Musical marvel

The visit of a genuine classical virtuoso to the Thailand Cultural Centre is guaranteed to tempt a larger than usual audience, and indeed it was most refreshing to witness an almost packed auditorium towards the end of August for the latest concert by the Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra, supported by B.Grimm Group.

Those who were wise enough to attend were duly rewarded with musical proceedings of the very finest quality, as Bulgarian concert pianist Émile Naoumoff gave an excelsior rendition of perhaps that most iconic war-horse of all — Grieg’s Piano Concerto In A Minor. Bookended by Wagner’s mighty overture to Die Meistersingers Von Nürnberg and Tchaikovsky’s imposing Symphony No.4 In F Minor, the RBSO was conducted on this occasion by German maestro Christian…