Hills alive with the sound of music
A unique vocal camp brought some of the region's brightest opera prospects and accompanists to Loei for eight days of training, tribulations, tears and triumphs
- Published: 19/02/2012 at 03:37 AM
- Newspaper section: Brunch
In a corner of Loei province so remote that the only mobile phone reception comes from Laos, robust opera arias and piano arpeggios ring out. It's not what you'd expect to hear in this typically tranquil spot near Pak Chom along the Mekong, but with the 11th Agalin music camp under way, the sounds of nature give way to those of the classics.
PERFORMING ARTISTS: Above, the main hall at Agalin. Below left, Thalassa Tapia-Ruano Ferrand. PHOTOS: NANTPIPAT VUTTISAK AND EZRA KYRILL ERKER
Amid the lush, manicured gardens on the camp's grounds are pianos in every villa and space between them for musicians to practise or artists to work. On this occasion, a week-long vocal workshop, it's filled with students, instructors and observers.
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- Writer: Ezra Kyrill Erker
- Position: Writer
