Bundit Ungrangsee
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 Bundit attends the opening party for the 2007 Bangkok International Film Festival.
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| Born | December 7, 1970 Thailand |
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| Occupation | conductor |
| Website www.bunditmusic.com |
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Bundit Ungrangsee (Thai: บัณฑิต อึ้งรังษี, born December 7, 1970) is an international symphonic conductor.
Thai-born and of Chinese descent, Bundit Ungrangsee was named one of two co-winners and Laureates of the inaugural Maazel-Vilar International Conductors' Competition held at Carnegie Hall in New York City, USA in September 2002.[1] Since then, Ungrangsee has built a career as an international guest conductor, regularly leading orchestras in primarily Europe and Asia.
His work includes Principal Guest Conductor of the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra and regularly conducting orchestras in Italy, including Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia. Over the course of his career, he has held posts as Music Director of the Young Musician's Foundation Debut Orchestra in Los Angeles, Associate Conductor of the Utah Symphony, Cover Conductor for the New York Philharmonic, Associate Conductor of the Charleston Symphony Orchestra and Principal Guest Conductor of the Charleston Symphony Orchestra.
Bundit was among the honorees for the Thai Ministry of Culture's Office of Contemporary Art and Culture's Silpathorn Award in 2005.
[edit] Personal life
Bundit converted to Mormonism in 2000. He married Mary Jane Jones in Salt Lake City, Utah in 2001.[2] They have one daughter.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Maazel-Vilar Conductors' Competition
- ^ Bundit Ungrangsee -- The Best Musician You've Never Heard Of, Meridian Magazine
- ^ Following the music: Bundit Ungrangsee finds his place as a world-respected symphony conductor, Deseret News, September 2, 2005
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