim Foundation and the Barlow Prize. Prof. Dr. Narong Prangcharoen is the second Asian person to receive the award.
Until when he received the position of Dean of the College of Music Mahidol University Lecturer Narong Prangcharoen has used his work experience as a professional music composer. And a long-established network of music in foreign countries for nearly 20 years pushes the college’s music teaching. Meet international standards from the College of Music Mahidol University It has recently partnered with The International Benchmarking Exercise (IBE) and in the future will try to push for more international music conferences in Thailand. To promote the standard of Thai music teaching and learning to reach the international level with potential
As a professional Thai music composer abroad Who is committed to the path of the profession until it is accepted by foreigners. Dr. Narong Prangcharoen reveals the secret to success that With the fact that we do not belong to that nation It is not easy to be accepted. Just try to follow your dreams. Don’t give up, just give up. After all, we will be able to succeed someday. Receiving this prestigious award is not an award from Prof. Dr. Narong Prangcharoen, but an award for Thai people throughout the country who have announced the potential to the world that Thai people are capable and have potential. I hope that this award will be Inspiration for the next generation of Thai music composers to continue their creation to the world level.
“If you think you’re good and you’re satisfied, then we’ll stop there. But in fact We are not good enough It must be developed to be even better, just don’t give up your dream. And try to keep doing it. Believe that Thai artists will be able to become world-class artists as potential as foreign artists for sure, ”Prof. Narong Prangcharoen concluded.
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