French Horn Player Chanakorn Panmuan Chanakorn was introduced to the French horn when he first joined the Rajavinit Mattayom's marching band in 1981. He couldn't help falling in love with the horn, so in order to learn more about the instrument, Chanakorn furthered his study in the Faculty of Education - majoring in Horn at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok. During his second year of studies he became a member of the Bangkok Symphony Orchestra (BSO). CONTACT: EMAIL

He has been on a number of music workshops in Asian countries;

the ASEAN Youth Orchestra in Indonesia
the ASIAN Youth Orchestra Workshop in Japan and a Concert Tour to China, Hong Kong and Singapore, in 1991, under the batons of Alexander Schneider and Samuel Wong;
ASIAN Youth Orchestra Workshop in Singapore and Concert Tour to Malaysia, Korea, Hong Kong and Japan under the batons of Lukas Foss and David Alan Miller.
During 1996 to1998, he was invited to perform with the National Symphony Orchestra & Kualar Lumper Symphony Orchestra in Malaysia.
One of his memorable experiences is when he had a chance to join the Horn Festival held in Japan in 1995.
Chanakorn has studied horn with local horn instructors-- Vicharn Chinnavirojpaisan from the Royal Thai Navy.
He also studied with world-recognized hornists such as Hanz Pizka from the Bavarian State Orchestra (Munich Opera) and Jean-Jacques Justafre from the National Orchestra of Bordeaux quitaine.

So far, Chanakorn still enjoys being a member of the BSO. He has performed in both concerts and recordings under the batons of several talented music directors such as John Georgiadis, Valademir Kin, Timm Tzschaschel.