Message from NMV's Patron M.R.Chakrarot Chitrabongs
"Chulavatit" concert on Friday 10th September

On Friday September 10, at 6.30 p.m. there wll be a Thai music concert at the main Auditorium of Chulalongkorn University. This is the annual "Chulavatit" concert given by Chula's resident musician and his group of students and friends who are recognised master musicians of our time. Some of them were the inheritors of the Grand Master status in the recent ceremony at the National Theatre.
Admission is free.

NEWS OF TWO CULTURAL EVENTS AT SILPAKORN UNIVERSITY
M.R.Chakrarot Chitrabongs
Silapakorn University at Tha Phra Palace has announced the presentation of two cultural events that may be of interest to members of the NMV, one in August 2010 and the other in September 2010.

The first is in the annual series of remembrance of King Phra Nang Klao, Rama III, who had resided at Tha Phra Palace under the royal title of Krom Muen Jessadabodindra prior to his accession the throne in 1824.
During the period of August 2 – 7, 2010 there will be an exhibition “Art Style of King Rama III’s Royal Preference” which may be briefly described as “Chinoiserie in Thai Art”. There will be panel discussions on the theme, in Thai, by well-known art historians in the Audience Hall of Tha Phra Palace on August 2 and 6, 2010. All day on Saturday, August 7, 2010, there will be a tour by river boat of 5 Buddhist temples that enjoy the distinction of being built by King Rama III in his preferred style and decorated on the exterior with Chinese porcelain pieces.
The second event takes place on September 2-13, 2010 and is entitled “Wang Tha Phra, the Centre of the Sippa Mu Traditional Crafts”, in celebration of the bicentenary of the foundation of Tha Phra Palace.

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