Kalaya Phonasathorn CD Release of Thai Contemporary Music for Flute

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This release was my longtime intention to collect and present all the compositions by Thai contemporary composer for flute, piccolo and piano, as well as the flute ensemble. The commissions date back the past eight years or so, and we were successful in recording the whole collection last year in 2022.

I believe the Thai musical idioms are very characteristic. And I am very certain that it could very well blend with the western music harmony. I am very lucky to collaborate with many good composers, who are willing to write these music as I commissioned and results were very pleasing. I therefore would like to bring our zesty musical idioms to share to the world through these compositions.

Probably from my Spanish teacher. He recorded so many collections of the original compositions by contemporary Spanish composers. It is wonderful to see how Music can communicate through all cultures and nationalities. so I start collecting the pieces that I have commissioned many years earlier and then it becomes this release.

It was at first meant to be a collaboration between the music and the exhibition by tapestry artists and later on, we get to sell our project separately, as you may see on the cover of the CD there is a photo of the tapestry at work by Kachama Perez, northern Thai weaving artist.