Poom will play Rachmaninov's 3rd. Piano Concerto with the Worthing Philharmonic on Sunday 27th. November 2011.

 Born in Bangkok, Poom has started his concert career at the age of 13. He recently graduated in Bachelor of Music with Honours from the Royal College of Music (RCM), London. He was a student of the leading Thailand’s pedagogue Peerapong Surawan, later on of Rena Phua and Boris Kraljevic at Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in Singapore. He attained the FTCL Diploma from Trinity College at the age of 15. At age 16, he was granted a full scholarship by H.R.H Princess Galyani Vadhana and the Royal College of Music, which enabled him to continue his studies in London with Yonty Solomon and Ian Jones. The scholarship has been continued and supervised by the kindness support of Thanpuying Tasna-Valaya Sorasongkram for his higher study in Master’s degree in Performance at RCM. He is currently a student of the world-renowned Russian pianist and teacher, Professor Dina Parakhina. 

Poom has performed throughout Europe and Southeast Asia and worked with many leading Orchestras. With the already developed an international reputation of an outstanding performer of rare expressive depth, and acclaims of critics calling him “a young Ashkenazy” after his performance of Prokofiev's Second Piano Concerto in London. He appeared at the Fifth International Isidor Bajic Piano Competition in Serbia where he won a special prize for Brahms’ F minor Piano Quintet performance in semi-final round as well as the reward of the audience. At the final concert, in co-operation with the Timisoara Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Radu Popa, he played in a full richness of rare musical talent the Brahms’ First Piano Concerto filled with tragic tones and after that the daily newspaper “Dnevnik” from Novi Sad wrote: “Playing in a mixture of controlled freedom and exceptional expression depth, with rounded phrases and rich decorations of “Chopin” kind of sound, begin deep in his piano and a great dynamic range, purified in style and expression, the pianist from Thailand has confirmed that the first prize and title of the laureate of the whole competition have come into the right hands”. 

In addition to an absolute victory in Novi Sad, Poom won prizes at more than fifteen International and National Competitions: He was the winner of Hopkinson Gold Medal (RCM, London), 1st prize and audiences prize at UK Intercollegiate Sheepdrove Piano Competition, 1st prize at Eastbourne Symphony Orchestra Soloist Competition, Silver Medal in Moray, 1st prize at RCM Concerto Competition for his performance of Prokofiev's Second Piano Concerto, Easter Fisher prize, 2nd prize and a special prize for the best performance of Liszt at the International Chopin Piano Competition in Budapest, the   John Chisell Schumann Award the Sarah Mundlak Memorial Prize for Piano for the best fourth year Graduation recital. Most recently, Poom was the 1st Grand Prize winner of The 2nd Thailand International Piano Competition and he played Beethoven’s Fifth Piano Concerto (Emperor) with Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Gudni A. Emilsson. 

Poom also performed Rachmaninoff's Third Piano Concerto with Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Olivier Ochanine to great acclaim and with Vojvodina Symphony Orchestra conducted by Rauf Abullayev in Nomus Festival, Serbia with great success. In Manila, he conducted a Masterclass at University Santo Tomas Conservatory of Music on the invitation from the world-renowned Filipino pianist Raul Sunico and at College of Music, Mahidol University on the invitation from Prof. Eri Nakagawa. 

In 2012, Poom will perform Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto with Timisoara Philharmonic Orchestra both in Romania and Serbia. 

 You can find more information about Poom at http://www.pprommachart.com