omiros yavroumis
Omiros Yavroumis - Concert Master of Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra
graduated in 2002 from the Royal Academy of Music in London, with the Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees, together with the Degree of Musicology from the University of Athens, Greece. Pupil of Nancy Bargerstock in Greece and Mateja Marinkovic in London, he has also attended master classes and has taken violin lessons with Ruggiero Ricci, Zakhar Bron, Lydia Mordkovitch, Leonidas Kavakos, Ivry Gitlis, Eric Friedman, Maurizio Fuks, Sylvia Rosenberg, Grigory Zhislin, etc., and has won numerous awards in solo and chamber music competitions, both in Greece and abroad
He has appeared as soloist with the Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra, the Jelenia Gora Philharmonic, the Filharmonia Dolnoslaska, the State Orchestra of Athens, the City of Thessaloniki Symphony Orchestra, the City of Athens Symphony Orchestra, the City of Volos Symphony Orchestra, the Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra of Athens, etc. He has also appeared as soloist and has taken part in chamber music groups and orchestras in many countries (USA, Australia, United Kingdom, Germany, Austria, France and Italy), under famous conductors such as Sir Colin Davies, Sir Charles Mackerras, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Naeme Yarvi, Kent Nagano, Michael Tilson Thomas etc., in venues including the Sydney Opera House, Royal Festival Hall and Royal Opera House in London, Grosses Festspielhaus in Salzburg etc.
Since 2002,Omiros is Concertmaster of the City of Thessaloniki Symphony Orchestra in Greece as well as, from 2004, the Youth Symphony Orchestra of Kalamaria. In 2008 he was appointed violin professor at the State Conservatory of Thessaloniki. He is a member of the Idée Fix ensemble, specializing in modern music, and he is collaborating closely every year with composition students from the Composition Department of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. In March 2011 he was one of the winners of the worldwide competition and became a member of the 2011 YouTube Symphony Orchestra in Sydney Opera House, Australia. Pupils of Omiros Yavroumis have won prizes in national and international competitions and gained places at European Music Academies.
In October 2014 he was also appointed Concertmaster of the Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra of Athens and since December 2016 he was appointed Concertmaster of the Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra.
MARCIN SZAWELSKI
Marcin Szawelski, Head of Strings Department at College of Music, Mahidol University
a native of Gdansk, Poland, started his musical education at the age of 7 with Andrzej Filar. He continued in Liceum Muzyczne im. F. Nowowiejskiego in Gdansk where in 1999 he earned Diploma in Cello performance. Then he graduated with Master of Arts diploma (2005) from Stanislaw Moniuszko Academy of Music in Gdansk where he studied cello performance, chamber music and music pedagogy under professors: Krzysztof Sperski, Anna Prabucka-Firlej and Tadeusz Samerek.
During his musical studies (1988-2005) Marcin participated in several masterclasses with renowned cellists like Stefan Popov, Maria Tchaikovska, Peter Leisegang, Roman Jablonski and earned numerous awards at cello and chamber music competitions. Among others:
1992 1st prize in Northern Poland Competition for Cellists in Malbork
1995 2nd prize in Competition for Young Musicians in Wloszakowice
1997 3rd prize in Chamber Music Competition in Gdansk
1999 1st prize in Chamber Music Competition in Gdansk
1999 4th prize in National Competition for Chamber Ensembles in Wroclaw, Poland
Since 2006 Marcin enjoys his career as a cellist in Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra, currently as a cello group co-principal and as a cello and chamber music instructor at the College of Music, Mahidol University in Thailand.
Marcin Szawelski performs extensively as orchestra, chamber and solo musician. With Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra he gave over 450 concerts up to date. Since 2007 he has been a cello instructor for SAYOWE (Southeast Asian Youth Orchestra and Wind Ensemble) and SEAYCO (Southeast Asian Youth Chamber Orchestra). He collaborates in various chamber ensembles like The Lermontov string Quartet and Contemporary Enclave.
Keita Suyama
Miti Wisuthumporn 1st Principle Viola at Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra
Miti started learning the violin when he was 14 and switched to the viola at the age of 15. During that time, he has had a chance to study with Prof. Choochart Pitaksakorn, National artist. From 2004 to 2008, he received a full-scholarship to study at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, National University of Singapore under the tutelage of Mr. Jiri Heger. Thereafter he was given a scholarship from Carnegie Mellon University to do his Masters in viola performance program with distinguished American violists–Toby Appel in Pittsburgh. In 2010, he completed the Master of Music in at the Carnegie Mellon University. Miti is currently studying with Prof. Matthias Maurer at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz, Austria.
Miti has taken part in many music activities and competitions at the local and national level, and won prizes including the silver medal in the 2001 Thai Youth Music Competition. He has served as principal violist for the orchestras of the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz, Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic, guest-principal violist of Siam Philharmonic, and the Galyani Institute Orchestra. Miti has performed at major venues internationally, including Carnegie Hall in New York, Kennedy Center in Washington DC and Musikverein in Austria. He was a viola member of Westmoreland Symphony Orchestra, Pennsylvania. Miti is also an occasional substitute violist for the Singapore Lyric Opera Orchestra, and Capella Calliope, Austria.
In 2006 he performed at the state banquet hosted in honor of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of England, who was in Singapore for a state visit, as a member of the Conservatory String Quartet. He was a member of Carnegie Mellon String Sextet to perform for an inauguration on a post-concert series on the stage at Heinz Hall, Pittsburgh in 2009.