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Thai composer of classical music (born )

Narong Prangcharoen (born 23 July ) is a Thai composer of contemporary music. His compositions have won him the Guggenheim Fellowship, the Barlow Prize, and the Alexander Zemlinsky International Composition Competition Prize.^[1][2][3] He is the founder of Thailand International Composition Festival (TICF).^[4] Currently, he serves as Dean of the College of Music, Mahidol University in Thailand,^[5] as well as composer-in-residence for Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra^[6] and Pacific Symphony in Orange County, California.^[7] His scores for orchestra and wind ensemble are published exclusively by Theodore Presser Company.^[8]

Biography

Early life

Narong Prangcharoen is originally from the Uttaradit province in northern Thailand.^[9] His first experience with classical music took place during the secondary education at Horwang Sch