Thai composer Dr. Narong Prangcharoen's success has been confirmed by his receiving the prestigious Charles Ives Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the Barlow Prize. Prangcharoen enjoys an international reputation and is recognized as one of Asia's leading composers. His music has been performed worldwide by many renowned orchestras and new music ensembles. He was composer-in-residence at the Pacific Symphony and is now composer-in-residence at the Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra and Artistic Director of the Thailand International Composition Festival. This recording, his third for Albany Records, features seven of his orchestral works, performed by the Thailand Philharmonic under the direction of Jeff Meyer.
