Siam City Entertains For Two Decades

BANGKOK, Thailand (June 10, 2011) — Since 1990 the Siam City Hotel, Bangkok has been championing the best in local, regional and international talent. Over its 20 year history the hotel has regularly hosted an array of superlative entertainers and artists from around the globe. From Ivy League singing groups and award-winning jazz trios to celebrated sculptors, fiery flamenco dancers and avant-garde painters, all have held successful shows at the hotel. In line with the owning Sukosol family’s love and admiration for the arts, the hotel has championed many distinguished and up-andcoming personalities. By skilfully joining together business and pleasure, this wellrespected and admired Bangkok hotel is able to consistently bring entertainment, culture and enjoyment to the local community.

This month (June 16-19) will see the hotel hosting a slew of international guitar players for the fifth time as part of the Asia International Guitar Festival & Competition. This event is undoubtedly the biggest and most vibrant event for classical guitar aficionados and music lovers in the region. This year’s agenda includes master classes, guitar exhibits, competitions and concerts by acclaimed world-class musicians hailing from Asia, the Americas and Europe. This year will see rising stars and celebrated veterans of the guitar world perform. Highlights include Jorge Luis Zamora, Paul Steidl, Koki Fujimoto and Paul Cesarczyk. Not to mention that two award-winning orchestral groups, Kaizuka Guitar Mandolin Ensemble from Japan and UP Guitar Orchestra from the Philippines, will also put on a showcase.

Over the years, the hotel has hosted an enviable array of top international talent. Recent offerings have included blind pianist Ignasi Terraza, mainstay of the Barcelona jazz scene and winner of the prestigious 25th Great American Jazz Piano Competition and The Whiffenpoofs from Yale University (also returning June 24-25), one of the world’s oldest and most famous American a cappella groups.

The hotel has hosted so many prestigious art exhibitions over the decades that it is impossible to list them all here. Of late, one of the most successful was entitled ‘Siam Days of Glory: 19th Century Photographs of Thailand’. It featured a collection of privately owned rare and original images of Siam in the 19th century.