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BANGKOK TO HOST SECOND INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF DANCE AND MUSIC

World-famous dancers and musicians from Russia, France, Japan, Germany and Spain will join their Thai counterparts for the Second International Festival of Dance and Music to be held in Bangkok at the Thailand Cultural Centre during September 14 October 20, 2000.

The biggest of its kind ever held in Thailand, the second festival will feature a total of ten exhilarating and breath-taking performances including operas, ballets, orchestra, dances, plays, rock, tradition and jazz concerts. TAT Governor Pradech Phayakvichien commented, �Promotion of cultural events is very much in line with TAT�s policy and the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration�s campaign, �Bangkok 2000: City of Culture�, which will help extend the city�s reputation and create a wider range of tourism activities in the city. We are optimistic that Bangkok�s Second International Festival of Dance and Music will open up opportunities for dance and music lovers from around the world who happen to be in Bangkok in the months of September and October. Expatriates in Thailand, as well as Thai nationals, will enjoy this specially designed event,� Mr Pradech added.

The festival program is as follows: Thursday 14 and Friday 15 Sep.

Sheherazade World Premiere
Polovtsian Dances
Carmina Burana
Novosibirsk Theatre of Opera and Ballet from Russia featuring over 240 dancers, musicians and chorus

September 16-17

LA BOHEME: Opera in 4 Acts
Novosibirsk Opera House featuring 200 musicians and singers

September 19

LES YEUX NOIRS
Music between rock and tradition, featuring eight musicians from France. Presented by the Ambassade de France en Thailande

September 21-22

SLEEPING BEAUTY
Novosibirsk Theatre of Opera and Ballet from Russia featuring 150 ballet artists and musicians

September 23

LEGEND OF LOVE�
Production by Yuri Grigorovich of the Moscow Bolshoi Theatre featuring 150 ballet artists and musicians of the Novosibirsk Theatre of Opera and Ballet

September 24

STATE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Featuring 80 musicians from the Novosibirsk Conductor Vladimir Rylov of the Moscow Bolshoi Theatre

September 29-30

3-act musical play in DAO LAN DUANG
Styled by Vorayuth Milintajinda. Singers Maneenuch Smerasut and Nadda Viyakarn from Thailand

October 6

PONTABOX
Jazz group from Japan. Presented by the Japan Foundation.

October 19

AKADEMIE FUR ALTE MUSIK
Chamber Orchestra from Berlin, Germany. Presented by the Goethe-Institut Bangkok

October 20

COMPANIA MANUEL SEGOVIA
Spanish dancers and singers including the Flamenco from Spain. Presented by the Embassy of Spain

Season tickets are available until August 18 from American Express Applause ticketing service (Tel: 273-0044) and International Cultural Promotions (Tel: 661-6837) only. A set of ten tickets (one per performance) costs 12,000 Baht, a discount of nearly 35% from the actual price of 17,000 Baht. Regular tickets cost between 200 and 3,000 Baht and can be purchased from American Express Applause exclusively for card members, Asia Books Sukhumvit, all branches of Central Department Store and International Cultural Promotions.

For more information, contact International Cultural Promotions at Tel: 661-6829/36, Email: mttl@internet.ksc.net.th or Fax: 661-6838.

Edited by Kerry Cohen

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