Piano Recital By San Jittakarn
Chopin qualifier San Jittakarn will be playing pieces from Chopin and Rachmaninoff
Steinway & Sons Thailand, in partnership with Bangkok Music Institute is honored to have San Jittakarn, Thailand’s first and only pianist to qualify for the Chopin Piano Competition, perform a selected program from Frederic Chopin and Sergei Rachmaninoff.
Hailed by La Libre Belgique as “an inspiring and visionary poet,” San won Third Prize at the prestigious Geneva International Music Competition in 2018. He became the first recipient of the Paderewski Prize, awarded by the Paderewski Foundation in Morges for his playing which is particularly expressive in a romantic tradition.
San distinguished himself at the Maria Canals International Competition in Barcelona, receiving the Jury’s unanimous medal “Unanimitat Medalla” and was a semi-finalist at the esteemed Queen Elisabeth International Competition in Brussels where his performance of Mozart’s Piano Concerto was applauded by Crescendo Magazine as “an unpredictable, touching pianist.” San won Second Prize and Classical Sonata Prize at the Shigeru Kawai International Piano Competition in Tokyo. He also won First Prizes at the Oberlin Concerto Competition, the Arthur Dann Piano Competition and received Oberlin's John Elvin Piano Prize.
San appeared at Victoria Hall with Orchestre de la Suisse Romande in Switzerland. Other concerto performances were with Orchestre Symphonique de l’AMAmusique, Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie and Oberlin Orchestra. His concerto performance with Orchestre de la Suisse Romande has been issued into a disc under Concour de Genève label in partnership with Montres Breguet.
In addition to his orchestral engagements, previous appearances include venues such as Shangyin Opera House in Shanghai, Institut Le Rosey in Rolle, Sala Aula Copernicanum in Bydgoszcz, Studio Ernest Ansermet in Geneva, Flagey Hall in Brussels, Petit Palau de Musica in Barcelona and Seoul Arts Center's Recital Hall in Seoul
After early studies under the guidance of Thai pianists Nat Yontararak and Charun Poomiwadorn, San continued his studies at Pre-College division of College of Music, Mahidol University where he studied with Sébastien Koch, Bahktior Allaberganov and Ramasoon Sitalayan.
San attained his Bachelor of Music degree from Oberlin College and Conservatory where he was under the tutelage of Monique Duphil and Yury Shadrin. San earned his graduate degrees at the Juilliard School and Yale University. At Juilliard, San studied with Hung-Kuan Chen and Jerome Lowenthal in shared studios. San graduated from Yale as a George W. Miles fellow where he continued his studies with Hung-Kuan Chen and chamber music with David Shifrin.