Yos Vaneesorn

Dr. Yos Vaneesorn is a clarinet professor at Faculty of Music at Silpakorn University. He actively performs with several orchestras as a principal clarinetist of Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra, and a principal clarinetist of Bangkok Opera, Siam Philharmonic Orchestra, and Siam Opera. Moreover, he also appeared as a soloist with Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra, Thailand National Symphony Orchestra, Hong Kong Chamber Wind Philharmonia, and Feroci Philharmonic Winds. In 2013, he organized the Thailand Clarinet Competition, the first clarinet competition in Thailand. Vaneesorn is also an active composer and arranger who regularly write and arrange pieces for symphonic bands and clarinet ensembles. In 2017, he wrote a set of new music arrangements for Feroci Philharmonic, a semi-professional concert band for Thai Classical Music Composition Project as a part of creative research project titled as Rattanakosin Classical Music funded by the Thailand Research Fund. The arrangements were recorded in November 2017 by Feroci Philharmonic Winds. Recently a new piece called ‘Enchanting Reeds’ for symphonic band will be premiered by Sinfonisches Blasorchester Ulm in Germany and conducted by a renowned conductor, Douglas Bostock in November 2018. In early of 2019, his new composition, ‘Vedana’ for clarinet and string trio will be performed in The Old Tokyo Music School Sogakodu, one of the oldest concert hall in Japan.